C#

FrankeyJames wrote:

is that the Graphics object somehow needs to be enlarrged before I call the rotate function...

x2 =  x1 * cosa + y1 * sina
y2 = -x1 * sina + y1 * cosa

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

      [DllImport("user32.dll")]
      public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName,string lpWindowName);

      [DllImport("user32.dll")]
      static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);

        //Sometimes System.Windows.Forms.Application.ExecutablePath works for the
 caption depending on the system you are running under.

         IntPtr hWnd = FindWindow(null, "Your console windows caption"); //put your console window caption here

         if(hWnd != IntPtr.Zero)
         {
            //Hide the window
            ShowWindow(hWnd, 0); // 0 = SW_HIDE
         }

         if(hWnd != IntPtr.Zero)
         {
            //Show window again
            ShowWindow(hWnd, 1); //1 = SW_SHOWNORMA
         }

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace Loading
{
   
    class loading
    {
        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
        public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);

        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
        static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.Title = "check";
            
            Console.Write("Hello World");
            
         IntPtr hWnd = FindWindow(null, "check"); //put your console window caption here

         if(hWnd != IntPtr.Zero)
         {
            //Hide the window
            ShowWindow(hWnd, 0); // 0 = SW_HIDE
         }

         Console.ReadLine();

         if(hWnd != IntPtr.Zero)
         {
            //Show window again
            ShowWindow(hWnd, 1); //1 = SW_SHOWNORMA
         }
         Console.ReadLine();

        }
    }
}