Hide Console

A library for hiding console windows in Rust applications. Perfect for creating background applications or applications with graphical interface without visible console window.

Features

• Hiding console window on Windows platform
• Showing console window when needed
• Cross-platform support (works safely on all platforms)
• Minimal dependencies
• Simple and clear API

Documentation

Full documentation is available at docs.rs/hide_console.

Installation

Add to your Cargo.toml:

[dependencies]
hide_console = "0.2.1"

Or use the command:

cargo add hide_console

Usage

Basic Example

use hide_console::hide_console;

fn main() {
    // Perform necessary actions before hiding the console
    println!("This message will be visible");
    
    // Hide the console window
    hide_console();
    
    // Continue program execution without visible console
    println!("This message won't be visible in the console, but will be written to stdout");
}

Showing and Hiding the Console

use hide_console::{hide_console, show_console};
use std::io;

fn main() {
    // Hide console at application start
    hide_console();
    
    // Do some work without visible console
    
    // When user interaction is needed, show console again
    show_console();
    println!("Please enter your name:");
    
    let mut name = String::new();
    io::stdin().read_line(&mut name).expect("Failed to read input");
    
    println!("Hello, {}!", name.trim());
    
    // Hide console again for background work
    hide_console();
}

Checking Console Hiding Support

use hide_console::is_hide_console_supported;

fn main() {
    if is_hide_console_supported() {
        println!("Console hiding is supported on this platform");
    } else {
        println!("Console hiding is not supported on this platform");
    }
}

Examples

The library contains several examples that you can run:

# Simple console hiding example
cargo run --example simple

# GUI application emulation
cargo run --example gui_emulation

# Toggle console visibility
cargo run --example toggle_console

Platforms

• Windows: Full support for hiding and showing console.
• macOS, Linux, and others: The functions don't perform any actions, but don't cause errors.

How It Works

On Windows platform, the library uses WinAPI to hide and show the console window:

1. Gets the console window handle using GetConsoleWindow()
2. Hides or shows the window using ShowWindow() with the SW_HIDE or SW_SHOW parameter

On other platforms, the functions simply return without performing any actions.

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please submit pull requests or create issues on GitHub.

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