Question Hide/Show console window

[Bryce Gough]

Hey Guys,

I've been looking everywhere and I am really stuck on this one small problem...
I need to be able to hide/show the console window during runtime. I can't change my console application to a window forms application because it messes up my code and I'm pretty sure you still can't show the window when you are doing that..
I just need some help in coding 2 functions, 1 to hide the console window and 1 to show it.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Bryce Gough

 

[Dunfiddlin]

There are various ways to run the app hidden but I'm not aware of any way to toggle between hidden and shown. It's one way or t'other. I suppose you could run the application parented by a Form 'container' but that seems like an awfully long way round for no obvious gain. Perhaps you could be more specific about how running as a windows application 'messes up your code'?

 

[JohnH]

GetConsoleWindow/ShowWindow functions will allow you to do this (though should you?). Here some code you can easily convert to VB.Net: Show/Hide the console window of a C# console application - Stack Overflow