[Eric] Get rid of DOS box after starting up Eric4?

[Geert Vancompernolle]

Darren Dale wrote:
> I think the way to do this is to use a .pyw extension for the main 
> program.
>
That is correct for GUI applications you make yourself and you don't 
want to see a DOS box popping up.  See 
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/456bc00fa11f689/b4357c9aa47f04d3?lnk=gst&q=dos+box+remove 
and my answer on that issue 
(http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/b2a742b280717c92/0fee906ab9e2433b#0fee906ab9e2433b). 


But in fact, thanks to your "pyw" hint, I found the solution to my problem:
On WinXp (and other Windows OS'es, I guess), there's an association 
between .pyw files and pythonw after installing Python.  Thus, I can 
simply double-click on the file "eric4.pyw" in the directory 
"./Lib/site-packages/eric4" and Eric4 IDE starts up without the annoying 
DOS box.
So, to ease the start-up process, I created a shortcut to "eric4.pyw" 
and I'm using this shortcut to start Eric4 IDE.  Hence, my problem is 
solved.

Stupid I didn't think on that one earlier...

Anyway, thanks for the hint, Darren.


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