How do I programmatically minimize the console window in a VB .NET console
application?

=?Utf-8?B?QWJlbGFyZA==?= <Abel***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
I don't think you can - since it's not a window.

It is a window and can be minimized manually by clicking the minimize box. 
The question is how to programmatically minimize it.

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I think you would have to do this through the process of the "console
window" that holds ur dos app.

take a look at this link:
http://www.thescripts.com/forum/thread382333.html

Miro

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Thanks to all of yoh for your input.  The link below had exactly the answer I
needed.  The console is a true window.  You have to do a call to this
function with all the correct parameters to control its behavior:

Imports System.Diagnostics

  Private Declare Function ShowWindow Lib "user32.dll" ( _
    ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, _
    ByVal nCmdShow As SHOW_WINDOW _
    ) As Boolean

The link Miro sent has the rest of the details.  It's very nice code and a
generally
useful function.

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=?Utf-8?B?QWJlbGFyZA==?= <Abel***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
It maybe look like a Window but it is merely a container for the console
application. Unlike Winforms application console apps do not have direct
control over their windows.

You'll have to use Win32 API calls to minimize the Window:

http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32/ShowWindow.html

Abelard wrote:
The problem is that the way you do it programatically in a Windows
Application project is by setting the Me.WindowState to Minimized. But
the WindowState property is defined in the System.Windows.Forms class
and a Console Application window is not a member of the
Systems.Windows.Forms class. To make things even worse, there is no
Console.WindowState property.

Now, I happen to agree with you, a console window is essentially a
Command Prompt window that is running a specific piece of code. And you
can minimize a Command Prompt (and a Console App) window by clicking on
the minimize button, so there should be some way to do it
programmatically, but I haven't found it. Maybe there is an API call to
do it? (Since .NET I try to avoid API calls whenever possible.)

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