Minimizing the Console Window

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How do I programmaticall y minimize the console window in a VB .NET console
application?

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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.

[Abelard]

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.

[Miro]

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:
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread382333.html

Miro

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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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It is a window and can be minimized manually by clicking the minimize
box. The question is how to programmaticall y minimize it.

It maybe look like a Window but it is merely a container for the console
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:

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/...howWindow.html

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Abelard wrote:

It is a window and can be minimized manually by clicking the minimize box.
The question is how to programmaticall y minimize it.

The problem is that the way you do it programatically in a Windows
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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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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"Miro" wrote:

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:
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread382333.html

Miro

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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.

[Abelard]

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.

"Miro" wrote:

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:
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread382333.html

Miro

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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.