C#

class UglyClass {
    public UglyClass() {
        if (true) {
            DoThis();
            DoThat();
        }

        if (true) DoSomethingElse();
    }
    //...
}

class PrettyClass
{
    public PrettyClass()
    {
        if (true)
        {
            DoThis();
            DoThat();
        }

        if (true)
        {
            DoSomethingElse();
        }
    }
    //...
}

bobsugar222 wrote:

This has absolutely no relevance

class
UglyClass
{
    public
    UglyClass
    ()
    {

        if
        (true)
        {
            DoThis
            ();
            DoThat
            ();
        }
        if
        (true)
        DoSomethingElse
        ();
    }
}

class PrettyClass {

    public PrettyClass() {

        if (true) {
            DoThis();
            DoThat();
        }

        if (true) {
            DoSomethingElse();
        }

    }

}

Syed Muhammad Kamran wrote:

Or even better you can use a static constructor try to set a static boolean variable and check it's value b4 instantiating...
Any Static Construct is the first thing which is run After class loading.

<br />
<br />
namespace blahblah<br />
{<br />
  public partial class MainForm : Form<br />
  {<br />
    public MainForm()<br />
    {<br />
     bool startupCheckValue = true;<br />
      startupCheckValue = startupCheck();<br />
      if (!startupCheckValue)<br />
      {<br />
        Dispose();<br />
        this.Close();<br />
        Application.Exit(); // exitProgram();<br />
      }<br />
 etc etc etc<br />
<br />
    private bool startupCheck()<br />
    {<br />
      // make sure database file exists<br />
      //<br />
[code works fine]<br />
    }<br />
<br />
<br />

 <br />
 public partial class MainForm : Form<br />
  {<br />
    static MainForm()<br />
    {<br />
      Application.Exit();<br />
    }<br />
public MainForm()<br />
    {<br />
<br />
[etc etc]<br />

static void Main()
{
  Applivation.Run(new MainForm());
}

static void Main()
{
  MainForm form = new MainForm();
  if (something)
  {
    Applivation.Run(form);
  } 
  else
  {
    Show some kind of error message
  }
}