Sometimes it can be handy to hide your console application from the users, to avoid complications in the example. Here is how to do it.
First, we need to import a few dlls and a few functions from those dlls. We will also make a few variables for the show and hide parameter in ShowWindow.
In the class before the main function.
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
[DllImport("Kernel32")]
private static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();
const int SW_HIDE = 0;
const int SW_SHOW = 5;
Then we will run the function to get hold of the handle for the console window, and run the hide function (ShowWindow, with hide parameter).
// Hide the window
IntPtr hwnd;
hwnd = GetConsoleWindow();
ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_HIDE);
To “unhide” the window, if you need to do that before the application ends.
// Show the window
IntPtr hwnd;
hwnd = GetConsoleWindow();
ShowWindow(hwnd, SW_SHOW);
That’s it really.
Happy hiding!
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