Thread: SDL Window opening with Console Window

Hi, I am using MinGW on Win32 and when I compile the following code, it works as expected. But when I open the resulting executable, I get both a console window and the SDL window I created. Any reason why I get this console window?

Code:

gcc main.c -o main.exe -Wall -lSDL -lSDLmain

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <SDL/SDL.h>

int __stdcall WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{ 
	SDL_Surface *screen;
	SDL_Event event;

	if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_AUDIO|SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) 
	{
		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to init SDL: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
		exit(1);
	}
	
	screen = SDL_SetVideoMode(640, 480, 16, SDL_SWSURFACE);
	if (screen == NULL) 
	{
		fprintf(stderr, "Unable to set 640x480 video: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
		exit(1);
	}
	
	SDL_WaitEvent(&event);
	
	while(1) 
	{
		while(SDL_PollEvent(&event)) 
		{      
			switch (event.type) 
			{
				case SDL_QUIT:
					exit(0);
					break;
			}
		}
	}
	
	SDL_Quit();

	return 0;
}

Sorry, the codebox screwed up some of my indents.