Can we determine at runtime if app is Console or Windows?

9 Oct 2006 2:38 AM

Tom Leylan

Hi all, and to Cor, Herfried and the other "old folks", it's been a long
time :-)

I might be hanging around again for awhile but in the meantime I have a
question. Does anybody know of a way to determine at runtime whether the
app is a console or a GUI app? I have to imagine the information is
available but searching around didn't yield the answer.

Thanks,
Tom

9 Oct 2006 3:45 AM

Cor Ligthert [MVP]

Hi Tom,

Good to see you back, in my idea is this a typical Herfried question.
I am almost sure he knows this.

Cor

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"Tom Leylan" <gee@iamtiredofspam.com> schreef in bericht
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> Hi all, and to Cor, Herfried and the other "old folks", it's been a long
> time :-)
>
> I might be hanging around again for awhile but in the meantime I have a
> question. Does anybody know of a way to determine at runtime whether the
> app is a console or a GUI app? I have to imagine the information is
> available but searching around didn't yield the answer.
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
>
>
>

9 Oct 2006 4:44 AM

Tom Leylan

Hi to you too... (you're an MVP now)!

It might sound a little funny since it must be known at compile time whether
it is a console app. On the other hand I was hoping that I might develop a
few routines that would adapt depending upon whether it was a console app,
so I would like to check at runtime. It might not turn out to be too useful
but I thought I'd check.

Anything else been going on?

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"Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstn***@planet.nl> wrote in message
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> Hi Tom,
>
> Good to see you back, in my idea is this a typical Herfried question.
> I am almost sure he knows this.
>
> Cor
>
> "Tom Leylan" <gee@iamtiredofspam.com> schreef in bericht
> news:%23J$yDw06GHA.348@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Hi all, and to Cor, Herfried and the other "old folks", it's been a long
>> time :-)
>>
>> I might be hanging around again for awhile but in the meantime I have a
>> question. Does anybody know of a way to determine at runtime whether the
>> app is a console or a GUI app? I have to imagine the information is
>> available but searching around didn't yield the answer.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tom

9 Oct 2006 8:04 PM

Oenone

Tom Leylan wrote:

> I might be hanging around again for awhile but in the meantime I have
> a question. Does anybody know of a way to determine at runtime
> whether the app is a console or a GUI app?

Seeing as no one else has answered, I'll offer you this solution. I don't
like it at all, but it does work (tested in VB2005):

\\\
    Public Function IsConsole() As Boolean

        Dim s As String

        Try
            s = Console.Title
            Return True
        Catch ex As System.IO.IOException
            Return False
        End Try

    End Function
///

I'd strongly advise keeping this in a self-contained function, and then when
someone suggests a proper implementation you can just swap the code over. :)

--

(O)enone

10 Oct 2006 2:08 AM

Tom Leylan

That works well enough. I agree that catching the exception isn't the idea
method but the functionality is isolated. I added a static variable within
the function so it can be set once on the first call and subsequent calls
don't need to trip the exception again.

Thanks... it works!

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"Oenone" <oen***@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Tom Leylan wrote:
>> I might be hanging around again for awhile but in the meantime I have
>> a question. Does anybody know of a way to determine at runtime
>> whether the app is a console or a GUI app?
>
> Seeing as no one else has answered, I'll offer you this solution. I don't
> like it at all, but it does work (tested in VB2005):
>
> \\\
>    Public Function IsConsole() As Boolean
>
>        Dim s As String
>
>        Try
>            s = Console.Title
>            Return True
>        Catch ex As System.IO.IOException
>            Return False
>        End Try
>
>    End Function
> ///
>
> I'd strongly advise keeping this in a self-contained function, and then
> when someone suggests a proper implementation you can just swap the code
> over. :)
>
> --
>
> (O)enone
>