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Re: console apllication send mail in c sharp vs 2005

Kristian Sixhøj23-Sep-07 2:11

Kristian Sixhøj

23-Sep-07 2:11

Perhaps this would help:

How to send a simple text email message

Virtual1ty
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Re: console apllication send mail in c sharp vs 2005

zafax_23-Sep-07 4:38

23-Sep-07 4:38

hi, thank you so much and for understanding. i'll go through this.

so much of happy ending...

Re: console apllication send mail in c sharp vs 2005

martin_hughes23-Sep-07 2:15

23-Sep-07 2:15

Sorry, what is your question?

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Re: console apllication send mail in c sharp vs 2005

zafax_23-Sep-07 4:34

23-Sep-07 4:34

so here i have created a console application in c sharp which logs my activities done on documents and others.

i want add a new task on this console application. thats mail service as in my article.

my question here is is it possible to:

- mail should collect my logges contents and
- mail to someone automatically on regular time

i hope you understand. thanks

so much of happy ending...

console in c sharp

zafax_22-Sep-07 23:05

22-Sep-07 23:05

well, i suppose to create a simple program which logs my history documents activities. but i seen it working only when i open console which should be run automatically and in background.

so i want consoler to run automatically and it should be hidden in background processing.

thanks and great for who help me right now.

so much of happy ending...

Re: console in c sharp [modified]

Kristian Sixhøj22-Sep-07 23:30

Kristian Sixhøj

22-Sep-07 23:30

It should be possible to hide the console window using the function ShowWindow.

Add these lines of code before (or at least outside) the Main() method:

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]<br />
public static extern void ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);<br />
<br />
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]<br />
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);

Then add these lines of code at the top in your Main method:

<br />
IntPtr hWnd = FindWindow("ConsoleWindowClass", null); // retrieve a handle to the console window<br />
ShowWindow(hWnd, 0); // hide the window

And that's it.

Edit: Yup, it works Smile | :)

Smile | :)

Oh, I almost forgot. You wanted it to run automaticly. Just place the exe-file in the Start Menu\All programs\Start folder. Then it will be run everytime you log on to Windows.

-- modified at 5:38 Sunday 23rd September, 2007

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Re: console in c sharp

zafax_23-Sep-07 0:13

23-Sep-07 0:13

thank you so much for trying to help me. but there was a error on the following line im using visual studio 2005.

IntPtr hWnd = FindWindow("ConsoleWindowClass", null); // retrieve a handle to the console window
ShowWindow(hWnd, 0); // hide the window

Error 1 Class, struct, or interface method must have a return type .

so can you look at the code more closely?

thanks

so much of happy ending...

Re: console in c sharp

Kristian Sixhøj23-Sep-07 0:20

Kristian Sixhøj

23-Sep-07 0:20

That's weird. The code works fine here, and I'm also using Visual Studio 2005.
Make sure you defined both functions correctly:

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern void ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);

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

If that doesn't work, try this:

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);

Instead of:

[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern void ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);

Hope that works.

Virtual1ty
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Re: console in c sharp

zafax_23-Sep-07 0:56

23-Sep-07 0:56

Virtual1ty, its working fine as you hoped, thanks and you are great, so much for helping.

so much of happy ending...

Re: console in c sharp

Kristian Sixhøj23-Sep-07 0:57

Kristian Sixhøj

23-Sep-07 0:57

No problem Smile | :)

Smile | :)

Virtual1ty
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Re: console in c sharp

Kristian Sixhøj23-Sep-07 0:32

Kristian Sixhøj

23-Sep-07 0:32

This one should work:

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

Did you get an error on both lines?

Virtual1ty
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Re: console in c sharp

Guffa22-Sep-07 23:44

22-Sep-07 23:44

If you don't want the console at all, just create a windows application and don't open form.

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Re: console in c sharp

zafax_22-Sep-07 23:52

22-Sep-07 23:52

Guffa, can you please read my article carefully and it is just a log files into a specified location make sure you dont need any GUI application.

thanks for reply Guffa.

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Re: console in c sharp

Guffa23-Sep-07 0:36

23-Sep-07 0:36

What article? You haven't submitted any articles here, so I suppose that you mean the forum posting?

Reading your posting carefully only made it less clear. If your program isn't working, what happens exactly when it's "not working"? When you are talking about opening a console window, do you mean the windows command promt?

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Re: console in c sharp

Paul Conrad23-Sep-07 4:19

23-Sep-07 4:19

Maybe he's mixing up post and article?

I am not sure what he means by article, either.

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Re: console in c sharp

zafax_23-Sep-07 4:43

23-Sep-07 4:43

mixing it, yeah if you think maybe you are right.

but articles is console in c sharp and post is what we post article contents into the forum right?

if im wrong pls help me1

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Re: console in c sharp

Guffa23-Sep-07 5:36

23-Sep-07 5:36

If you look at the top of the page in the menu, to the left of "Message Bords" is "Articles". There is where articles are in The Code Project.

The word "article", however, can be used in several different ways, like for example in "an article of clothing". I don't know which way you are trying to use it, but if it's something other than whats usually regarded as an article here, you have to specify what you mean or it's only confusing.

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Re: console in c sharp

zafax_23-Sep-07 5:39

23-Sep-07 5:39

yeah thats true and thank you for helping.

kind regards
zafar

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Re: console in c sharp

Paul Conrad23-Sep-07 4:20

23-Sep-07 4:20

zafax4 wrote:
can you please read my article carefully

What article? Do you mean your post?

"Try asking what you want to know, rather than asking a question whose answer you know." - Christian Graus

Re: console in c sharp

zafax_23-Sep-07 4:47

23-Sep-07 4:47

thanks you. im sorry. we use sometimes common sense to understand what is posted in this forum . not to challange ones cleverness.

kind regards
zafar

so much of happy ending...

Re: console in c sharp

Paul Conrad23-Sep-07 5:00

23-Sep-07 5:00

Articles have a lot of paragraphs and sometimes pretty pictures.

"Try asking what you want to know, rather than asking a question whose answer you know." - Christian Graus

Re: console in c sharp

zafax_23-Sep-07 5:03

23-Sep-07 5:03

thanks paul. you are right and i appreciate you.

and do you know what im asking for here in this post?

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Re: console in c sharp

Paul Conrad23-Sep-07 5:12

23-Sep-07 5:12

zafax4 wrote:
do you know what im asking for here in this post?

I would just go the WinForms route and not shot any GUI at all. All of the other suggestions work as well.

"Try asking what you want to know, rather than asking a question whose answer you know." - Christian Graus

Re: console in c sharp

zafax_23-Sep-07 5:17

23-Sep-07 5:17

paul your suggestion is quite good.

thanks

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Re: console in c sharp

Dave Sexton23-Sep-07 1:43

23-Sep-07 1:43

Why create it as an application at all? Why not create a Windows service instead?

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