How to determine console or winform app?

[None]

Hello, my app is written in C#. Given an app file path (e.g. e:\abc.exe),
how can I determine if it's a winform app or a console one. (note: abc.exe
can be either a native exe or a .net one)

 

[kimiraikkonen]

Hello, my app is written in C#. Given an app file path (e.g. e:\abc.exe),
how can I determine if it's a winform app or a console one. (note: abc.exe
can be either a native exe or a .net one)

Hi,
Try to run the application from command prompt (cmd.exe) then if it's
a winform application the application's main form is opened as window,
if not, the program is started and output is visible inside command
prompt as just a guess to verify, better ideas may exist.

Thanks,

Onur Güzel

 

[None]

thanks. I am looking into the pe file format.

You will need to study the Portable Executable (PE) file format.
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/firmware/PECOFF.mspx
Then you can open the .exe file with a BinaryReader and pick out the
information you need.

Eq.