Question

This is a minor bug (one I’m willing to live with in the interest of go-live, frankly), but I’m wondering if anyone else has ideas to fix it.

I have a C# WinForms application. When the app is launched via the executable (not via the debugger), the first thing the user sees is a console window, followed by the main window (after pre-loading is complete.)

I’d like to not display the console window. (Like I said, it’s a minor bug.)

The project output is already set to Windows Application.

Here’s (most of) the code for the Main() method. I’ve snipped out various proprietary/security related stuff, replacing it with comments where appropriate.

[STAThread] static void Main() {     try     {         Application.EnableVisualStyles();         Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);          // SNIP: Get username from Windows, associate with DB user          if (user == null || user.UID == 0 || (user.Active.HasValue && !(user.Active.Value)))         {             MessageBox.Show(ErrorStrings.UnknownUser, ErrorStrings.TitleBar, MessageBoxButtons.OK,                 MessageBoxIcon.Error);             Application.Exit();             return;         }          // SNIP: Associate user with employee object              Application.Run(new MainForm());     }     catch (Exception ex)     {         if (ExceptionPolicy.HandleException(ex, UiStrings.ExceptionPolicy))         {             string message = ErrorStrings.UnhandledPreface + ex.ToString();             MessageBox.Show(message, ErrorStrings.TitleBar, MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Error);             Application.Exit();         }     } } 

Anyone have any ideas?

Answer 1

My first guess would be to double check your Project Property settings and make sure that the output type is Windows Application and not Console Application.