#CONSOLE metastatement 

Purpose

Enable or disable auto-creation of a console window upon execution of the program.

Syntax

#CONSOLE [ON|OFF]

Remarks

#CONSOLE OFF can be used to create a program which doesn't need to output a visible result to the screen.

Restrictions

If you disable the console window, do not use commands that expect keyboard input, such as WAITKEY$, WAITSTAT, INPUT, or INKEY$.  With no console from which to acquire input, these commands will simply lock up.

#CONSOLE ON|OFF must precede all executable code.  If #CONSOLE is omitted, the default condition is #CONSOLE ON.

See also

Errors, Error Trapping, Debugging, #DEBUG PRINT