feat: Windows console window

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
       "type": "shell",
       "command": "${workspaceFolder}/build/bin/hyperiond -d",
       "windows": {
-        "command": "${workspaceFolder}/build/bin/Debug/hyperiond"
+        "command": "${workspaceFolder}/build/bin/Debug/hyperiond -d -c"
       },
       "group": "build"
     },
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@
       "type": "shell",
       "command": "${workspaceFolder}/build/bin/hyperiond -d",
       "windows": {
-        "command": "${workspaceFolder}/build/bin/Release/hyperiond"
+        "command": "${workspaceFolder}/build/bin/Release/hyperiond -d -c"
       },
       "group": "build"
     }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - An option to reset (delete) the database for the commandline has been added (#820)
 - Improve language selection usability (#812)
 - readded V4L2 Input method from old Hyperion (#825)
+- Windows: Start Hyperion with a console window `hyperiond -c` (Or new start menu entry) (#860)
+
 ### Changed
 - Updated dependency rpi_ws281x to latest upstream (#820)
 - Updated websocket-extensions (#826)

README.md

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Covers these topics (WorkInProgress)
 
 [![Visit Documentation](https://img.shields.io/website?down_message=offline&label=Documentation%20%20&up_message=online&url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.hyperion-project.org)](https://docs.hyperion-project.org)
 
+## Changelog
+Released and unreleased changes at [Changelog.md](CHANGELOG.md)
+
 ## Building
 See [CompileHowto](CompileHowto.md) and [CrossCompileHowto](CrossCompileHowto.md).
 

cmake/nsis/template/NSIS.template.in

@@ -724,6 +724,24 @@ Section "-Core installation"
 
 @CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMANDS@
 
+; Custom vcredist install script, detection is not reliable
+;ReadRegStr $1 HKLM "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\14.0\VC\Runtimes\X64" "Bld"
+;DetailPrint "VCREDIS KEY: $1"
+;
+;IntCmp $1 28508 Equal Val1Less Val1More
+;Equal:
+;    DetailPrint "$1 = 28508 "
+;    Goto End
+;Val1Less:
+;    DetailPrint "$1 < 28508 "
+;    Goto End
+;Val1More:
+;    DetailPrint "$1 > 28508 "
+;    Goto End
+;End:
+
+ExecWait '"$INSTDIR\bin\vc_redist.x64.exe" /install /quiet'
+
 SectionEnd
 
 Section "-Add to path"

cmake/packages.cmake

@@ -101,14 +101,16 @@ SET ( CPACK_NSIS_PACKAGE_NAME "Hyperion" )
 SET ( CPACK_NSIS_INSTALLED_ICON_NAME "bin\\\\hyperiond.exe")
 SET ( CPACK_NSIS_HELP_LINK "https://www.hyperion-project.org")
 SET ( CPACK_NSIS_URL_INFO_ABOUT "https://www.hyperion-project.org")
-# hyperiond startmenu link
+# additional hyperiond startmenu link, won't be created if the user disables startmenu links
+SET ( CPACK_NSIS_CREATE_ICONS_EXTRA "CreateShortCut '$SMPROGRAMS\\\\$STARTMENU_FOLDER\\\\Hyperion (Console).lnk' '$INSTDIR\\\\bin\\\\hyperiond.exe' '-d -c'")
+SET ( CPACK_NSIS_DELETE_ICONS_EXTRA "Delete '$SMPROGRAMS\\\\$STARTMENU_FOLDER\\\\Hyperion (Console).lnk'")
+
+
 #SET ( CPACK_NSIS_CREATE_ICONS_EXTRA "CreateShortCut '$SMPROGRAMS\\\\$STARTMENU_FOLDER\\\\Hyperion.lnk' '$INSTDIR\\\\bin\\\\hyperiond.exe'")
 #SET ( CPACK_NSIS_DELETE_ICONS_EXTRA "Delete '$SMPROGRAMS\\\\$START_MENU\\\\Hyperion.lnk'")
 # hyperiond desktop link
 #SET ( CPACK_NSIS_CREATE_ICONS_EXTRA "CreateShortCut '$DESKTOP\\\\Hyperion.lnk' '$INSTDIR\\\\bin\\\\hyperiond.exe' ")
 #SET ( CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_UNINSTALL_COMMANDS "Delete '$DESKTOP\\\\Hyperion.lnk' ")
-
-# With cli args: SET ( CPACK_NSIS_CREATE_ICONS_EXTRA "CreateShortCut '$SMPROGRAMS\\\\$STARTMENU_FOLDER\\\\Hyperion (Debug).lnk' '$INSTDIR\\\\bin\\\\hyperiond.exe' '-d'")
 #SET ( CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMANDS "CreateShortCut \\\"$DESKTOP\\\\Hyperion.lnk\\\" \\\"$INSTDIR\\\\bin\\\\hyperiond.exe\\\" ")
 #SET ( CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_UNINSTALL_COMMANDS "Delete \\\"$DESKTOP\\\\Hyperion.lnk\\\" ")
 

src/hyperiond/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ endif()
 find_package(Qt5Widgets REQUIRED)
 
 add_executable(hyperiond
+	console.h
 	hyperiond.h
 	systray.h
 	hyperiond.cpp

src/hyperiond/console.h

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include <Windows.h>
+
+// https://stackoverflow.com/a/57241985
+void CreateConsole()
+{
+    if (!AllocConsole()) {
+        // Add some error handling here.
+        // You can call GetLastError() to get more info about the error.
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // std::cout, std::clog, std::cerr, std::cin
+    FILE* fDummy;
+    freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
+    freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
+    freopen_s(&fDummy, "CONIN$", "r", stdin);
+    //std::cout.clear();
+    //std::clog.clear();
+    //std::cerr.clear();
+    //std::cin.clear();
+
+
+	/*// std::wcout, std::wclog, std::wcerr, std::wcin
+    HANDLE hConOut = CreateFile(_T("CONOUT$"), GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+    HANDLE hConIn = CreateFile(_T("CONIN$"), GENERIC_READ | GENERIC_WRITE, FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE, NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, NULL);
+    SetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE, hConOut);
+    SetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE, hConOut);
+    SetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE, hConIn);
+    std::wcout.clear();
+    std::wclog.clear();
+    std::wcerr.clear();
+    std::wcin.clear();
+	*/
+}

src/hyperiond/main.cpp

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 #endif
 // getpid()
 #ifdef _WIN32
+#include "console.h"
 #include <process.h>
-//#include <Windows.h>
 #else
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
@@ -143,10 +143,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32
 	setenv("AVAHI_COMPAT_NOWARN", "1", 1);
-#endif
-#ifdef _WIN32
-	// We can get a console window also in app gui mode conditional
-	//AllocConsole();
 #endif
 	// initialize main logger and set global log level
 	Logger *log = Logger::getInstance("MAIN");
@@ -195,12 +191,22 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 	BooleanOption & silentOption        = parser.add<BooleanOption> ('s', "silent", "do not print any outputs");
 	BooleanOption & verboseOption       = parser.add<BooleanOption> ('v', "verbose", "Increase verbosity");
 	BooleanOption & debugOption         = parser.add<BooleanOption> ('d', "debug", "Show debug messages");
-					      parser.add<BooleanOption> (0x0, "desktop", "show systray on desktop");
-					      parser.add<BooleanOption> (0x0, "service", "force hyperion to start as console service");
+#ifdef WIN32
+	BooleanOption & consoleOption       = parser.add<BooleanOption> ('c', "console", "Open a console window to view log output");
+#endif
+	                                      parser.add<BooleanOption> (0x0, "desktop", "show systray on desktop");
+	                                      parser.add<BooleanOption> (0x0, "service", "force hyperion to start as console service");
 	Option        & exportEfxOption     = parser.add<Option>        (0x0, "export-effects", "export effects to given path");
 
 	parser.process(*qApp);
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+	if (parser.isSet(consoleOption))
+	{
+		CreateConsole();
+	}
+#endif
+
 	int logLevelCheck = 0;
 	if (parser.isSet(silentOption))
 	{