Executable not running in windows except when using terminal - windows

Question

I'm using the SDL_TFF library and it compiles, but the executable doesn't run directly, except when I run it from the terminal. If I comment out the SDL_TFF code it runs normally.
Does anyone know what could be causing this problem?
Edit:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <SDL.h>
#include <SDL_ttf.h> //version 2.0.12
TTF_Font* Font;
SDL_DisplayMode Desktop_Display_Mode;
SDL_Window* Window;
SDL_Surface* Window_surface;
SDL_Renderer* Renderer;
bool load_font()
{
//Font = TTF_OpenFont("fonts\\NotoSans-Bold.ttf", 16);
Font = TTF_OpenFont("fonts\\NotoSansCJKjp-Bold.otf", 18);
if (Font == NULL)
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"Count not load font! TTF_Error: %s\n", TTF_GetError()
);
return false;
}
return true;
}
bool initialize()
{
// Initialize SDL Library
if( SDL_Init( SDL_INIT_VIDEO ) < 0 )
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"SDL could not initialize! SDL_Error: %s\n", SDL_GetError()
);
return false;
}
// Initialize SDL_ttf library
if (TTF_Init() != 0)
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"SDL_ttf could not initialize! TTF_Error: %s\n", TTF_GetError()
);
return false;
}
// Load Font ---------------------------------------------------------------
if ( !load_font() )
{
return false;
}
// Get Desktop Display Mode
if (SDL_GetDesktopDisplayMode(0, &Desktop_Display_Mode) != 0)
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"SDL could not get Desktop Display Mode! SDL_Error: %s\n",
SDL_GetError()
);
return false;
}
// Create Window
Window = SDL_CreateWindow(
"SDL Test",
SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED,
Desktop_Display_Mode.w, Desktop_Display_Mode.h,
SDL_WINDOW_BORDERLESS //Flags
);
if( Window == NULL )
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"Window could not be created! SDL_Error: %s\n",
SDL_GetError()
);
return false;
}
Renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer( Window, -1,
SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC
);
if ( Renderer == NULL )
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"Renderer could not be created! SDL_Error: %s\n",
SDL_GetError()
);
return false;
}
return true;
}
bool clear_screen()
{
if ( SDL_SetRenderDrawColor( Renderer, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0xFF ) != 0 )
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"Could not set render draw color! SDL_Error: %s\n",
SDL_GetError()
);
return false;
}
if ( SDL_RenderClear( Renderer ) != 0 )
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"Could not clear the renderer! SDL_Error: %s\n",
SDL_GetError()
);
return false;
}
return true;
}
int main( int argc, char* args[] )
{
SDL_Log("Started.");
bool running = initialize();
SDL_Color text_color = {255, 255, 255};
const char* text_string;
text_string = "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.\n こんにちは";
SDL_Rect text_dest;
text_dest.x = 100;
text_dest.y = 100;
text_dest.w = 0;
text_dest.h = 0;
if ( TTF_SizeUTF8(Font, text_string, &text_dest.w, &text_dest.h) != 0)
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"Unable to get text size! TTF_Error: %s\n", TTF_GetError()
);
running = false;
}
SDL_Surface* text_surface = NULL;
text_surface = TTF_RenderUTF8_Solid(
Font,
text_string,
text_color
);
if ( text_surface == NULL )
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"Unable to render text! SDL_Error: %s\n",
TTF_GetError()
);
running = false;
}
SDL_Texture* text_texture = NULL;
text_texture = SDL_CreateTextureFromSurface( Renderer, text_surface );
if ( text_texture == NULL )
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"Unable to render text! SDL_Error: %s\n",
TTF_GetError()
);
running = false;
}
// MAIN LOOP ===============================================================
SDL_Event event;
while (running)
{
// Clear the screen
if ( !clear_screen() )
{
break;
}
// Check for events
if (SDL_PollEvent( &event))
{
// Check for the quit event
if (event.type == SDL_QUIT)
{
SDL_Log("Quit.");
break;
}
}
// Apply the text
if ( SDL_RenderCopy( Renderer, text_texture, NULL, &text_dest ) != 0 )
{
SDL_LogCritical(
SDL_LOG_CATEGORY_APPLICATION,
"Unable to draw text! SDL_Error: %s\n",
SDL_GetError()
);
break;
}
//Update Window
SDL_RenderPresent( Renderer );
}
//Destroy Window
SDL_DestroyWindow( Window );
SDL_DestroyRenderer( Renderer);
//Quit SDL subsystems
TTF_Quit();
SDL_Quit();
SDL_Log("Ended.");
return 0;
}
Edit2: I tested more thorougly and it seems that the function TTF_OpenFont() is causing the problem. As long as I don't call that function the exe will run normally.

Answer 1

SOLVED!
It was the way I was executing the program from command line: "\bin\myprog.exe"
Thus the relative filepath was incorrect because "\bin\fonts..." did not exist. As I have not implemented SDL_LogSetOutputFunction to write logs to a file and std out is apparently suppressed I could not see that I must have been getting error messages indicating that the file was not being loaded.