How can you detect application close event with no form?

[Patrick Dugan]

I have an vb.net application that is a module that uses a "application.run"
in the sub main to start. There is no form involved (just a system tray
icon)
How can you detect when the application is being closed? It is easy enough
if the user selects "exit" from this tray icon but how can you detect if
Windows is closing the program down? Normally I would simply do something in
the Form.Closing event but without a form how can you determine that the
application is being closed by Windows?

[Marina]

Just call Application.Exit

"Patrick Dugan" <pa***********@usnetNOSMORESPAMcomcorp.com> wrote in message
news:et****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I have an vb.net application that is a module that uses a "application.run"
in the sub main to start. There is no form involved (just a system tray
icon)
How can you detect when the application is being closed? It is easy
enough if the user selects "exit" from this tray icon but how can you
detect if Windows is closing the program down? Normally I would simply do
something in the Form.Closing event but without a form how can you
determine that the application is being closed by Windows?

[Patrick Dugan]

Application.Exit simply exits the program. I want to know how to detect
that Windows is telling my application to shut down. For example when
Windows is shutting down or restarting it will close all running
applications. I want to know how to detect that event when there is no form
in the application.
"Marina" <so*****@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

Just call Application.Exit

"Patrick Dugan" <pa***********@usnetNOSMORESPAMcomcorp.com> wrote in
message news:et****************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

I have an vb.net application that is a module that uses a
"application.run" in the sub main to start. There is no form involved
(just a system tray icon)
How can you detect when the application is being closed? It is easy
enough if the user selects "exit" from this tray icon but how can you
detect if Windows is closing the program down? Normally I would simply do
something in the Form.Closing event but without a form how can you
determine that the application is being closed by Windows?

[]

a long time ago, fergus suggested this to me...and it works just fine...

somewhere in your initialisation code:

either event will work just fine, but read the differences so you know which
is most appropriate for what you want to accomplish.

AddHandler ( _
SystemEvents.SessionEnding, _
AddressOf ShutDown.OnShuttingDown _
)
AddHandler ( _
SystemEvents.SessionEnded, _
AddressOf ShutDown.OnShutDown _
)

put the following class somewhere

Public Class ShutDown
Public Shared Sub OnShuttingdown( _
sender As Object, _
e As SessionEndingEventArgs _
)
e.Cancel = True 'only set if you turn down the shutdown request
Console.WriteLine ("Shutting down - Reason is " & e.Reason)
' your code here to clean up before exiting
End Sub

Public Shared Sub OnShutdown ( _
sender As Object, _
e As SessionEndedEventArgs _
)
Console.WriteLine ("Shutdown - Reason is " & e.Reason)
' your code here to clean up before exiting
End Sub
End Class

i'll be happy to help you if you can't figure out how to incorporate this
snippet into your application.

hth,

me

[Patrick Dugan]

That looks good but the "AddHandler" lines simply say "syntax error" in
vb.net. I've added them to the top under the variable declarations and
within the sub main but they always show syntax error.
"" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:lm******************@fe05.lga...

a long time ago, fergus suggested this to me...and it works just fine...

somewhere in your initialisation code:

either event will work just fine, but read the differences so you know
which
is most appropriate for what you want to accomplish.

AddHandler ( _
SystemEvents.SessionEnding, _
AddressOf ShutDown.OnShuttingDown _
)
AddHandler ( _
SystemEvents.SessionEnded, _
AddressOf ShutDown.OnShutDown _
)

put the following class somewhere

Public Class ShutDown
Public Shared Sub OnShuttingdown( _
sender As Object, _
e As SessionEndingEventArgs _
)
e.Cancel = True 'only set if you turn down the shutdown request
Console.WriteLine ("Shutting down - Reason is " & e.Reason)
' your code here to clean up before exiting
End Sub

Public Shared Sub OnShutdown ( _
sender As Object, _
e As SessionEndedEventArgs _
)
Console.WriteLine ("Shutdown - Reason is " & e.Reason)
' your code here to clean up before exiting
End Sub
End Class

i'll be happy to help you if you can't figure out how to incorporate this
snippet into your application.

hth,

me

[Patrick Dugan]

Ignore my previous post. I figured out where to place them. Thanks!

"" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:lm******************@fe05.lga...

a long time ago, fergus suggested this to me...and it works just fine...

somewhere in your initialisation code:

either event will work just fine, but read the differences so you know
which
is most appropriate for what you want to accomplish.

AddHandler ( _
SystemEvents.SessionEnding, _
AddressOf ShutDown.OnShuttingDown _
)
AddHandler ( _
SystemEvents.SessionEnded, _
AddressOf ShutDown.OnShutDown _
)

put the following class somewhere

Public Class ShutDown
Public Shared Sub OnShuttingdown( _
sender As Object, _
e As SessionEndingEventArgs _
)
e.Cancel = True 'only set if you turn down the shutdown request
Console.WriteLine ("Shutting down - Reason is " & e.Reason)
' your code here to clean up before exiting
End Sub

Public Shared Sub OnShutdown ( _
sender As Object, _
e As SessionEndedEventArgs _
)
Console.WriteLine ("Shutdown - Reason is " & e.Reason)
' your code here to clean up before exiting
End Sub
End Class

i'll be happy to help you if you can't figure out how to incorporate this
snippet into your application.

hth,

me

[]

np...let me know how it works.
"Patrick Dugan" <pa***********@usnetNOSMORESPAMcomcorp.com> wrote in message
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| Ignore my previous post. I figured out where to place them. Thanks!
|
| "" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:lm******************@fe05.lga...
| >a long time ago, fergus suggested this to me...and it works just fine...
| >
| > somewhere in your initialisation code:
| >
| > either event will work just fine, but read the differences so you know
| > which
| > is most appropriate for what you want to accomplish.
| >
| > AddHandler ( _
| > SystemEvents.SessionEnding, _
| > AddressOf ShutDown.OnShuttingDown _
| > )
| > AddHandler ( _
| > SystemEvents.SessionEnded, _
| > AddressOf ShutDown.OnShutDown _
| > )
| >
| > put the following class somewhere
| >
| > Public Class ShutDown
| > Public Shared Sub OnShuttingdown( _
| > sender As Object, _
| > e As SessionEndingEventArgs _
| > )
| > e.Cancel = True 'only set if you turn down the shutdown request
| > Console.WriteLine ("Shutting down - Reason is " & e.Reason)
| > ' your code here to clean up before exiting
| > End Sub
| >
| > Public Shared Sub OnShutdown ( _
| > sender As Object, _
| > e As SessionEndedEventArgs _
| > )
| > Console.WriteLine ("Shutdown - Reason is " & e.Reason)
| > ' your code here to clean up before exiting
| > End Sub
| > End Class
| >
| > i'll be happy to help you if you can't figure out how to incorporate
this
| > snippet into your application.
| >
| > hth,
| >
| > me
| >
| >
| >
|
|

[Patrick Dugan]

I rebooted my computer to test it but it works great! That was exactly what
I needed!
Thanks!
"" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:2I******************@fe05.lga...

np...let me know how it works.
"Patrick Dugan" <pa***********@usnetNOSMORESPAMcomcorp.com> wrote in
message
news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| Ignore my previous post. I figured out where to place them. Thanks!
|
| "" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:lm******************@fe05.lga...
| >a long time ago, fergus suggested this to me...and it works just
fine...
| >
| > somewhere in your initialisation code:
| >
| > either event will work just fine, but read the differences so you know
| > which
| > is most appropriate for what you want to accomplish.
| >
| > AddHandler ( _
| > SystemEvents.SessionEnding, _
| > AddressOf ShutDown.OnShuttingDown _
| > )
| > AddHandler ( _
| > SystemEvents.SessionEnded, _
| > AddressOf ShutDown.OnShutDown _
| > )
| >
| > put the following class somewhere
| >
| > Public Class ShutDown
| > Public Shared Sub OnShuttingdown( _
| > sender As Object, _
| > e As SessionEndingEventArgs _
| > )
| > e.Cancel = True 'only set if you turn down the shutdown request
| > Console.WriteLine ("Shutting down - Reason is " & e.Reason)
| > ' your code here to clean up before exiting
| > End Sub
| >
| > Public Shared Sub OnShutdown ( _
| > sender As Object, _
| > e As SessionEndedEventArgs _
| > )
| > Console.WriteLine ("Shutdown - Reason is " & e.Reason)
| > ' your code here to clean up before exiting
| > End Sub
| > End Class
| >
| > i'll be happy to help you if you can't figure out how to incorporate
this
| > snippet into your application.
| >
| > hth,
| >
| > me
| >
| >
| >
|
|

[]

great...always glad to pass along a good tip...thanks to fergus for pointing
out the systemevents class and the associated snippet.
"Patrick Dugan" <pa***********@usnetNOSMORESPAMcomcorp.com> wrote in message
news:%2****************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
|I rebooted my computer to test it but it works great! That was exactly
what
| I needed!
| Thanks!
|
|
| "" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:2I******************@fe05.lga...
| > np...let me know how it works.
| >
| >
| > "Patrick Dugan" <pa***********@usnetNOSMORESPAMcomcorp.com> wrote in
| > message
| > news:Ot**************@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
| > | Ignore my previous post. I figured out where to place them. Thanks!
| > |
| > | "" <[e-mail]> wrote in message news:lm******************@fe05.lga...
| > | >a long time ago, fergus suggested this to me...and it works just
| > fine...
| > | >
| > | > somewhere in your initialisation code:
| > | >
| > | > either event will work just fine, but read the differences so you
know
| > | > which
| > | > is most appropriate for what you want to accomplish.
| > | >
| > | > AddHandler ( _
| > | > SystemEvents.SessionEnding, _
| > | > AddressOf ShutDown.OnShuttingDown _
| > | > )
| > | > AddHandler ( _
| > | > SystemEvents.SessionEnded, _
| > | > AddressOf ShutDown.OnShutDown _
| > | > )
| > | >
| > | > put the following class somewhere
| > | >
| > | > Public Class ShutDown
| > | > Public Shared Sub OnShuttingdown( _
| > | > sender As Object, _
| > | > e As SessionEndingEventArgs _
| > | > )
| > | > e.Cancel = True 'only set if you turn down the shutdown request
| > | > Console.WriteLine ("Shutting down - Reason is " & e.Reason)
| > | > ' your code here to clean up before exiting
| > | > End Sub
| > | >
| > | > Public Shared Sub OnShutdown ( _
| > | > sender As Object, _
| > | > e As SessionEndedEventArgs _
| > | > )
| > | > Console.WriteLine ("Shutdown - Reason is " & e.Reason)
| > | > ' your code here to clean up before exiting
| > | > End Sub
| > | > End Class
| > | >
| > | > i'll be happy to help you if you can't figure out how to incorporate
| > this
| > | > snippet into your application.
| > | >
| > | > hth,
| > | >
| > | > me
| > | >
| > | >
| > | >
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
|
|

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"Patrick Dugan" <pa***********@usnetNOSMORESPAMcomcorp.com> schrieb:

That looks good but the "AddHandler" lines simply say "syntax error" in
vb.net. I've added them to the top under the variable declarations and
within the sub main but they always show syntax error.
[...]

AddHandler ( _
SystemEvents.SessionEnding, _
AddressOf ShutDown.OnShuttingDown _
)

Remove the braces ('(', ')').

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

[]

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
news:un**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
| "Patrick Dugan" <pa***********@usnetNOSMORESPAMcomcorp.com> schrieb:
| > That looks good but the "AddHandler" lines simply say "syntax error" in
| > vb.net. I've added them to the top under the variable declarations and
| > within the sub main but they always show syntax error.
| > [...]
| >> AddHandler ( _
| >> SystemEvents.SessionEnding, _
| >> AddressOf ShutDown.OnShuttingDown _
| >> )
|
| Remove the braces ('(', ')').

once again herf, it is you who needs to remove something...your head from
your ass. the syntax is NOT a problem. if you knew what the hell you were
talking about, you know the problem was *where* the op placed this code.

why are you an "mvp" again?

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

"" <[e-mail]> schrieb:

| > That looks good but the "AddHandler" lines simply say "syntax error"
in
| > vb.net. I've added them to the top under the variable declarations
and
| > within the sub main but they always show syntax error.
| > [...]
| >> AddHandler ( _
| >> SystemEvents.SessionEnding, _
| >> AddressOf ShutDown.OnShuttingDown _
| >> )
|
| Remove the braces ('(', ')').

once again herf, it is you who needs to remove something...your head from
your ass. the syntax is NOT a problem. if you knew what the hell you were
talking about, you know the problem was *where* the op placed this code.

Again wrong. The code cannot be compiled because of the braces. You are
discrediting yourself.

From the VB.NET Language Specification:

| AddHandlerStatement ::=
| AddHandler Expression , Expression StatementTerminator
| RemoveHandlerStatement ::=
| RemoveHandler Expression , Expression StatementTerminator

BTW:

Rules of Conduct
<URL:http://www.microsoft.com/communities/conduct/default.mspx>

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

[]

"Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]" <hi***************@gmx.at> wrote in message
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fuck you, herf...you dumbass, third-world, wannabe programmer.

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today, the sky is blue...pull your head out of you ass, herf, and maybe take
a look at it.

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herf is one big nda for stupidity...that's ok, you can keep those secrets to
yourself as i don't care to have your special brand thereof replicated. and
now that i think of it, please don't involve yourself in copulation
either...the results could be disastrous.