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I am developing an automation interface program and I looking to enhance capability with a machine software which uses a COPYDATA API aimed at C++. The goal is to control and report status of the machine through my own software.
The method uses pointers and memory allocation which I have not had any experience with thus far.
I have looked at a number of other sources, such as this with no luck at the moment. I have tried the following code to try and run a program on the machine software.
class Program
{
[DllImport("User32.dll", SetLastError = true, EntryPoint = "FindWindow")]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindow(String lpClassName, String lpWindowName);
[DllImport("User32.dll", SetLastError = true, EntryPoint = "SendMessage")]
public static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, int wParam, ref COPYDATASTRUCT lParam);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct COPYDATASTRUCT
{
public IntPtr dwData; // Any value the sender chooses. Perhaps its main window handle?
public int cbData; // The count of bytes in the message.
public IntPtr lpData; // The address of the message.
}
const int WM_COPYDATA = 0x004A;
const int EXTERNAL_CD_COMMAND_RUN_ASYNC = 0x8001;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} bit process.", (IntPtr.Size == 4) ? "32" : "64");
Console.Write("Press ENTER to run test.");
Console.ReadLine();
IntPtr hwnd = FindWindow(null, "InSpecAppFrame");
Console.WriteLine("hwnd = {0:X}", hwnd.ToInt64());
var cds = new COPYDATASTRUCT();
byte[] buff = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("C:\\Users\\Desktop\\COPYDATATEST.iwp");
cds.dwData = (IntPtr)EXTERNAL_CD_COMMAND_RUN_ASYNC;
cds.lpData = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(buff.Length);
Marshal.Copy(buff, 0, cds.lpData, buff.Length);
cds.cbData = buff.Length;
var ret = SendMessage(hwnd, WM_COPYDATA, 0, ref cds);
Console.WriteLine("Return value is {0}", ret);
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(cds.lpData);
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
Running this code returns 0 for both hwnd and ret and the machine software does not react.
Sending a command is the first step, the next will be to try and get a response so I can monitor machine statuses etc.
As a sidenote to what Alejandro wrote (and that I think is correct), you can simplify a little the code, removing a copy of the data. You can directly "pin" your byte[]. It is important that you remember to "unpin" it (for this reason the try/finally block)
There is another potential problem in your code (a problem that I saw only on a second pass of the code): C strings must be \0 terminated (so "Foo" must be "Foo\0"). Your Encoding.ASCII doesn't guarantee a \0 termination. The classical way to do it is to make the byte[] "a little larger" than necessary. I've done the changes necessary.
[DllImport("User32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, int wParam, ref COPYDATASTRUCT lParam);
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpClassName, string lpWindowName);
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct COPYDATASTRUCT
{
public IntPtr dwData; // Any value the sender chooses. Perhaps its main window handle?
public int cbData; // The count of bytes in the message.
public IntPtr lpData; // The address of the message.
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct ExternalGetPositionType
{
public double X;
public double Y;
public double Z;
public double W;
}
const int WM_COPYDATA = 0x004A;
const int EXTERNAL_CD_COMMAND_RUN_ASYNC = 0x8001;
const int EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_PCS = 0x8011;
const int EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_MCS = 0x8012;
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} bit process.", (IntPtr.Size == 4) ? "32" : "64");
Console.Write("Press ENTER to run test.");
Console.ReadLine();
IntPtr hwnd = FindWindow(null, "Form1");
Console.WriteLine("hwnd = {0:X}", hwnd.ToInt64());
if (hwnd == IntPtr.Zero)
{
throw new Exception("hwnd not found");
}
IntPtr ret = RunAsync(hwnd, #"C:\Users\Desktop\COPYDATATEST.iwp");
Console.WriteLine($"Return value for EXTERNAL_CD_COMMAND_RUN_ASYNC is {ret}");
ret = GetPosition(hwnd, true, new ExternalGetPositionType { X = 1, Y = 2, Z = 3, W = 4 });
Console.WriteLine($"Return value for EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_PCS is {ret}");
ret = GetPosition(hwnd, false, new ExternalGetPositionType { X = 10, Y = 20, Z = 30, W = 40 });
Console.WriteLine($"Return value for EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_MCS is {ret}");
Console.ReadLine();
}
public static IntPtr RunAsync(IntPtr hwnd, string str)
{
// We have to add a \0 terminator, so len + 1 / len + 2 for Unicode
int len = Encoding.Default.GetByteCount(str);
var buff = new byte[len + 1]; // len + 2 for Unicode
Encoding.Default.GetBytes(str, 0, str.Length, buff, 0);
IntPtr ret;
GCHandle h = default(GCHandle);
try
{
h = GCHandle.Alloc(buff, GCHandleType.Pinned);
var cds = new COPYDATASTRUCT();
cds.dwData = (IntPtr)EXTERNAL_CD_COMMAND_RUN_ASYNC;
cds.lpData = h.AddrOfPinnedObject();
cds.cbData = buff.Length;
ret = SendMessage(hwnd, WM_COPYDATA, 0, ref cds);
}
finally
{
if (h.IsAllocated)
{
h.Free();
}
}
return ret;
}
public static IntPtr GetPosition(IntPtr hwnd, bool pcs, ExternalGetPositionType position)
{
// We cheat here... It is much easier to pin an array than to copy around a struct
var positions = new[]
{
position
};
IntPtr ret;
GCHandle h = default(GCHandle);
try
{
h = GCHandle.Alloc(positions, GCHandleType.Pinned);
var cds = new COPYDATASTRUCT();
cds.dwData = pcs ? (IntPtr)EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_PCS : (IntPtr)EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_MCS;
cds.lpData = h.AddrOfPinnedObject();
cds.cbData = Marshal.SizeOf<ExternalGetPositionType>();
ret = SendMessage(hwnd, WM_COPYDATA, 0, ref cds);
}
finally
{
if (h.IsAllocated)
{
h.Free();
}
}
return ret;
}
Note even that instead of ASCII you can use the Default encoding, that is a little better.
If you want to receive the messages, in your Winforms do:
protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
if (m.Msg == WM_COPYDATA)
{
COPYDATASTRUCT cds = Marshal.PtrToStructure<COPYDATASTRUCT>(m.LParam);
if (cds.dwData == (IntPtr)EXTERNAL_CD_COMMAND_RUN_ASYNC)
{
string str = Marshal.PtrToStringAnsi(cds.lpData);
Debug.WriteLine($"EXTERNAL_CD_COMMAND_RUN_ASYNC: {str}");
m.Result = (IntPtr)100; // If you want to return a value
}
else if (cds.dwData == (IntPtr)EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_PCS)
{
if (cds.cbData >= Marshal.SizeOf<ExternalGetPositionType>())
{
var position = Marshal.PtrToStructure<ExternalGetPositionType>(cds.lpData);
Debug.WriteLine($"EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_PCS: X = {position.X}, Y = {position.Y}, Z = {position.Z}, W = {position.W}");
m.Result = (IntPtr)200;
}
else
{
m.Result = (IntPtr)0;
}
}
else if (cds.dwData == (IntPtr)EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_MCS)
{
if (cds.cbData >= Marshal.SizeOf<ExternalGetPositionType>())
{
var position = Marshal.PtrToStructure<ExternalGetPositionType>(cds.lpData);
Debug.WriteLine($"EXTERNAL_CD_GET_POSITION_MCS: X = {position.X}, Y = {position.Y}, Z = {position.Z}, W = {position.W}");
m.Result = (IntPtr)300;
}
else
{
m.Result = (IntPtr)0;
}
}
return;
}
base.WndProc(ref m);
}
Note that if you control both the sender AND the receiver, it is better much better to use Unicode for the string parameter. You'll have to modify both the sender and the receiver: Encoding.Unicode.GetByteCount/Encoding.Unicode.GetBytes, the +2 instead of +1 and Marshal.PtrToStringUni.
I wrote a simple C# console application to write text to an notepad process. I took the pieces for writing to the process from SO, but I wanted to take this to the next step, make it a little more useful.
delegate void WriteText(Process[] notepads, bool WriteAll, int index);
[DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint = "FindWindowEx")]
public static extern IntPtr FindWindowEx(IntPtr hwndParent, IntPtr hwndChildAfter, string lpszClass, string lpszWindow);
[DllImport("User32.dll")]
public static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, int uMsg, int wParam, string lParam);
static void Main(params string[] args)
{
if (args.Length != 0)
{
if (args != null)
{
string fullStr = "";
foreach (string str in args)
{
fullStr += str + " ";
}
int index = 0;
WriteToNotepad(fullStr, ref index);
Thread.Sleep(500);
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("Wrote ' {0} ' to notepad[ {1} ] !", fullStr, index));
Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}
static void WriteToNotepad(string text, ref int chosenNotepad)
{
WriteText write = (Process[] notepads, bool WriteAll, int index) =>
{
if (!WriteAll)
{
if (notepads.Length == 0) return;
if (notepads[index] != null)
{
IntPtr child = FindWindowEx(notepads[index].MainWindowHandle, new IntPtr(0), "Edit", null);
SendMessage(child, 0x000c, 0, text);
}
}
else
{
for (int notepadIndex = 0; notepadIndex < notepads.Length; notepadIndex++)
{
IntPtr child = FindWindowEx(notepads[notepadIndex].MainWindowHandle, new IntPtr(0), "Edit", null);
SendMessage(child, 0x000c, 0, text);
}
}
};
Process[] notes = Process.GetProcessesByName("notepad");
if (notes.Length < 1)
{
for (int i = 0; i < notes.Length; i++)
{
Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0}: {1}", i, notes[i].Id));
}
Console.WriteLine("\nPick a number to select which notepad to edit.\nEnter 'ALL' to modify memory of every notepad process active: ");
string answer = Console.ReadLine();
if (answer == "ALL")
{
write(notes, true, 0);
}
else
{
try
{
int ans = Convert.ToInt32(answer);
chosenNotepad = ans;
write(notes, false, Convert.ToInt32(ans));
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("\n\n\n" + ex.Message);
}
}
}
}
PROBLEM: If you spectate the code, you'll see that I gather the text to write from static void Main(params string[] args), so I have arguments like this.
It will write the text to the notepad correctly! :) Except it's not the way it should work...
If you take a look at the function WriteToNotepad() it will save all the processes with name notepad to the variable names notes.
I have 3 notepads wide open, which means notes length should be 3, and if it is, it will print all the notepad indexes & names, and the user can select which one to modify, if user inputs 'ALL' the program will modify every notepad process there is. The problem is, it straight modifies first notepad process there is.
I simply can't find the problem here, any help would be appreciated! :)
Your if (notes.Length < 1) makes the method return without doing anything, leaving ref int chosenNotepad to its default value, 0, then printing a lie.
Change it to if (notes.Any()).
You can find this out by placing breakpoints and stepping through your code.
as i was trying to have a test and learn about native p/invoke functions i was trying to use only pinvoke and then compare the time it takes to get process info with .net simple
Process myProc = Process.GetProcessByName("WinRAR");
though i feel that i need to realy measure that almost 2 pages in length code, using P/invoke just so i could get same results, but this time ONLY with native code, i guess that it should be faster and i want to atleast get to benchmark both ,so please help here .
so it seems that my code is 1) ... ok i guess i could count to 20
"enumerating" all it's issues, but mainly :
it doesn't enumerate all processes for a strange reason i did not see winrar for instance
second it is far from being as short as pinvoke bunche-of-methods needs
(i am using Winforms app, though you could hard code the ProcessName needed in order to "search" for the correct process)
most of comments here is by the author of well, most parts of the code
i only modified it a little to have enum later so you could choose between searching via window title or process name
so this is the code:
main entry - create instance of class :
pinvokers Pi = new pinvokers();
// Find all Internet Explorer instances(i used winrar, as my second task in this project is also test application performance... later on, and again, using only native calls)
Pi.FindWindows(0, pinvokers.SearchWin.ProcName, null, new Regex(TBX_SelectedWinName.Text), new pinvokers.FoundWindowCallback(pinvokers.foundWindowToPrint));
public class pinvokers
{
// Win32 constants.
const int WM_GETTEXT = 0x000D;
const int WM_GETTEXTLENGTH = 0x000E;
[DllImport("user32.Dll")]
private static extern Boolean EnumChildWindows(int hWndParent, PChildCallBack lpEnumFunc, int lParam);
[DllImport("user32.Dll")]
private static extern int GetWindowText(int hWnd, StringBuilder text, int count);
[DllImport("user32.Dll")]
private static extern int GetWindowThreadProcessId(int hWnd, out int lpdwProcessId);
[DllImport("user32.Dll")]
private static extern Int32 SendMessage(int hWnd, int Msg, int wParam, StringBuilder lParam);
[DllImport("user32.Dll")]
private static extern Int32 SendMessage(int hWnd, int Msg, int wParam, int lParam);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
public static extern IntPtr OpenProcess(int dwDesiredAccess, bool bInheritHandle, int dwProcessId);
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true, CharSet = CharSet.Auto)]
static extern uint GetWindowModuleFileName(IntPtr hwnd,
StringBuilder lpszFileName, uint cchFileNameMax);
[DllImport("psapi.dll")]
private static extern uint GetModuleFileNameEx(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr hModule, StringBuilder lpFileName, int nSize);
// The PChildCallBack delegate that we used with EnumWindows.
private delegate bool PChildCallBack(int hWnd, int lParam);
// This is an event that is run each time a window was found that matches the search criterias. The boolean
// return value of the delegate matches the functionality of the PChildCallBack delegate function.
static event FoundWindowCallback foundWindowCB;
public delegate bool FoundWindowCallback(int hWnd);
int parentHandle;
Regex process;
#region <<=========== not nedded - search by window title. i am looking to search via process name ===========>>
/* <- commented all unsuesd
Regex windowText;
public static bool foundWindowToPrint(int handle)
{
// Print the window info.
printWindowInfo(handle);
// Continue on with next window.
return true;
}
static void printWindowInfo(int handle)
{
// Get the text.
int txtLength = SendMessage(handle, WM_GETTEXTLENGTH, 0, 0);
StringBuilder sbText = new StringBuilder(txtLength + 1);
SendMessage(handle, WM_GETTEXT, sbText.Capacity, sbText);
// Now we can write out the information we have on the window.
MessageBox.Show("Handle: " + handle);
MessageBox.Show("Text : " + sbText);
}
=====>end of un needed search bywindowtitle1
*/
#endregion
// my plan was to use enum instead of if !empty or null value for ither title name or process name so that's how the original code ditermin wich one to execute.
public enum SearchWin
{
Title, ProcName
}
//first method (and that's all i could really tell.. as it is full of callbacks and private extern, and delegates ... so complex
public void FindWindows(int parentHandle, SearchWin By, Regex windowText, Regex process, FoundWindowCallback fwc)
{
this.parentHandle = parentHandle;
//this.windowText = windowText;
this.process = process;
// Add the FounWindowCallback to the foundWindow event.
foundWindowCB = fwc;
// Invoke the EnumChildWindows function.
EnumChildWindows(parentHandle, new PChildCallBack(enumChildWindowsCallback), 0);
}
// This function gets called each time a window is found by the EnumChildWindows function. The foun windows here
// are NOT the final found windows as the only filtering done by EnumChildWindows is on the parent window handle.
private bool enumChildWindowsCallback(int handle, int lParam)
{
#region <<=========== not nedded - search by window title. #2 ===========>>
/* <--here too window title portion of code commented
// If a window text was provided, check to see if it matches the window.
if (windowText != null)
{
int txtLength = SendMessage(handle, WM_GETTEXTLENGTH, 0, 0);
StringBuilder sbText = new StringBuilder(txtLength + 1);
SendMessage(handle, WM_GETTEXT, sbText.Capacity, sbText);
// If it does not match, return true so we can continue on with the next window.
if (!windowText.IsMatch(sbText.ToString()))
return true;
}
*/
#endregion //endr2
// If a process name was provided, check to see if it matches the window.
if (process != null)
{
int processID;
GetWindowThreadProcessId(handle, out processID);
// Now that we have the process ID, we can use the built in .NET function to obtain a process object.
var ProcessName = GetProcNameByID(processID);
// If it does not match, return true so we can continue on with the next window.
if (!process.IsMatch(ProcessName))
return true;
}
// If we get to this point, the window is a match. Now invoke the foundWindow event and based upon
// the return value, whether we should continue to search for windows.
return foundWindowCB(handle);
}
private string GetProcNameByID(int ProcID)
{
IntPtr hProcess = OpenProcess(0x0410, false, ProcID);
StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder(1000);
GetWindowModuleFileName(hProcess, text, (uint)text.Capacity);
//GetModuleFileNameEx(hProcess, IntPtr.Zero, text, text.Capacity);
//CloseHandle(hProcess); here i am trying to catch what enumeration of windows got in its net , all this code does work just copy and paste it .
var t = text.ToString();
if (t.ToLower().Contains("inra"))
MessageBox.Show(t);
return t;
}
}
so could this be a little shorter is a side question
main one is :
Why does it not enumerate all the processes ?
i don't know if it is the best i could get or maybe someone who knows what he is doing with win api, or p/invoke or if i had to try and make unmanagedLand win over .net built in calsses
i might have rolled my sleeves and put some c++ code together (will probbably take another week)
and compile it to a dll to get all functions together in one DLL (should it do some perfomance gain)
and then i might have cut some gap .
(by the way now it is much closer to system diagnostic results thogh i thought it will be much faster and i was wrong)
but still it was only for knowing i am safe to use .net C#
and to trust microsoft for knowing much better than me (: how to make a good proggraming language.
this is the code i was using to make it through all those dllllls import. i should have known that import anything and it costs( here it might be the import tax that is costely)
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void But_StartPinvoke_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
var userInputOK = TBX_SelectedProcessName.userInput();
if(!userInputOK)
MessageBox.Show(RApss.mesgs.EmptyTbx);
RApss.Strings.UserInput = TBX_SelectedProcessName.Text;
RApss.Globs.TbxPname = TBX_SelectedProcessName.Text.AddSufixEXE();
doWarmUp();
Stopwatch SwGpbn = Stopwatch.StartNew();
SwGpbn.Start();
//string _netProcName = Process.GetProcessesByName(RApss.Strings.UserInput)[0].ProcessName;
Process p = Process.GetProcessesByName(RApss.Strings.UserInput)[0];
if (p.ProcessName.ResultFetched())
SwGpbn.Stop();
var msElps_Net4 = SwGpbn.ElapsedMilliseconds;
SwGpbn.Reset();
SwGpbn.Start();
EnumProcessesV3.GetProcessByName();
SwGpbn.Stop();
var msElpsNat = SwGpbn.ElapsedMilliseconds;
SwGpbn.Reset();
SwGpbn.Reset();
if (RApss.Globs.Result.ResultFetched()) MessageBox.Show(string.Concat(RApss.Globs.Result, "\r\nWas Fetched In: ", msElpsNat, " Via PinVoke\r\n Was Fetched In: ", msElps_Net4," Via C#.NET !" ));
}
private void doWarmUp()
{
List<string> swarm = new List<string>();
for (int i = 0; i < 50000; i++)
{
swarm.Add((i + 1 *500).ToString());
}
}
}
public class RApss
{
public class Globs
{
public static string TbxPname;
public static string Result = string.Empty;
}
public class Strings
{
public static string intputForProcessName = "Requiered Process Name";
public static string UserInput = string.Empty;
}
public class mesgs
{
public static string EmptyTbx = string.Concat("please fill ", Strings.intputForProcessName, " field");
}
}
public class EnumProcessesV3
{
#region APIS
[DllImport("psapi")]
private static extern bool EnumProcesses(
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, ArraySubType = UnmanagedType.U4)] [In][Out] IntPtr[] processIds,
UInt32 arraySizeBytes,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] out UInt32 bytesCopied);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr OpenProcess(ProcessAccessFlags dwDesiredAccess, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)] bool bInheritHandle, IntPtr dwProcessId);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
static extern bool CloseHandle(IntPtr hObject);
[DllImport("psapi.dll")]
static extern uint GetModuleFileNameEx(IntPtr hProcess, IntPtr hModule, [Out] StringBuilder lpBaseName, [In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int nSize);
[DllImport("psapi.dll", SetLastError = true)]
public static extern bool EnumProcessModules(IntPtr hProcess,
[Out] IntPtr lphModule,
uint cb,
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] out uint lpcbNeeded);
[DllImport("psapi.dll")]
static extern uint GetModuleBaseName(IntPtr hProcess, IntPtr hModule, [Out] StringBuilder lpBaseName, [In] [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int nSize);
#endregion
#region ENUMS
[Flags]
enum ProcessAccessFlags : uint
{
All = 0x001F0FFF,
Terminate = 0x00000001,
CreateThread = 0x00000002,
VMOperation = 0x00000008,
VMRead = 0x00000010,
VMWrite = 0x00000020,
DupHandle = 0x00000040,
SetInformation = 0x00000200,
QueryInformation = 0x00000400,
Synchronize = 0x00100000
}
#endregion
public static void GetProcessByName()
{
UInt32 arraySize = 120;
UInt32 arrayBytesSize = arraySize * sizeof(UInt32);
IntPtr[] processIds = new IntPtr[arraySize];
UInt32 bytesCopied;
bool success = EnumProcesses(processIds, arrayBytesSize, out bytesCopied);
#region <<=========== some cleanUps ============>>
// trying to check what could have been taking extra mssssnds
//Console.WriteLine("success={0}", success);
//Console.WriteLine("bytesCopied={0}", bytesCopied);
//if (!success)
//{
// MessageBox.Show("Boo!");
// return;
//}
//if (0 == bytesCopied)
//{
// MessageBox.Show("Nobody home!");
// return;
//}
#endregion
UInt32 numIdsCopied = bytesCopied >> 2;
#region <<===========same here commenting anything that might cost nerowing the options ============>>
//if (0 != (bytesCopied & 3))
//{
// UInt32 partialDwordBytes = bytesCopied & 3;
// MessageBox.Show(String.Format("EnumProcesses copied {0} and {1}/4th DWORDS... Please ask it for the other {2}/4th DWORD",
// numIdsCopied, partialDwordBytes, 4 - partialDwordBytes));
// return;
//}
//taking initialisation of SB out of loop was a winning thought but nada no change maybe in nanos
#endregion
for (UInt32 index = numIdsCopied; index> 1 ; index--) // reversing from last process id(chitting) to erlier process id did not help to win the contest
{
StringBuilder szProcessName = new StringBuilder(1000);
int x = szProcessName.Capacity;
string sName = PrintProcessName(processIds[index-1],szProcessName,x);
if (sName.Equals(RApss.Globs.TbxPname)) // tryng hardcoded value instead of reading from a variable.(GlobalsClass)
{
RApss.Globs.Result = sName;
break;
}
////////IntPtr PID = processIds[index];
////////Console.WriteLine("Name '" + sName + "' PID '" + PID + "'");
}
}
static string PrintProcessName(IntPtr processID, StringBuilder sb, int Cpcty)
{
string sName = "";
//bool bFound = false;
IntPtr hProcess = OpenProcess(ProcessAccessFlags.QueryInformation | ProcessAccessFlags.VMRead, false, processID);
if (hProcess != IntPtr.Zero)
{
IntPtr hMod = IntPtr.Zero;
uint cbNeeded = 0;
EnumProcessModules(hProcess, hMod, (uint)Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(IntPtr)), out cbNeeded);
if (GetModuleBaseName(hProcess, hMod, sb, Cpcty) > 0)
{
sName = sb.ToString();
//bFound = true;
}
// Close the process handle
CloseHandle(hProcess);
}
//if (!bFound)
//{
// sName = "<unknown>";
//}
return sName;
}
}
}
namespace RExt
{
public static class UserInputs
{
public static bool userInput(this TextBox tbxId)
{
return tbxId.Text.Length > 1;
}
}
public static class strExt
{
public static bool ResultFetched(this string StrToCheck)
{
return !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(StrToCheck);
}
public static string AddSufixEXE(this string StrToAppendEXE)
{
return string.Concat(StrToAppendEXE, ".exe");
}
}
}
if thats not working, make sure the project is targeting x86 CPU and Rebuild
for some reason i did not check what is needed to make it suit both x64 & x86
I need to suppress some linebreaks in a RichTextBox.
For example, consider d6+. There must not be a line break between 6 and +. Basically I'm looking for something like <nobr> in HTML.
So far, I've messed around with inserting \u+FEFF etc (which worked on some machines, but some showed vertical lines, maybe a font problem although windows standard font). I also tried to manipulate the rtf directly, i.e. box.rtf = ... with putting some \zwnbo in there, but I never seem to get it right.
Help much appreciated.
Yes, you can use all of the RichText API with your RichTextBox control.
You may be interested take a look at the following sites:
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32.sendmessage - how to send messages to windows using p/invoke.
You can use the Handle property of the RichTextBox to get the window handle of that control, and then send messages to it.
Also look at these include files shiped with SDK from Microsoft, thaty are not going to be used directly in C#, but these files constains all constants you may have to use, such as WB_ISDELIMITER, WB_CLASSIFY and others.
winuser.h
richedit.h
In the following example I
demonstrate how to use the APIs
provided.
EDIT:
This new sample has code marked as unsafe, but it is better because it does not suffer from the problem of single character string, since I can have a char* parameter and manipulate it. The old sample follows this one:
This is C# code, not C++... to compile it you will have to go to project options and mark the check-box to allow unsafe code to run.
Right click the project -> Properties (Alt+Enter) -> Build -> General -> Allow unsafe code (must be checked)
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace q6359774
{
class MyRichTextBox : RichTextBox
{
const int EM_SETWORDBREAKPROC = 0x00D0;
const int EM_GETWORDBREAKPROC = 0x00D1;
protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnHandleCreated(e);
this.Text = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
NewMethod();
}
unsafe private void NewMethod()
{
if (!this.DesignMode)
SendMessage(this.Handle, EM_SETWORDBREAKPROC, IntPtr.Zero, Marshal.GetFunctionPointerForDelegate(new EditWordBreakProc(MyEditWordBreakProc)));
}
[DllImport("User32.DLL")]
public static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
unsafe delegate int EditWordBreakProc(char* lpch, int ichCurrent, int cch, int code);
unsafe int MyEditWordBreakProc(char* lpch, int ichCurrent, int cch, int code)
{
const int WB_ISDELIMITER = 2;
const int WB_CLASSIFY = 3;
if (code == WB_ISDELIMITER)
{
char ch = *lpch;
return ch == '-' ? 0 : 1;
}
else if (code == WB_CLASSIFY)
{
char ch = *lpch;
var vResult = Char.GetUnicodeCategory(ch);
return (int)vResult;
}
else
{
var lpch2 = lpch;
// in this case, we must find the begining of a word:
for (int it = ichCurrent; it < cch; it++)
{
char ch = *lpch2;
if (it + 1 < cch && lpch2[0] == '-' && lpch2[1] != '-')
return it;
if (lpch2[0] == '\0')
return 0;
lpch2++;
}
}
return 0;
}
}
}
Old Sample Code
The sample consists of a class that inherits from RichTextBox and places a custom handler using EM_SETWORDBREAKPROC. This class will only break lines exactly when over '-' character. Not before, nor after.
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace q6359774
{
class MyRichTextBox : RichTextBox
{
const int EM_SETWORDBREAKPROC = 0x00D0;
const int EM_GETWORDBREAKPROC = 0x00D1;
protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnHandleCreated(e);
this.Text = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz-abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
if (!this.DesignMode)
SendMessage(this.Handle, EM_SETWORDBREAKPROC, IntPtr.Zero, Marshal.GetFunctionPointerForDelegate(new EditWordBreakProc(MyEditWordBreakProc)));
}
[DllImport("User32.DLL")]
public static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
delegate int EditWordBreakProc(string lpch, int ichCurrent, int cch, int code);
int MyEditWordBreakProc(string lpch, int ichCurrent, int cch, int code)
{
const int WB_ISDELIMITER = 2;
const int WB_CLASSIFY = 3;
if (code == WB_ISDELIMITER)
{
if (lpch.Length == 0 || lpch == null) return 0;
char ch = lpch[ichCurrent];
return ch == '-' ? 0 : 1;
}
else if (code == WB_CLASSIFY)
{
if (lpch.Length == 0 || lpch == null) return 0;
char ch = lpch[ichCurrent];
var vResult = Char.GetUnicodeCategory(ch);
return (int)vResult;
}
else
{
if (lpch.Length == 0 || lpch == null) return 0;
for (int it = ichCurrent; it < lpch.Length; it++)
{
char ch = lpch[it];
if (ch != '-') return it;
}
}
return 0;
}
}
}
It is just a draft, so you may have to further improve it, so you can achieve your goals.
Place the control in a windows form, and run.
Resize the window and see if this is what you want to do!
You will have to make the seeking of word boundaries... I didn't manage to make it work yet.
I'm not sure, but if RichTextBox is actually wrapping a Windows rich edit control, you might have some luck by reading this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh270412%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
Or more specifically this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb787877%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
I hope this helps.
Here's my solution (based on #Miguel Angelo, but modified and corrected a bit):
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace MyNameSpace
{
public class SpaceBreakingRichTextBox : RichTextBox
{
const int EM_SETWORDBREAKPROC = 0x00D0;
const int EM_GETWORDBREAKPROC = 0x00D1;
protected override void OnHandleCreated(EventArgs e)
{
base.OnHandleCreated(e);
AddDelegate();
}
[DllImport("User32.DLL")]
public static extern IntPtr SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, UInt32 Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
unsafe delegate int EditWordBreakProc(char* lpch, int ichCurrent, int cch, int code);
EditWordBreakProc myDelegate;
unsafe private void AddDelegate()
{
if (!this.DesignMode)
{
myDelegate = new EditWordBreakProc(MyEditWordBreakProc);
SendMessage(this.Handle, EM_SETWORDBREAKPROC, IntPtr.Zero, Marshal.GetFunctionPointerForDelegate(myDelegate));
}
}
unsafe int MyEditWordBreakProc(char* lpch, int ichCurrent, int cch, int code)
{
const int WB_ISDELIMITER = 2;
const int WB_CLASSIFY = 3;
const int WB_MOVEWORDLEFT = 4;
const int WB_MOVEWORDRIGHT = 5;
const int WB_LEFTBREAK = 6;
const int WB_RIGHTBREAK = 7;
const int WB_LEFT = 0;
const int WB_RIGHT = 1;
if (code == WB_ISDELIMITER)
{
char ch = *lpch;
return ch == ' ' ? 1 : 0;
}
else if (code == WB_CLASSIFY)
{
char ch = *lpch;
var vResult = Char.GetUnicodeCategory(ch);
return (int)vResult;
}
else if (code == WB_LEFTBREAK)
{
for (int it = ichCurrent; it >= 0; it--)
{
if (lpch[it] == ' '/* && lpch2[1] != ' '*/)
{
if (it > 0 && lpch[it - 1] != ' ')
return it;
}
}
}
else if (code == WB_RIGHT)
{
for (int it = ichCurrent; ; it++)
{
if (lpch[it] != ' ')
return it;
}
}
else
{
// There might be more cases to handle (see constants)
}
return 0;
}
}
}
Note that you need to keep the delegate method around, or it will crash as it gets collected from the garbage collector (which was a pain to debug).
Basically, this subclass only breaks at spaces, which is good enough for my needs at the moment.
I've quickly tried this, it seems to work:
this.userControl.richTextBox1.LoadFile("C:\\test.rtf");
this.userControl.richTextBox1.Rtf = this.userControl.richTextBox1.Rtf.Replace(#"\par", String.Empty);
this.userControl.richTextBox1.SaveFile("C:\\test2.rtf", RichTextBoxStreamType.RichText);
I have a progaram that can be ran both as a winform, or from command line. If it is invoked from a command line I call AttachConsole(-1) to attach to parent console.
However, after my program ends, the user must hit enter to get back the standard command prompt ("c:\>"). is there a way to avoid that need?
Thanks.
I could wrap it in a cmd file to avoid that issue, but I would like to do it from my exe.
Try adding this line just before your exe exits...
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}");
Bit of a hack, but best I could find when I encountered that problem.
Here is the safest hack that solves the Enter key problem regardless of whether the console window is in the foreground, background, or minimized. You can even run it in multiple console windows.
using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace WindowsAndConsoleApp
{
static class Program
{
const uint WM_CHAR = 0x0102;
const int VK_ENTER = 0x0D;
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern bool AttachConsole(int dwProcessId);
private const int ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS = -1;
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool FreeConsole();
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern int SendMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length > 0)
{
// Do this first.
AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS);
Console.Title = "Console Window - Enter Key Test";
Console.WriteLine("Getting the handle of the currently executing console window...");
IntPtr cw = GetConsoleWindow();
Console.WriteLine($"Console handle: {cw.ToInt32()}");
Console.WriteLine("\nPut some windows in from of this one...");
Thread.Sleep(5000);
Console.WriteLine("Take your time...");
Thread.Sleep(5000);
Console.WriteLine("Sending the Enter key now...");
// Send the Enter key to the console window no matter where it is.
SendMessage(cw, WM_CHAR, (IntPtr)VK_ENTER, IntPtr.Zero);
// Do this last.
FreeConsole();
}
else
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(new MainForm());
}
}
}
}
Rob L's approach is somewhat dangerous as it will send an Enter to the active window. A better approach is to actual send the Enter to the correct process (console).
here is how
internal static class NativeMethods
{
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
internal static extern bool AllocConsole();
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
internal static extern bool FreeConsole();
[DllImport("kernel32", SetLastError = true)]
internal static extern bool AttachConsole(int dwProcessId);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
internal static extern IntPtr GetForegroundWindow();
[DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
internal static extern uint GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr hWnd, out int lpdwProcessId);
[DllImport("User32.Dll", EntryPoint = "PostMessageA")]
internal static extern bool PostMessage(IntPtr hWnd, uint msg, int wParam, int lParam);
internal const int VK_RETURN = 0x0D;
internal const int WM_KEYDOWN = 0x100;
}
--snip--
bool attached = false;
// Get uppermost window process
IntPtr ptr = NativeMethods.GetForegroundWindow();
int u;
NativeMethods.GetWindowThreadProcessId(ptr, out u);
Process process = Process.GetProcessById(u);
if (string.Compare(process.ProcessName, "cmd", StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase) == 0)
{
// attach to the current active console
NativeMethods.AttachConsole(process.Id);
attached = true;
}
else
{
// create new console
NativeMethods.AllocConsole();
}
Console.Write("your output");
NativeMethods.FreeConsole();
if (attached)
{
var hWnd = process.MainWindowHandle;
NativeMethods.PostMessage(hWnd, NativeMethods.WM_KEYDOWN, NativeMethods.VK_RETURN, 0);
}
This solution is build upon the code that is found here:
http://www.jankowskimichal.pl/en/2011/12/wpf-hybrid-application-with-parameters/
It's late to the party and there have been many suggestions over the years, but as I recently just solved this issue myself by stitching together a bunch of information from various posts, I thought I'd post the solution here since it has the most relevant title.
This solution works without using the Enter key or simulating a key press. The only thing I couldn't completely solve is intercepting the Enter from the parent console when your application starts. I think this is impossible because it happens before you get a chance to intercept it; however, there is a reasonable quasi-workaround.
Before diving into the code, here's the sequence of things we need to do:
Attach to the parent console
Capture the text of the current prompt output by the parent console
Clear the parent console's prompt by overwriting it with spaces (not sure it's possible to otherwise prevent this from happening)
Interact with the console as normal
Restore parent console's previous prompt by writing what we captured in #2
This is what it would look like in use:
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args.Length > 0)
{
using (new ConsoleScope())
{
Console.WriteLine("I now own the console");
Console.WriteLine("MUA HA HA HA HA HA!!!");
}
}
else
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
Application.Run(new MainForm());
}
}
... and now for the code. It's more than I'd like, but this is as succinct as I could make it for a post. May this help others attempting the same thing. Enjoy!
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Text;
public sealed class ConsoleScope : IDisposable
{
const int ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS = -1;
const int STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11;
readonly bool createdNewConsole;
readonly string prompt;
bool disposed;
public ConsoleScope()
{
if (AttachParentConsole())
{
prompt = CaptureParentConsoleCurrentPrompt();
}
else
{
AllocConsole();
createdNewConsole = true;
}
}
~ConsoleScope() => CleanUp();
public void Dispose()
{
CleanUp();
GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
}
static string CaptureParentConsoleCurrentPrompt()
{
var line = (short)Console.CursorTop;
var length = (short)Console.CursorLeft;
var noPrompt = line == 0 && length == 0;
if (noPrompt)
{
return default;
}
return ReadCurrentLineFromParentConsoleBuffer(line, length);
}
static string ReadCurrentLineFromParentConsoleBuffer(short line, short length)
{
var itemSize = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(CHAR_INFO));
var buffer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(length * itemSize);
var encoding = Console.OutputEncoding;
var text = new StringBuilder(capacity: length + 1);
var coordinates = default(COORD);
var textRegion = new SMALL_RECT
{
Left = 0,
Top = line,
Right = (short)(length - 1),
Bottom = line,
};
var bufferSize = new COORD
{
X = length,
Y = 1,
};
try
{
if (!ReadConsoleOutput(GetStdOutputHandle(), buffer, bufferSize, coordinates, ref textRegion))
{
Marshal.ThrowExceptionForHR(Marshal.GetHRForLastWin32Error());
}
var array = buffer;
for (var i = 0; i < length; i++)
{
var info = Marshal.PtrToStructure<CHAR_INFO>(array);
var chars = encoding.GetChars(info.CharData);
text.Append(chars[0]);
array += itemSize;
}
}
finally
{
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(buffer);
}
// now that we've captured the current prompt, overwrite it with spaces
// so that things start where the parent left off at
Console.SetCursorPosition(0, line);
Console.Write(new string(' ', length));
Console.SetCursorPosition(0, line - 1);
return text.ToString();
}
void CleanUp()
{
if (disposed)
{
return;
}
disposed = true;
RestoreParentConsolePrompt();
if (createdNewConsole)
{
FreeConsole();
}
}
void RestoreParentConsolePrompt()
{
var text = prompt;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(text))
{
// this assumes the last output from your application used
// Console.WriteLine or otherwise output a CRLF. if it didn't,
// you may need to add an extra line here
Console.Write(text);
}
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
struct CHAR_INFO
{
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValArray, SizeConst = 2)]
public byte[] CharData;
public short Attributes;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
struct COORD
{
public short X;
public short Y;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
struct SMALL_RECT
{
public short Left;
public short Top;
public short Right;
public short Bottom;
}
// REF: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/allocconsole
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool AllocConsole();
// REF: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/attachconsole
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool AttachConsole(int dwProcessId);
// REF: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/freeconsole
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool FreeConsole();
static bool AttachParentConsole() => AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS);
// REF: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/readconsoleoutput
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool ReadConsoleOutput(IntPtr hConsoleOutput, IntPtr lpBuffer, COORD dwBufferSize, COORD dwBufferCoord, ref SMALL_RECT lpReadRegion);
[DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);
static IntPtr GetStdOutputHandle() => GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
}
Ok, I don't have the solution, but it seems to be because the cmd.exe is not waiting on the started process, whereas with a normal console application cmd.exe waits until the the application exits. I don't know what makes cmd.exe decide to wait or not on an application, normal Windows Forms applications are just started and cmd.exe doesn't wait for it to exit. Maybe this hint triggers somebody! I will dig a bit deeper in the mean while.
Try calling the FreeConsole function prior to exiting your executable.
This one has been the easiest solution for me:
myapp.exe [params] | ECHO.
I attempted my own Qt cpp version of Chris Martinez's C# answer:
https://github.com/NightVsKnight/QtGuiConsoleApp/blob/main/QtGuiConsoleApp/main.cpp
#include <QApplication>
#include <QMessageBox>
#ifdef Q_OS_WIN
// Solution posted to https://stackoverflow.com/a/73942013/252308
#define VC_EXTRALEAN
#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
#include <windows.h>
QString consolePromptClear()
{
QString prompt = nullptr;
auto bSuccess = AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS);
if (bSuccess)
{
auto hStdOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
if (hStdOut != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
{
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
bSuccess = GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hStdOut, &csbi);
if (bSuccess)
{
auto dwConsoleColumnWidth = (DWORD)(csbi.srWindow.Right - csbi.srWindow.Left + 1);
auto xEnd = csbi.dwCursorPosition.X;
auto yEnd = csbi.dwCursorPosition.Y;
if (xEnd != 0 || yEnd != 0)
{
DWORD dwNumberOfChars;
SHORT yBegin = yEnd;
{
// Walk backwards to find first all blank line
auto pBuffer = (LPWSTR)LocalAlloc(LPTR, dwConsoleColumnWidth * sizeof(WCHAR));
while (yBegin)
{
COORD dwReadCoord = { 0, yBegin };
bSuccess = ReadConsoleOutputCharacterW(hStdOut, pBuffer, dwConsoleColumnWidth, dwReadCoord, &dwNumberOfChars);
if (!bSuccess) break;
DWORD i;
for (i=0; i < dwNumberOfChars; ++i)
{
WCHAR wchar = pBuffer[i];
if (wchar != L' ')
{
--yBegin;
break;
}
}
if (i == dwNumberOfChars)
{
// Found all blank line; we want the *next* [non-blank] line
yBegin++;
break;
}
}
LocalFree(pBuffer);
}
auto promptLength = (yEnd - yBegin) * dwConsoleColumnWidth + xEnd;
auto lpPromptBuffer = (LPWSTR)LocalAlloc(LPTR, promptLength * sizeof(WCHAR));
COORD dwPromptCoord = { 0, yBegin };
bSuccess = ReadConsoleOutputCharacterW(hStdOut, lpPromptBuffer, promptLength, dwPromptCoord, &dwNumberOfChars);
if (bSuccess)
{
Q_ASSERT(promptLength == dwNumberOfChars);
prompt = QString::fromWCharArray(lpPromptBuffer, dwNumberOfChars);
bSuccess = SetConsoleCursorPosition(hStdOut, dwPromptCoord);
if (bSuccess)
{
FillConsoleOutputCharacterW(hStdOut, L' ', promptLength, dwPromptCoord, &dwNumberOfChars);
}
}
LocalFree(lpPromptBuffer);
}
}
}
}
if (prompt.isEmpty())
{
FreeConsole();
return nullptr;
}
else
{
freopen_s((FILE**)stdout, "CONOUT$", "w", stdout);
freopen_s((FILE**)stderr, "CONOUT$", "w", stderr);
freopen_s((FILE**)stdin, "CONIN$", "r", stdin);
return prompt;
}
}
void consolePromptRestore(const QString& prompt)
{
if (prompt.isEmpty()) return;
auto hStdOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
if (hStdOut == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) return;
CONSOLE_SCREEN_BUFFER_INFO csbi;
BOOL bSuccess = GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(hStdOut, &csbi);
if (!bSuccess) return;
auto xEnd = csbi.dwCursorPosition.X;
auto yEnd = csbi.dwCursorPosition.Y;
if (xEnd == 0 && yEnd == 0) return;
auto buffer = prompt.toStdWString();
auto lpBuffer = buffer.data();
auto nLength = (DWORD)buffer.length();
COORD dwWriteCoord = { 0, (SHORT)(yEnd + 1) };
DWORD dwNumberOfCharsWritten;
WriteConsoleOutputCharacterW(hStdOut, lpBuffer, nLength, dwWriteCoord, &dwNumberOfCharsWritten);
dwWriteCoord = { (SHORT)dwNumberOfCharsWritten, (SHORT)(yEnd + 1) };
SetConsoleCursorPosition(hStdOut, dwWriteCoord);
}
#else
// Non-Windows impl...
#endif
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
// NOTE: Any console output before call to consolePromptClear() may get cleared.
// NOTE: Console vs GUI mode has **NOTHING** to do with being passed arguments; You can easily pass arguments to GUI apps.
int returnCode;
auto prompt = consolePromptClear();
if (prompt.isEmpty())
{
QApplication a(argc, argv);
a.setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(true);
QMessageBox msgBox(nullptr);
msgBox.setWindowTitle(a.applicationName());
msgBox.setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
msgBox.setText("App is detected to be running as a GUI");
msgBox.setStandardButtons(QMessageBox::Ok);
msgBox.show();
returnCode = a.exec();
}
else
{
QCoreApplication a(argc, argv);
QTextStream qout(stdout);
qout << "App is detected to be running as a Console" << Qt::endl;
returnCode = 0;
consolePromptRestore(prompt);
}
return returnCode;
}