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[Константин Барановский <baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx>]

What if realize it through the command line of the BOM plugin in the next
way :
"bom_tool.exe %I %O" - execute and hide window (by default);
"!bom_tool.exe %I %O" - execute and show window.
Yes, it is not intuitive, but it is rare case and, I think, is acceptable.
What do you think?

2016-03-18 18:02 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>:

> I don't think setting the wxEXEC_SHOW_CONSOLE for a single executable
> name (in the case of your patch pythonw(.exe)) is a good idea.  The
> problem I foresee is someone will want launch executables X, Y, and Z
> and soon this code would spiral out of control.  I would rather not add
> pet behavior patches and come up with a more robust solution.  A better
> patch would be to add an option to the BOM generator dialog to always
> show the console for a given BOM generator configuration.  This way you
> can use any executable and configure accordingly.
>
> On 3/18/2016 10:51 AM, Константин Барановский wrote:
> > Ok. I see nobody cares about this issue, except me. As I understand,
> > applying that flag for all commands is to radical for other Windows
> > users. But for me very important ability to start pythonw scripts with
> > gui. May you apply the attached patch?
> >
> > Regards, Konstantin.
> >
> > 2016-03-14 22:41 GMT+02:00 Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx
> > <mailto:stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>>:
> >
> >     If memory serves, we removed the wxEXEC_SHOW_CONSOLE option from the
> >     wxExecute() function call because it always shows a console window on
> >     Windows.  Users were complaining about the console flashing while the
> >     command was executed.  This was a long time ago so I may be thinking
> of
> >     something else.  Your use case is probably not typical as you are
> >     launching a GUI app from a console created by wxExecute() where
> >     typically KiCad runs an external script to manipulate the netlist for
> >     post processing so showing the console is annoying.  I'm not sure
> >     changing this is desirable but I'm not opposed to it either.  Is it
> OK
> >     if I forward all of the complaints about the console being
> temporarily
> >     displayed to you?  Anyone else have any input on this?
> >
> >     On 3/14/2016 2:34 PM, Константин Барановский wrote:
> >     > Can anyone comment this issue?
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > 2016-03-07 16:04 GMT+02:00 Константин Барановский
> >     > <baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx>
> >     <mailto:baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx>>>:
> >     >
> >     >     Fixed bom_all_exec.patch to according to the coding style.
> >     >
> >     >     2016-03-04 15:09 GMT+02:00 Константин Барановский
> >     >     <baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:
> baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx>
> >     >     <mailto:baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx
> >     <mailto:baranovskiykonstantin@xxxxxxxxx>>>:
> >     >
> >     >         Hi!
> >     >
> >     >         I just now noticed that BOM plugins from eeschema are
> executed
> >     >         in background on Windows OS. And if create plugin that
> executes
> >     >         an app with GUI, it does not be shown.
> >     >         In my case, I am launch the python app using pythonw and
> it runs
> >     >         (I can see it in task manager) but does not shows. I found
> >     >         solution for this problem in using flag
> wxEXEC_SHOW_CONSOLE.
> >     >         That flag applies only for Windows and ignored under the
> other
> >     >         platforms.
> >     >         pythonw used only for launching the apps with GUI and must
> be
> >     >         executed with that flag.
> >     >         But if someone will try to use another GUI app (based on
> python
> >     >         or standalone, does not matter) as BOM plugin, it still
> does not
> >     >         be shown.
> >     >         So, maybe need to use wxEXEC_SHOW_CONSOLE by default?
> >     >
> >     >         In attachment placed two patches:
> >     >         bom_pythonw_exec.patch - applied flag only for the pythonw;
> >     >         bom_all_exec.patch - applied flag for all commands.
> >     >
> >     >         Regards, Konstantin.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
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