Name: hideConsoleWindows

Type: property

Syntax: set the hideConsoleWindows to {true | false}

Summary: Hides the main window of applications run with the <open process> <command> or <shell> <function> on <Windows|Windows systems>.

Introduced: 1.0

OS: windows

Platforms: desktop,server,web

Example:
set the hideConsoleWindows to true

Value (bool):The <hideConsoleWindows> is true or false.
By default, the <hideConsoleWindows> <property> is set to false.

Description:
Use the <hideConsoleWindows> <property> to run <command line> applications without the user seeing them.

On Windows systems, when you run a command line program with the <launch> or <open process> <command>, a <console|console window> appears. If the <hideConsoleWindows> <property> is true, the window is not shown. (You can still use the <write to process> and <read from process> <command|commands> to send data to the program and get data from it.)

The setting of this property affects Windows applications with a GUI as well as command line programs.

>*Important:*  If you run a program that requires user interaction, make sure the <hideConsoleWindows> <property> is set to false beforehand. Otherwise, the program will not be displayed and the user will not be able to see it.

The setting of this property has no effect on Mac OS or Unix systems.

References: shellCommand (property), open process (command), launch (command), write to process (command), read from process (command), shell (function), property (glossary), Windows (glossary), console (glossary), command (glossary), command line (glossary), function (control_st)
