Tips and tricks in C# .NET
January 20, 2016 Leave a comment
Normally .NET console applications read their input from the console through Console.ReadLine(). The user is prompted for some input, they enter some text, press enter and the console can read this input.
However, this is not the only option you have. The standard input channel can be overridden.
November 25, 2015 Leave a comment
You probably know how to read the key pressed by the user in a .NET console application by the Console.ReadKey() method:
ConsoleKeyInfo pressedKey = Console.ReadKey();
Console.WriteLine("You have pressed: {0}", pressedKey.Key);
November 10, 2015 3 Comments
If you’ve worked extensively with .NET console applications then you’ve probably encountered difficulties with parsing the command line arguments. They are passed into the args argument of the Main function. Then it’s your task to investigate if the caller has passed in all necessary arguments:
…et cetera, the list could grow a lot longer.
Fortunately there are libraries that can help you parse the arguments. One such library is called Command Line Parser Library available from NuGet here. You can find its project page here with some initial code examples.
October 27, 2015 1 Comment
Occasionally you might need to change the size of the console window in a .NET console application. There are methods and properties available in the Console object that enable you to perform this operation easily.
October 16, 2015 Leave a comment
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:
October 9, 2015 Leave a comment
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.
October 2, 2015 1 Comment
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.
September 16, 2015 2 Comments
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.
September 2, 2015 3 Comments
You’ve probably encountered console applications that ask for a password. It’s very likely that the password will stay hidden otherwise other people viewing your screen can easily read it.
This short post will present a possible solution on how to achieve a hidden string input in a .NET console application.
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