Question

How can i minimize application to system tray by using command line argument.

eg:when i open my application using command line like this.
c:\myfile.exe totray

i writed some code for that but it never worked.

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            if (args.Length >0)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(args[0]);
            }
            Application.Run(new Form1());

        }

Here the messagebox is showing with my argument “totray”.
so i just added code like

static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            if (args.Length >0)
            {
               // MessageBox.Show(args[0]);
                if (args[0] == "totray") {
                    Form1 frm1 = new Form1();
                    frm1.Hide();
                }
            }
            Application.Run(new Form1());

        }

But this idea is not working.
is it possible to do get the argument to the form?
what code i need to write here?

Answer 1

Environment.CommandLine contains the arguments passed on the command line.
Better Environment.GetCommandLineArgs() that returns a string array like the string[] args passed to the main method, but with the first argument being the executable file name.

Not sure if you need moving the code to the form_load event or in the form contructor.

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