Extract the full argument list as a string in a .NET console application

You probably know that arguments to a .NET console application are passed in as a string array through the Main function.

The command…

myapp hello goodbye

…will populate the args argument…

static void Main(string[] args)

…with two string elements: “hello” and “goodbye”.

If you ever need to look at the full command including the name of the executable and the command line arguments then the Environment.CommandLine property can help you:

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How to change the colours in a .NET console application

Sometimes you need to change the fore- and background colours in your .NET console application. Normally it’s fine with the traditional black background and white foreground colours – or whatever the user has set as default colours – however, some message types may deserve extra attention.

This short post will demonstrate how to change the colours in a console application.

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How to terminate a .NET console application with an exit code

It happens that you’d like to terminate a .NET console application with some exit code. Normally exit codes are integers where negative numbers indicate that something has gone wrong with -1 being the most common. Positive digits and zero on the other hand usually imply a program execution with no errors. The most common positive exit codes are 0 and 1.

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How to add basic sounds to a .NET console application

We all know a couple of very annoying features of web sites: popups, flashing text, rotating images and the like. The good news is that there are some equally annoying features that you can add to .NET console applications: constantly changing titles, console window size and position, text size and colour etc.

In this short post we’ll see how to add a basic beep to a console app. As with the above mentioned features you should not overuse it.

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