From 76ff6cac5bb921ea13f8fbc4cd8f10216e41194d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vladimir Borisov <borisov1024@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2021 11:24:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Better way to hide the terminal

---
 src/main.rs                              | 11 +----------
 src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f52cc35..97655d5 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
+#![windows_subsystem = "windows"]
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate bitflags;
 use native_windows_gui::{self as nwg, NativeUi};
 use structopt::StructOpt;
-use winapi::um::wincon::GetConsoleWindow;
-use winapi::um::winuser::{ShowWindow, SW_HIDE};
 
 mod stremio_app;
 use crate::stremio_app::{stremio_server::StremioServer, MainWindow};
@@ -24,14 +23,6 @@ struct Opt {
 }
 
 fn main() {
-    // Hide the terminal window
-    let window = unsafe { GetConsoleWindow() };
-    if !window.is_null() {
-        unsafe {
-            ShowWindow(window, SW_HIDE);
-        }
-    }
-
     // native-windows-gui has some basic high DPI support with the high-dpi
     // feature. It supports the "System DPI Awareness" mode, but not the more
     // advanced Per-Monitor (v2) DPI Awareness modes.
diff --git a/src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs b/src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs
index 37d30df..bb84d66 100644
--- a/src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs
+++ b/src/stremio_app/stremio_server/server.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ use std::process::Command;
 use std::thread;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use win32job::Job;
+use std::os::windows::process::CommandExt;
+
+const CREATE_NO_WINDOW: u32 = 0x08000000;
 
 pub struct StremioServer {}
 
@@ -16,6 +19,7 @@ impl StremioServer {
             loop {
                 let mut child = Command::new("node")
                     .arg("server.js")
+                    .creation_flags(CREATE_NO_WINDOW)
                     .spawn()
                     .expect("Cannot run the server");
                 child.wait().expect("Cannot wait for the server");