[Lazarus] Exception hidden ?

[Brad Campbell]

Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
> Brad Campbell schrieb:
> 
>>> On Windows you can uncheck the option (see above), to get a GUI 
>>> application with an attached console. A very nice feature for 
>>> debugging, not available on most other platforms.
>>
>> Actually not _required_ on other platforms. Other platforms let you 
>> run an application from a console and witness its output should you so 
>> desire, without having to recompile the application with odd options.
> 
> Thanks, I didn't know that it's so easy.
> 
> The same procedure should be possible on Windows?

No, on Windows you need to compile the app as console mode to have it write anything to a console 
window, otherwise it just launches the application and returns you to the console prompt.

I had to debug some Win stuff recently, and as I've been lucky enough to have avoided it for many 
years now, this oddity caught me several times.

Brad
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