[2.0] Hide a console application

[Guest]

Hi, I have a console application and I would like to hide it when it's running.
Of course I took a look into the StartInfo property of the Process Class
(CreateNoWindow, WindowsStyle) but when I start my application, the dos
windows is still visible.

Process p = Process.GetCurrentProcess();
p.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
p.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

This application is started by an other program which is not developped in
..NET so I can't create a ProcessStartInfo object and set CreateNoWindow and
WindowsStyle. Anyway I haven't source code.

Does someone have an idea or the solution for me ?

Thanks

Fred

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Unless your app starts the process, the window cannot be hidden.

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Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
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[Chris Fulstow]

Maybe you could build your application as a Windows Service instead?
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/zt39148a.aspx

 

[Guest]

Thanks for your answer Kevin.

Unless your app starts the process, the window cannot be hidden.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Chicken Salad Shooter
http://unclechutney.blogspot.com

A man, a plan, a canal, a palindrome that has.. oh, never mind.

 

[Ben Voigt]

Hi, I have a console application and I would like to hide it when it's
running.
Of course I took a look into the StartInfo property of the Process Class
(CreateNoWindow, WindowsStyle) but when I start my application, the dos
windows is still visible.

If you don't need a console window, make it not a console application. A
Forms app isn't required to actually show a Form or run the event loop.

 

[Michael D. Ober]

Iterate through the process list and get your target process. Then use API
calls to get the window handle to the process and hide it.

Mike.

 

[Guest]

Thanks all for your answers.
In fact that's rigth I changed my console application to a "form
application" without start a "form" and my application works like I want.

Thanks

Best Regards

Fred