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Is it possible to set the window title of a console app?
Nov 21 '05 #1
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Yes - it's a property of the console class.

Mike Ober.

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Is it possible to set the window title of a console app?


Nov 21 '05 #2
"Michael D. Ober" <obermd.@.alum.mit.edu.nospam> schrieb:
Is it possible to set the window title of a console app?


Yes - it's a property of the console class.


.... in .NET 2.0 there will be a 'Title' property, but this property does not
exist in .NET 1.0/1.1.

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M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://classicvb.org/petition/>

Nov 21 '05 #3
On 2005-06-24, Martin Williams <wi******@nospam.net> wrote:
Is it possible to set the window title of a console app?


Pre-2.0...

Declare Auto Function SetConsoleTitle Lib "Kernel32" _
(ByVal lpConsoleTitle As String) As Boolean

2.0+
Console.Title

HTH
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Tom Shelton [MVP]
Nov 21 '05 #4
Thanks, that's just what I was looking for.

"Tom Shelton" <ts******@YOUKNOWTHEDRILLcomcast.net> wrote in message
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On 2005-06-24, Martin Williams <wi******@nospam.net> wrote:
Is it possible to set the window title of a console app?


Pre-2.0...

Declare Auto Function SetConsoleTitle Lib "Kernel32" _
(ByVal lpConsoleTitle As String) As Boolean

2.0+
Console.Title

HTH
--
Tom Shelton [MVP]

Nov 21 '05 #5

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