Console.Write Not Working In Win Forms App

Question

I created a VB.NET Windows Forms Application in Visual Studio 2008. When I run my program from the command-line, I get no output (only the next prompt).

What am I d

Answer 1

The solution is:

Declare Function AttachConsole Lib "kernel32.dll" (ByVal dwProcessId As Int32) As Boolean
Declare Function FreeConsole Lib "kernel32.dll" () As Boolean

[code.....]

when needed the console output you just call AttachConsole(-1) but remember to do a FreeConsole() at the end of your program.

the only problem with this solution is that you will read something like this:

C:>yourapp.exe
C:>Hello World!

That's because a forms application runs as a child of the command prompt so the prompt returns immediately after you type the app name..

In a console application the command prompt returns after the program exits.

I am still trying to find a way to have the same behaviour (sync run) as in a console application.