WPF / Console Hybrid Application

Question

I writing an application what can either be run on the command line, or with a WPF UI.

[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
    // Does magic parse args         


        

Answer 1

Create a WPF app and add the following code to your App class:

public partial class App
{
    protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs e)
    {
        if (e.Args.Length > 0)
        {                
            List lowercaseArgs = e.Args.ToList().ConvertAll(x => x.ToLower());
            if (AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS))
            {
                // your console app code                

                Console.Write("\rPress any key to continue...");
                Console.ReadKey();
                FreeConsole();
            }
            Shutdown();
        }
        else
        {
            base.OnStartup(e);
        }
    }

    private const int ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS = -1;

    [DllImport("kernel32", SetLastError = true)]
    private static extern bool AttachConsole(int dwProcessId);

    [DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
    private static extern bool FreeConsole();
}