hide 7z/kindlegen consoles on Windows

kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 from . import kindle
 from . import KCC_ui
 from . import KCC_ui_editor
+from .utils import run_subprocess_silent
 
 
 class QApplicationMessaging(QtWidgets.QApplication):
@@ -837,7 +838,7 @@ def detectKindleGen(self, startup=False):
             except Exception:
                 pass
         try:
-            versionCheck = subprocess.run(['kindlegen', '-locale', 'en'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, encoding='UTF-8')
+            versionCheck = run_subprocess_silent(['kindlegen', '-locale', 'en'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, encoding='UTF-8')
             self.kindleGen = True
             for line in versionCheck.stdout.splitlines():
                 if 'Amazon kindlegen' in line:
@@ -1026,7 +1027,7 @@ def __init__(self, kccapp, kccwindow):
                             '<a href="https://github.com/ciromattia/kcc/wiki/Important-tips">important tips</a>.',
                             'info')
         try:
-            subprocess.run(['7z'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+            run_subprocess_silent(['7z'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
             self.sevenzip = True
         except FileNotFoundError:
             self.sevenzip = False

kindlecomicconverter/comic2ebook.py

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 from . import metadata
 from . import kindle
 from . import __version__
+from .utils import run_subprocess_silent
 
 
 def main(argv=None):
@@ -1104,13 +1105,13 @@ def checkTools(source):
     if source.endswith('.CB7') or source.endswith('.7Z') or source.endswith('.RAR') or source.endswith('.CBR') or \
             source.endswith('.ZIP') or source.endswith('.CBZ'):
         try:
-            subprocess.run(['7z'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+            run_subprocess_silent(['7z'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
         except FileNotFoundError:
             print('ERROR: 7z is missing!')
             sys.exit(1)
     if options.format == 'MOBI':
         try:
-            subprocess.run(['kindlegen', '-locale', 'en'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
+            run_subprocess_silent(['kindlegen', '-locale', 'en'], stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
         except FileNotFoundError:
             print('ERROR: KindleGen is missing!')
             sys.exit(1)
@@ -1267,7 +1268,7 @@ def makeMOBIWorker(item):
     kindlegenError = ''
     try:
         if os.path.getsize(item) < 629145600:
-            output = subprocess.run(['kindlegen', '-dont_append_source', '-locale', 'en', item],
+            output = run_subprocess_silent(['kindlegen', '-dont_append_source', '-locale', 'en', item],
                            stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT, encoding='UTF-8')
             for line in output.stdout.splitlines():
                 # ERROR: Generic error

kindlecomicconverter/comicarchive.py

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 from subprocess import STDOUT, PIPE
 from xml.dom.minidom import parseString
 from xml.parsers.expat import ExpatError
+from .utils import run_subprocess_silent
 
 EXTRACTION_ERROR = 'Failed to extract archive. Try extracting file outside of KCC.'
 
@@ -36,13 +37,13 @@ def __init__(self, filepath):
         self.type = None
         if not os.path.isfile(self.filepath):
             raise OSError('File not found.')
-        process = subprocess.run(['7z', 'l', '-y', '-p1', self.filepath], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
+        process = run_subprocess_silent(['7z', 'l', '-y', '-p1', self.filepath], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
         for line in process.stdout.splitlines():
             if b'Type =' in line:
                 self.type = line.rstrip().decode().split(' = ')[1].upper()
                 break
         if process.returncode != 0 and distro.id() == 'fedora':
-            process = subprocess.run(['unrar', 'l', '-y', '-p1', self.filepath], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
+            process = run_subprocess_silent(['unrar', 'l', '-y', '-p1', self.filepath], stderr=STDOUT, stdout=PIPE)
             for line in process.stdout.splitlines():
                 if b'Details: ' in line:
                     self.type = line.rstrip().decode().split(' ')[1].upper()
@@ -53,15 +54,15 @@ def __init__(self, filepath):
     def extract(self, targetdir):
         if not os.path.isdir(targetdir):
             raise OSError('Target directory doesn\'t exist.')
-        process = subprocess.run(['7z', 'x', '-y', '-xr!__MACOSX', '-xr!.DS_Store', '-xr!thumbs.db', '-xr!Thumbs.db', '-o' + targetdir, self.filepath],
+        process = run_subprocess_silent(['7z', 'x', '-y', '-xr!__MACOSX', '-xr!.DS_Store', '-xr!thumbs.db', '-xr!Thumbs.db', '-o' + targetdir, self.filepath],
                                  stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
         if process.returncode != 0 and distro.id() == 'fedora':
-            process = subprocess.run(['unrar', 'x', '-y', '-x__MACOSX', '-x.DS_Store', '-xthumbs.db', '-xThumbs.db', self.filepath, targetdir] 
+            process = run_subprocess_silent(['unrar', 'x', '-y', '-x__MACOSX', '-x.DS_Store', '-xthumbs.db', '-xThumbs.db', self.filepath, targetdir] 
                     , stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
             if process.returncode != 0:
                 raise OSError(EXTRACTION_ERROR)
         elif process.returncode != 0 and platform.system() == 'Darwin':
-            process = subprocess.run(['unar', self.filepath, '-f', '-o', targetdir], 
+            process = run_subprocess_silent(['unar', self.filepath, '-f', '-o', targetdir], 
                 stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
         elif process.returncode != 0:
             raise OSError(EXTRACTION_ERROR)
@@ -73,13 +74,13 @@ def extract(self, targetdir):
     def addFile(self, sourcefile):
         if self.type in ['RAR', 'RAR5']:
             raise NotImplementedError
-        process = subprocess.run(['7z', 'a', '-y', self.filepath, sourcefile],
+        process = run_subprocess_silent(['7z', 'a', '-y', self.filepath, sourcefile],
                         stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
         if process.returncode != 0:
             raise OSError('Failed to add the file.')
 
     def extractMetadata(self):
-        process = subprocess.run(['7z', 'x', '-y', '-so', self.filepath, 'ComicInfo.xml'],
+        process = run_subprocess_silent(['7z', 'x', '-y', '-so', self.filepath, 'ComicInfo.xml'],
                         stdout=PIPE, stderr=STDOUT)
         if process.returncode != 0:
             raise OSError(EXTRACTION_ERROR)

kindlecomicconverter/utils.py

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+
+def run_subprocess_silent(command, **kwargs):
+    if (os.name == 'nt'):
+        startupinfo = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
+        startupinfo.dwFlags |= subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
+        startupinfo.wShowWindow = subprocess.SW_HIDE
+        kwargs.setdefault('startupinfo', startupinfo)
+    return subprocess.run(command, **kwargs)