console applications

[Richard Gaskin]

jvalle wrote:

> would like to know if it is possible to create console applications with
> Livecode 4.6.X. After some researching in forums seems it is not possible or a
> bit special.

It's "special" only in that the engine is primarily designed for making 
GUI apps, so when running as a console app you'll need to pass a "-ui" 
flag to it to tell it not to initialize its GUI.

I wrote a GUI installer with v4.6.1 and more recently with 4.6.4 for 
which some institutional users needed a command-line option.  We've had 
such success with it that I'm now exploring ways we can add useful CLI 
options to other apps as well.

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