Use a .NET Windows Form as a Console application also

Some times I want to command line my windows form applications and get the output from it direct to the command line. This is nice to have when I want to batch or run the program with-in another program.

I use it if I have some methods I want to use in both a Windows Form and command line application and I don’t want to write separate applications or wrappers.

I don’t want to make a Console application and start a Windows Form, because the console windows will always be visible. I want a Windows Form application to also work as a Console application with arguments and output.

To do this I had to use the kernel32.dll as shown below:

[DllImport(“kernel32.dll”, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool AttachConsole(int processId);

[ DllImport(“kernel32.dll”, SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool ReleaseConsole();

DllImport namespace is System.Runtime.InteropServices

AttachConsole(int processID) takes the console process ID to which it will output to, -1 is current.
ReleaseConsole() releases the attached console.
Example:
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)

{
  try
  {
    if (args.Length == 0)
    {
      Application.EnableVisualStyles();
      Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
      Application.Run(new WindowsTestForm(args));
    }
    else
    {
      AttachConsole(-1);
      WindowsTestForm testForm= new WindowsTestForm (args);
    }
  }
  catch (Exception)
  {

  }
  finally
  {
    ReleaseConsole();
  }
}

#region Use Console in Windows Forms

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool AttachConsole(int dwProcessId);

[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
private static extern bool ReleaseConsole();

#endregion

drPodder Media Importer 0.3.1.0 released

Change log :0.3.1.0 (Beta)

-Fix database with Not existing album art on device
-Detect album art files on restore and clear in db if not existing (eg. restore on full erased USB partition)
-Clear downloaded flag if media files (episodes) are missing on device
-Clear downloaded and new flag if media files (episodes) are missing on device. Can be used if the restore (from eg. wobOS Internals Save/Restore
-Downloading files flaged as downloaded but does not exist on device if drPodder is capable of deleting (does not work if the download tickets in downloadhistory.db in webOS are erased eg. data erease, firmware flash I think).

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