The easiest option is to start a windows forms project, then change the output-type to Console Application. Alternatively, just add a reference to System.Windows.Forms.dll, and start coding: using System.Windows.Forms; [STAThread] static void Main() { Application.EnableVisualStyles(); Application.Run(new Form()); // or whatever } The important bit is the [STAThread] on your Main() method, required for full COM … Read more
I had a similar issue when attempting to start a process without showing the console window. I tested with several different combinations of property values until I found one that exhibited the behavior I wanted. Here is a page detailing why the UseShellExecute property must be set to false. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.processstartinfo.createnowindow.aspx Under Remarks section on page: … Read more
You can use the ProcessExit event of the AppDomain: class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { AppDomain.CurrentDomain.ProcessExit += new EventHandler(CurrentDomain_ProcessExit); // do some work } static void CurrentDomain_ProcessExit(object sender, EventArgs e) { Console.WriteLine(“exit”); } } Update Here is a full example program with an empty “message pump” running on a separate thread, that allows … Read more
For pure C++ You can’t. C++ doesn’t even have the concept of a console. The program could be printing to a printer, outputting straight to a file, or being redirected to the input of another program for all it cares. Even if you could clear the console in C++, it would make those cases significantly … Read more
Console.ReadLine(); or Console.ReadKey(); ReadLine() waits for ↩, ReadKey() waits for any key (except for modifier keys). Edit: stole the key symbol from Darin.
I am pretty sure you’re having a 32-bit / 64-bit conflict. It sounds like your main project might be set to 32-bit while the class its referencing is set to 64-bit. Try looking at this SO question and this one too. Between the two of them, you should be able to figure out your problem.
Just go to the application’s Properties and change the Output type from Console Application to Windows Application.
this one should work. using System.Runtime.InteropServices; private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { AllocConsole(); } [DllImport(“kernel32.dll”, SetLastError = true)] [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] static extern bool AllocConsole();
Use Console.KeyAvailable so that you only call ReadKey when you know it won’t block: Console.WriteLine(“Press ESC to stop”); do { while (! Console.KeyAvailable) { // Do something } } while (Console.ReadKey(true).Key != ConsoleKey.Escape);
Updated: the latest version of the WebBrowser-based console web scraper can be found on Github. Updated: Adding a pool of WebBrowser objects for multiple parallel downloads. Do you have an example of how to do this in a console app by any chance? Also I don’t think webBrowser can be a class variable because I … Read more