[DMK741]

Is there a way I can get both a command line AND a windows form to run in the same application? How do I handle threading for this?

[Momerath]

Yes. Create a winforms application. Go to the project properties (Project menu, last line). On the Application tab you should see a dropdown list named Output Type. Change this to Console Application.

There, you have both a window and a console.

This should be put in a FAQ somewhere

This post has been edited by Momerath: 29 July 2011 - 08:25 PM

[Curtis Rutland]

Too short for a tutorial, no code for a snippet. But I can add this thread to the C# References thread (for all the good that seems to be doing).

[tlhIn`toq]

Momerath, on 29 July 2011 - 09:25 PM, said:

Yes. Create a winforms application. Go to the project properties (Project menu, last line). On the Application tab you should see a dropdown list named Output Type. Change this to Console Application.

There, you have both a window and a console.

This should be put in a FAQ somewhere

Really? I don't see it get asked a lot. Maybe I'm just missing it. The only time I do this is during debugging so I can watch my Console.WriteLine statements. Which of course don't execute on release versions.

#if DEBUG
    Console.WriteLine("Widget method started");
    // lots of method lines
    Console.WriteLine("Widget method completed");
#endif

I've added it to my personal FAQ response, in case I see it asked in the future.

[DMK741]

tlhIn`toq, on 30 July 2011 - 07:40 AM, said:

The only time I do this is during debugging so I can watch my Console.WriteLine statements. Which of course don't execute on release versions.

#if DEBUG
    Console.WriteLine("Widget method started");
    // lots of method lines
    Console.WriteLine("Widget method completed");
#endif

This is mainly what I was going to use it for. Debugging; being able to track what's going on, but outside of the IDE.

I was playing around with stuff, and I also found out that I can just run Application.Run(form_goes_here) on a new thread, and as long as I started that thread from the main application process, both windows close when I exit the main application.

[Curtis Rutland]

You can see console output in the View-> Output window as well.

[tlhIn`toq]

Curtis Rutland, on 30 July 2011 - 03:09 PM, said:

You can see console output in the View-> Output window as well.

DMK741, on 30 July 2011 - 01:37 PM, said:

This is mainly what I was going to use it for. Debugging; being able to track what's going on, but outside of the IDE.

[Curtis Rutland]

Ah, missed that.