Using Windows Forms with Console Application

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hey guys,

i have figured out how to make my programming language and make it work for both windows forms and console application programs(i just added a windows forms to my project and a little bit of code), but the problem is, when you click the debug button and type in 'new form'(it's just for testing purposes) it makes a new form and it shows it, but when you hover your mouse over it, it just has the loading circle and you can't do anything with it. how do i fix this?

code:

Console Application

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("hello");
            Console.WriteLine(" ");
            begin:
            string code = Console.ReadLine();
            if (code == "new form")
            {
                Form1 form = new Form1();
                form.Activate();
                form.Show();
                form.Enabled = true;
                form.Focus();
                form.Visible = true;
                goto begin;
            }
        }
    }
}

Windows Forms

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ConsoleApplication1
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            
        }
    }
}

please help

Posted 14-Sep-12 23:01pm

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Zoltán Zörgő 15-Sep-12 5:06am

You can mix them from the frameworks point of view, but I am not sure how this is supported in VisualStudio itself

AmitGajjar 15-Sep-12 5:24am

hover mouse over it, but where ? on which object ?

Member 8378691 15-Sep-12 5:27am

if you hover your mouse over the new form window, the mouse turns into the loading circle and you can't do anything with the form

AmitGajjar 15-Sep-12 5:29am

you mean to say, you want to access properties of form ?

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Ganesh Nikam · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-14T23:27:00

hiii,
use following code

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ConsoleApplication3
{
    class Program : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("hello");
            Console.WriteLine(" ");
        begin:
            string code = Console.ReadLine();
            if (code == "new form")
            {
                //Form form = new Form();
                //form.Activate();
                //form.Show();
                //form.Enabled = true;
                //form.Focus();
                //form.Visible = true;
                Application.EnableVisualStyles();
                Application.Run(new Program());
                goto begin;
            }

        }

        private void InitializeComponent() // DESIGNER WILL ADD THIS FUNCTION
        {
            this.SuspendLayout();
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(367, 188);
            this.Name = "Program";
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
        }

    }
}

also add two references
1) system.windows.forms
2) system.drawing