Console.WriteLine is a static method. Console.Out is a static object that can get passed as a parameter to any method that takes a TextWriter, and that method could call the non-static member method WriteLine. An example where this would be useful is some sort of customizable logging routines, where you might want to send the … Read more
WebApplication.CreateBuilderpart() is only used for web/api applications like the name implies Host.CreateDefaultBuilder() is used to build a generic host (without web services, middleware etc) which you can use to build anything other than webhost. See for example; https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/extensions/generic-host Which has not changed. Its true that it feels a bit awkward to build console apps and/or … Read more
If the user accidentally clicks into the black console window, the cursor changes to a filled white rectangle, and the app hangs at the next Console.Write statement, until another clic is made. It is a generic feature of the Console window when its “QuickEdit Mode” is enabled. In order to disable that feature, you should … Read more
The list found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.console.backgroundcolor.aspx I believe are the only supported colors in console. No hex allowed. Black DarkBlue DarkGreen DarkCyan DarkRed DarkMagenta DarkYellow Gray DarkGray Blue Green Cyan Red Magenta Yellow White EDIT Get the working project files off my public Repo https://bitbucket.org/benskolnick/color-console/ But on further investigation you can do a lot of work … Read more
Richard Dutton has a solution on his blog: while (true) { if (Console.KeyAvailable) { ConsoleKeyInfo key = Console.ReadKey(true); switch (key.Key) { case ConsoleKey.F1: Console.WriteLine(“You pressed F1!”); break; default: break; } } // Do something more useful }
I’ve copied text from the Console window and pasted it into another source many times. It’s there as default in a Console application; Right click the console border: Select Edit > Mark: Drag over the text you want using the mouse (Or use the arrow keys) to select the text you want: Again, right click … Read more
You can use Process.Start to start the other console application. You will need to construct the process with ProcessStartInfo.RedirectOutput set to true and UseShellExecute set to false in order to be able to utilize the output yourself. You can then read the output using StandardOutput.ReadToEnd on the process.
I would recommend using a ManualResetEvent (or other WaitHandle), and calling ManualResetEvent.WaitOne. This will have a similar effect to sleeping forever, except that it provides you a clean way to exit from your infinite “block” when desired (by calling Set() on the event). Using while(true) will consume CPU cycles, so it’s definitely something to avoid. … Read more
What you can do is Create a hidden window in your Console application which is used to handle the hotkey notification and raise an event. The code HERE demonstrates the principal. HERE is an article on handling messages in a Console application, using this you should be able to enhance HotKeyManager to run in a … Read more
We can show a message box in a console application. But first include this reference in your vb.net or c# console application System.Windows.Forms; Reference: To add reference in vb.net program right click (in solution explorer) on your project name-> then add reference-> then .Net-> then select System.Windows.Forms. To add reference in c# program right click … Read more