Re: console vs GUI

Jeff wrote:
> I wanted this to be a console application.  Since I need to include a
> component that retrieves e-mail (NMPOP3), I had to make it a GUI
> application.  Now,  I want to write the results to a text file.  Of
course,
> I cannot open a text file in a GUI application.  Give me a break!  Why
is
> everything mutually exclusive like this?  What am I going to have to do
in
> order to make a GUI application write to a text file?  Is it only
version 6
> of Delphi that prohibits a GUI from opening/reading/writing a text file?
> Can other versions do it?  Thank you for your help.
> 
> 
put

{$apptype console}

near the top of your .dpr

Poof! you have a GUI app that can write on the console!
(it'll even open one if you don't run from a command line)

I do this *all* the time to use "writeln" for debugging