How do I programmaticall y minimize the console window in a VB .NET console
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I don't think you can - since it's not a window.How do I programmaticall y minimize the console window in a VB .NET
console application?
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It is a window and can be minimized manually by clicking the minimize box.
The question is how to programmaticall y minimize it.
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>>How do I programmaticall y minimize the console window in a VB .NET
console application?
I don't think you can - since it's not a window.
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I think you would have to do this through the process of the "console
window" that holds ur dos app.
take a look at this link:
Miro
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news:80D2D829-1DD9-4E63-9CEA-3F63A50845DF@mi crosoft.com...It is a window and can be minimized manually by clicking the minimize box.
The question is how to programmaticall y minimize it.
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>>>>How do I programmaticall y minimize the console window in a VB .NET
console application?
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=?Utf-8?B?QWJlbGFyZA= =?= <Abelard@discus sions.microsoft .comwrote in
news:80D2D829-1DD9-4E63-9CEA-3F63A50845DF@mi crosoft.com:
It maybe look like a Window but it is merely a container for the consoleIt is a window and can be minimized manually by clicking the minimize
box. The question is how to programmaticall y minimize it.
application. Unlike Winforms application console apps do not have direct
control over their windows.
You'll have to use Win32 API calls to minimize the Window:
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Abelard wrote:The problem is that the way you do it programatically in a WindowsIt is a window and can be minimized manually by clicking the minimize box.
The question is how to programmaticall y minimize it.
Application project is by setting the Me.WindowState to Minimized. But
the WindowState property is defined in the System.Windows. Forms class
and a Console Application window is not a member of the
Systems.Windows .Forms class. To make things even worse, there is no
Console.WindowS tate property.
Now, I happen to agree with you, a console window is essentially a
Command Prompt window that is running a specific piece of code. And you
can minimize a Command Prompt (and a Console App) window by clicking on
the minimize button, so there should be some way to do it
programmaticall y, but I haven't found it. Maybe there is an API call to
do it? (Since .NET I try to avoid API calls whenever possible.)
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I don't think you can - since it's not a window.How do I programmaticall y minimize the console window in a VB .NET
console application?
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"Miro" wrote:
I think you would have to do this through the process of the "console
window" that holds ur dos app.
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take a look at this link:
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news:80D2D829-1DD9-4E63-9CEA-3F63A50845DF@mi crosoft.com...>It is a window and can be minimized manually by clicking the minimize box.
The question is how to programmaticall y minimize it.
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How do I programmaticall y minimize the console window in a VB .NET
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I don't think you can - since it's not a window.
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Thanks to all of yoh for your input. The link below had exactly the answer I
needed. The console is a true window. You have to do a call to this
function with all the correct parameters to control its behavior:
Imports System.Diagnost ics
Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32.dll " ( _
ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _
ByVal nCmdShow As SHOW_WINDOW _
) As Boolean
The link Miro sent has the rest of the details. It's very nice code and a
generally
useful function.
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I think you would have to do this through the process of the "console
window" that holds ur dos app.
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take a look at this link:
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news:80D2D829-1DD9-4E63-9CEA-3F63A50845DF@mi crosoft.com...>It is a window and can be minimized manually by clicking the minimize box.
The question is how to programmaticall y minimize it.
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