Thread: How to make program that opens and closes the command prompt.

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    How to make program that opens and closes the command prompt.

    Hello,

    I hope you are having a good day and thank you for taking the time to help me.

    How would I go about creating a program that opens and closes the command prompt. I just realized that I can't create a program that runs in the background, independent of the command prompt, while creating a project under a "CLR Console Application" in Microsoft Visual Studio.

    What application would I need to use? Would I just start an "empty Project"? Are there some examples that show code which opens command prompts and then closes them while the program is still running?

    Is there a way to make the program I have right now which opens a command prompt and awaits a number followed by ENTER a subroutine? And after the subroutine, the program closes the command prompt?

    Also, what could solve my problem is having a way to keep the console ontop of the Z order because once I type in a number, the computer will open up an image. Is there anyway to keep the console "ontop" or at the highest Z order so that I don't have to click on the console to type into it.

    THANK YOU!!!!

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    64-bit Dell running Windows 7 OS.

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    You said earlier I think that you are getting the info from another device. Why not just listen to the device, instead of opening up a window, somehow funneling the device input into the terminal, and then resetting the focus to the terminal? Or if somehow the device is simulating keyboard events, just use the windows api for keyboard events?

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    There is no need to start a new thread just because you didn't get the answer yet from your other thread with the same problem
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    Now, please, for the love of all things good and holy, think about what you're doing! Don't just run around willy-nilly, coding like a drunk two-year-old....
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    I don't know, he created a whole new account to post that other thread. Who knows what other dastardly plans the webmaster has enacted now he's made the board IE only.

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    Quote Originally Posted by adeyblue View Post
    I don't know, he created a whole new account to post that other thread. Who knows what other dastardly plans the webmaster has enacted now he's made the board IE only.
    Hahaha.....Sweet, we haven't had a good mod conspiracy thread on here in quite sometime.

    *whispers* I heard all the mods and the webmaster got together and sacrificed a noob to please the computer Gods and I also heard that*looks around, leans in*sharris is next.*runs away*
    Last edited by AndrewHunter; 07-13-2011 at 08:29 PM.
    Quote Originally Posted by anduril462 View Post
    Now, please, for the love of all things good and holy, think about what you're doing! Don't just run around willy-nilly, coding like a drunk two-year-old....
    Quote Originally Posted by quzah View Post
    ..... Just don't be surprised when I say you aren't using standard C anymore, and as such,are off in your own little universe that I will completely disregard.
    Warning: Some or all of my posted code may be non-standard and as such should not be used and in no case looked at.

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