I have a console application that contains quite a lot of threads. There are threads that monitor certain conditions and terminate the program if they are true. This termi
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Deep down says:
SetConsoleCtrlHandler won't work on windows7 if you link to user32
Some where else in the thread it is suggested to crate a hidden window. So I create a winform and in onload I attached to console and execute original Main. And then SetConsoleCtrlHandle works fine (SetConsoleCtrlHandle is called as suggested by flq)
public partial class App3DummyForm : Form
{
private readonly string[] _args;
public App3DummyForm(string[] args)
{
_args = args;
InitializeComponent();
}
private void App3DummyForm_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
AllocConsole();
App3.Program.OriginalMain(_args);
}
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
static extern bool AllocConsole();
}