I may not be understanding exactly what you are after, but, as a test, I
created a new console app in the IDE. To that, I added a reference to
System.Windows.Forms.dll. From there, I created a new form named TestForm, and
added some controls to it. From there, I altered my main method to look like
(entire class here)
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace MixedAppTest
{
/// <summary>
/// Summary description for Class1.
/// </summary>
class Class1
{
/// <summary>
/// The main entry point for the application.
/// </summary>
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length>0)
{
Application.Run(new MixedAppTest.TestForm());
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Hello there");
Console.ReadLine();
}
//
// TODO: Add code to start application here
//
}
}
}
(comcast web interface is messing with my formatting, paste into new class and
it should be ok). If I launch the app from the command line with no params, I
get the command line prompt. If I include any params, I get the form.
does that help? I'm not sure if this is what you are after.
-------------- Original message --------------
> I think the typical way to do this is with staged executables.
>
> devenv (the command line utility for the Visual Studio IDE) is actually two
> executables. When you type devenv on the command line, you're actually
> running the command line version, which will spawn the true Windows app as
> necessary. To do this, there's two executables:
> devenv.comand
> devenv.exe. From a command prompt, the .com file has precedence (it's really
> just a renamed .exe; it doesn't have to be a .com file). When run from the
> shell (i.e., start/run), the .exe file has precendence.
>
> I think you'll end up having to do the same thing.
>
> On 7/25/05, Kamen Lilov wrote:
> >
> > I have a WinForms app. When started directly (without cmd line
> > parameters),
> > I want it to be a regular application - it displays a main form and works
> > as
> > expected.
> >
> > When invoked with certain parameters, however, I want it to be treated as
> > a
> > Win32 console app. I want to be able to do Console.Write and emit the
> > output in the command session where the app was started. I know I can
> > PInvoke and call AllocConsole but this is _not_ what my intention is. The
> > console of my caller (e.g. the cmd.exe prompt) should be the one that gets
> > my output, and I want the application to execute fully before control is
> > returned to the console - or to the next app in a batch file.
> >
> > How do I approach this?
> >
>
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