Console App capturing close button event

[Meya-awe]

Hi,
I have a console app, i want to be able to do some clean up when the
user exits the application. So, i need to capture the red close window
button event on the "cmd.exe" window. How can i do this?

I know that i can make my app a windows app and hide the window - right
now, this is not enough of a reason to go this route. And in that case,
i would have to have the user to go to the task manager or provide
another means to shutdown the app when needed such as another utility
program or write code into the prog to check for an already running
instance and shut it down and then continue.
thanks,
BRAMOIN

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[Michael Nemtsev]

Willy posted sample how to do this
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...88a7bf4cfb4832

"Meya-awe" wrote:

Hi,
I have a console app, i want to be able to do some clean up when the
user exits the application. So, i need to capture the red close window
button event on the "cmd.exe" window. How can i do this?

I know that i can make my app a windows app and hide the window - right
now, this is not enough of a reason to go this route. And in that case,
i would have to have the user to go to the task manager or provide
another means to shutdown the app when needed such as another utility
program or write code into the prog to check for an already running
instance and shut it down and then continue.
thanks,
BRAMOIN

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[Meya-awe]

I am using C#, so i don't know how to import Kernel32 into it. in any
case, when i used the other suggestion: Binding to the process, it does
not work. Here is a simplified version of my code

namespace progName
{
class progName
{
private static progName pName = null;

public delegate void OnExited(object o, System.EventArgs e);

// other variable initializations

public progName()
{ // some object initialization }

[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
pName = new progName();

System.Diagnostics.Process thisProc =
System.Diagnostics.Process.GetCurrentProess();

thisProc.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
thisProc.Exited += new EventHandler(pName.OnExited);

while(pName._shutDown == false)
{
thisProc.WaitForExit();
pName._shutDown = true;
}

// psuedo code ....Call other objects shutdown
}

pubic void OnExited(object o, System.EventArgs e)
{
// psuedo code ... Call other objects shutdown
}
}
}

I put a breakpoint on the first line in OnExited and it is never called
when i close the window.

BRAMOIN

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[Meya-awe]

Correction: Binding to the process worked and the
System.Diagnostics.Process method did not work. Also, this binding to
the process method that i have mentioned is in the link suggested by
Willy: news:5A**********************************@microsof t.com...

BRAMOIN

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