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  • OpenDoors for Windows: Missing Toolbar & Icons / "Console Only" Reques

    From Craig Hendricks@1:103/705 to GitLab issue in main/sbbs on Tue Jan 13 07:00:41 2026
    open https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1051

    ![image](https://gitlab.synchro.net/-/project/13/uploads/99a37e335a69c0574f879709e9883bce/image.png){width=480 height=102}

    I compiled new OpenDoors libraries for Windows (in Visual Studio 2022) using the latest source available in /sbbs/src/odoors, and noticed the toolbar is missing from the Windows GUI, and the graphics are missing from the buttons (see image). Is there a trick to get them to appear?

    Another thought I had while typing that last paragraph: Can we have an option to ditch the Windows GUI altogether in favor of a plain old console, similar to how it works in Linux and DOS?
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Jan 15 18:33:28 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1051#note_8133

    DoorMud (for Win32) seems to be an OpenDoors program (though I don't see a DLL distributed with it) and it runs with an empty console window (just black, no tool bar or apparent GUI controls at all). Maybe there were build options for how much GUI was enabled for the Windows OpenDoors apps? I don't recall off hand, but that might be a clue.
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  • From Rob Swindell@1:103/705 to GitLab note in main/sbbs on Thu Jan 15 18:35:37 2026
    https://gitlab.synchro.net/main/sbbs/-/issues/1051#note_8134

    GalacticDynasty (for Win32) also appears to be an OpenDoors program, but it runs with a full GUI (with all controls) and I *think* it's open source? So maybe that's another clue.
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