Can you hide a vb.net console window?

* "DaveF" <(E-Mail Removed)> scripsit:
> Can you hide a vb.net console window?

You can close it by exiting the application.

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
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I want to hide it when it is running???

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"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hirf-spam-me-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> * "DaveF" <(E-Mail Removed)> scripsit:
> > Can you hide a vb.net console window?
>
> You can close it by exiting the application.
>
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> Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
> <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

* "DaveF" <(E-Mail Removed)> scripsit:
> I want to hide it when it is running???

I doubt that this is supported because you can start a console
application from an existing console window and then hiding the
application would hide the whole console...

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

Hi, DaveF

yes you can.

Use GetConsoleWindow() and ShowWindow Win32 API - see platform SDK - Console
functions.

HTH
Alex

"DaveF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can you hide a vb.net console window?
>
>

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, AlexS wrote:
> Hi, DaveF
>
> yes you can.
>
> Use GetConsoleWindow() and ShowWindow Win32 API - see platform SDK - Console
> functions.

GetConsoleWindow only works on 2K and up... The old way to do this was
to use SetConsoleTitle to a unique value (a GUID string comes to mind)
and then use FindWindow to locate the window.

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Tom Shelton [MVP]

Dave,
Rather the creating a console application, consider creating a Windows
Service or a Windows Application.

Then the question of hiding the "console window" is moot.

Hope this helps
Jay

"DaveF" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Can you hide a vb.net console window?
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Hi Jay,

Are you making it difficult for us.
>
> Then the question of hiding the "console window" is moot.

I thought Jay starts with the same words of CJ, and than we (not american
speakers) have to translate free and thought he means mud, but I never saw
you use those words.

I was looking this up in a dictionary, however the translations do not fit
in my idea, what is it?

:-)

Cor

Cor,
I was using this definition:

Moot (adj) 1: open to question 2: having no practical significance

If you change the project type to a type that does not show a console
window, then needing to know how to hide (the none existent window) does not
matter (no practical significance).

Hope this helps
Jay

"Cor Ligthert" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi Jay,
>
> Are you making it difficult for us.
> >
> > Then the question of hiding the "console window" is moot.
>
> I thought Jay starts with the same words of CJ, and than we (not american
> speakers) have to translate free and thought he means mud, but I never
saw
> you use those words.
>
> I was looking this up in a dictionary, however the translations do not fit
> in my idea, what is it?
>
> :-)
>
> Cor
>
>

>
> Moot (adj) 1: open to question 2: having no practical significance
>
The second one I could not find and the first one was moot in my opinion.

Thanks.

Cor