Execute code when application exits

[Bufedog]

I have an application that runs in the background. Unfortunately, it cannot be a service because it needs to use login forms.

However, I need to know if it is ended and write that to a log so that I know when, and hopefully why it was ended. Anyone have any idea how I would go about doing that?

 

[JohnH]

Handle the forms FormClosing event (or FormClosed) and check e.CloseReason.

 

[Bufedog]

The application does not display a form. It runs entirely in the background.

 

[JohnH]

What kind of application is this? If you run message loop through the Application object it has the shared ApplicationExit event. If this is a Console application you can use the SetConsoleCtrlHandler (see example)

 

[Bufedog]

It's not a console application. It is a Windows Application that runs from a main method in a class. It routinely checks for the existence of a list of files it gets from an XML document. Then it prompts for a user name and password from Server Room Personnel (The login form is why the application is not a windows service). When they input the username and password, the program FTP's the file to is predetermined destination.

I need a way of knowing if this application is closed from the task manager.