Starting form from Sub Main

Ok I have an app and I want to be able to execute from command line and from GUI.

I created a sub main

Code:

---

  Public Shared Sub main()

    Dim args As String() = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
    Dim arg As String

    If args.GetUpperBound(0) = 0 Then
      ' load user interaction form
      Dim f As New frmNetStat()
      f.FormLoad()

    Else
      frmNetStat.GetCommandLineArgs()

      ' process arguments
      ' no visual display is necessary
    End If

  End Sub

  Public Sub FormLoad()
    lblStatus.Text = "Awaiting command..."
    g_strConnection = "connection info..."
' form shows up and then exits immediately
    Me.Show()
  End Sub

---

however, the problem is it pops up the form and disappears w/o any type of input from the user :mad:

My sub main procedure is placed just below the
Public Sub New proc...
public sub form load is in the main part of the code
I did change the startup to be Sub Main and not the standard formload.

Any ideas :confused:

Try using the Application.Run method like this:

VB Code:

Public Shared Sub main()
 
    Dim args As String() = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()
    Dim arg As String
 
    If args.GetUpperBound(0) = 0 Then
      ' load user interaction form
      [b]Application.Run(New frmNetStat())[/b]
 
    Else
      frmNetStat.GetCommandLineArgs()
 
      ' process arguments
      ' no visual display is necessary
    End If
 
  End Sub
 
  Public Sub FormLoad()
    lblStatus.Text = "Awaiting command..."
    g_strConnection = "connection info..."
' form shows up and then exits immediately
    Me.Show() 
  End Sub

You can get more info on the method in the help. Also you should just use the Form_Load event or call your FormLoad method from the Form's constructor.

ahhh that worked great :)
Thanks!

I'll read up some more on that application.run :)

ok.. new problem.
I can't get console.writeline("some string") to actually output to console.

I understand writeline writes to the standardoutput.

I tried to set it with
System.Console.SetOut(Console.Out)

however, that didn't do a thing :(

The GUI pops up fine when I don't have any parameters as it should, and it works great from command line.. but I can't get it to output text to command line.
:o