Making a console window disapear...

[decrypt]

I need to make my console window not visible when running, and i decided the best way to do this was to make it an mdiChild. (if there is another way please notify me)

 

I have been able to make a console and windows application run in the same exe using the following code:

Imports System
Imports System.Diagnostics
Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
Imports System.Windows.Forms

Class StartUp

   Shared Sub Main()
       Dim Args As String() = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()

       If Args.Length = 1 Then
           Console.WriteLine("entering GUI-Mode..")

           'hide the Console-Window..
           ShowWindow(Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle, SW_HIDE)

           'causes the application to show a new instance of 
           ' frmMain and run untill the Form is closed..
           Application.Run(New frmMain)
       Else
           Console.WriteLine("entering Console-Mode..")

           '----do all console-stuff here..---
           For Each Arg As String In Args
               Console.WriteLine(Arg)
           Next
           '----------------------------------

           'if you want the console to halt after processing keep this line:
           Console.ReadLine()
           '..if not delete it ^^
       End If

   End Sub

   Private Const SW_HIDE As Short = 0
   <DllImport("user32.dll")> _
   Public Shared Function ShowWindow(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal cmdShow As Short) As Integer
   End Function
End Class

 

and that opens up the form. I can then reload the console application with this code:

        
Dim psi As New ProcessStartInfo(Application.ExecutablePath, """Started by " + Environment.UserName.ToUpper + " at " + DateTime.Now.ToLongTimeString + """")
       Process.Start(psi)
       Application.Exit()

 

The only problem that i have is that i don't know how i can load the application as an mdiChild. all i know is:

    Dim frm1 As New Form1 
       frm1.MdiParent = Me
       frm1.Show()

 

And i can't load a console window like that... Is there anyway to make the console window go into processes, or to make it disappear somehow? (i've created something that monitors my files using filesystemwatcher in a console, and i don't want to have to have it visible)

[Nerseus]

Sounds like you don't want a console application :)

 

If your code is already setup, simply change the project property from Console Application to Windows Executable.

 

-ner

[neodammer]

If you run it as a windows application you can easily just tell the form to hide.