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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 18/03/2016 19:11, Константин Барановский a écrit :
> 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?

Why to reinvent the wheel?

there are more usual ways to force an option.
for instance, in command line executables, an option is usually called
by something like:
--show_console

Whatever the option, do not forget to update the on help line called by
the help button in dialog.

> 
> 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.



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Jean-Pierre CHARRAS