C#•2y ago

✅ Minimize to tray

I've googled, used chat gpt, and done everything I can think of but I can't find a way to minimise my application to tray. What I want to minimize is the Console, if theres a way I can write text in a window that looks like a cmd but isn't the console that would make it easier to minimise to tray please help tell me. I can send the code i've got right now and keep in mind I am a beginner and started today.

41 Replies

Thinker•2y ago

you click this button catsip

domOP•2y ago

yea but that minimises to task bar i want it to minimize to tray

Pobiega•2y ago

Not really doable with a console app afaik since you need a gui handle to make a trey icon

domOP•2y ago

is there a way I can make something that looks like this other than logging to console?

domOP•2y ago

domOP•2y ago

and slowly like

Pobiega•2y ago

or rather, its doable, but you'll essentially be making a winforms app

domOP•2y ago

loads text with delay

Pobiega•2y ago

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

domOP•2y ago

tf is winforms

Thinker•2y ago

a GUI framework You're using the console, pretty much the only way to put thing on the screen is to write it to the console

domOP•2y ago

yea so is there a way to make it go to tray

domOP•2y ago

when i click that

Thinker•2y ago

However you can do this.

domOP•2y ago

with winforms?

Thinker•2y ago

with just the console

domOP•2y ago

yea ik i use Thread.Sleep(150); or somethinmg like that idk im new

Thinker•2y ago

that or await Task.Delay(150);

domOP•2y ago

yea but im tryna get it to do this

domOP•2y ago

so it looks better in my opinion and idk if task.delay would work havent tried

Pobiega•2y ago

If you want to write a "fancy" console app, consider using $spectre

MODiX•2y ago

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Pobiega•2y ago

what does your application do once it detects a roblox instance btw?

domOP•2y ago

it closes it and thats it so far

Pobiega•2y ago

but.. why? and what do you want it to do at a later stage?

domOP•2y ago

cuz its going to inject an fps unlocker

Pobiega•2y ago

that sounds like violating roblox TOS

domOP•2y ago

its not

Pobiega•2y ago

injecting ANYTHING into their client will 100% violate their TOS

domOP•2y ago

a roblox dev said it isnt bannable or against tos same with shaders

Pobiega•2y ago

If you can link me the exact paragraph of the TOS where it says "injecting custom code into our executables is fine", that would be swell

domOP•2y ago

bro it changes a file not the application running

Pobiega•2y ago

Users may not ... (b) copy, modify, distribute, publicly perform or display, reverse engineer, disassemble, modify, or create derivative works of the Services or related or implemented technology ...

thats a direct violation of paragraph 6

domOP•2y ago

idk idrc its an fps unlocker im recreating an already existing one

Pobiega•2y ago

Can you pop over to #info-and-rules and re-read our rules

domOP•2y ago

im not making it inject something there u go i was joking lol

Pobiega•2y ago

keep in mind that discord has a very unusual TOS paragraph that forbids violating OTHER products TOS

domOP•2y ago

huh yea but that lags your game

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arion•2y ago

Regarding the topic of tracking minimizes on console apps. I believe this is possible using WinEventHooks albeit a unusual (we're using PInvoke) In my case I am using 2 specific Nuget Packages

Vanara.PInvoke.Kernel32
Vanera.PInvoke.User32

Vanara.PInvoke.Kernel32
Vanera.PInvoke.User32

The attached screenshot shows two respective events being written to the console 22 (Minimize (Start)) 23 (Minimize (End)) (Not minimized) Coupled with a possible tray icon via WinForms on some other thread maybe. You can use User32.ShowWindow to hide / show the console window (SW_HIDE is 0 and SW_SHOWNORMAL is 1) Attached is the proof of concept code:

namespace Lab23;

using Vanara.PInvoke;

internal static class LabTest28
{
    internal static void Init()
    {

        var h_Console = Kernel32.GetConsoleWindow();
        
        
        var h_Hook = User32.SetWinEventHook(
            User32.EventConstants.EVENT_SYSTEM_MINIMIZESTART,
            User32.EventConstants.EVENT_SYSTEM_MINIMIZEEND,
            new HINSTANCE(h_Console.DangerousGetHandle()),
            _winEventProc, 0, 0, User32.WINEVENT.WINEVENT_OUTOFCONTEXT
                
        );
        
        if (h_Hook == IntPtr.Zero)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Failed to set hook.");
            Environment.Exit(-1);
        }

        else
        {
            // Console.WriteLine("Hook set successfully.");
            
            HastilyWrittenMessageLoop();
        }
    }

    private static void HastilyWrittenMessageLoop()
    {
        while (User32.GetMessage(out var msg) > 0 && msg.message != (int)User32.WindowMessage.WM_QUIT)
        {
            User32.TranslateMessage(msg);
            User32.DispatchMessage(msg);
        }
    }

    private static readonly User32.WinEventProc _winEventProc = (hook, @event, hwnd, idObject, child, thread, time) =>
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Event: {0}", @event);
    };

}

namespace Lab23;

using Vanara.PInvoke;

internal static class LabTest28
{
    internal static void Init()
    {

        var h_Console = Kernel32.GetConsoleWindow();
        
        
        var h_Hook = User32.SetWinEventHook(
            User32.EventConstants.EVENT_SYSTEM_MINIMIZESTART,
            User32.EventConstants.EVENT_SYSTEM_MINIMIZEEND,
            new HINSTANCE(h_Console.DangerousGetHandle()),
            _winEventProc, 0, 0, User32.WINEVENT.WINEVENT_OUTOFCONTEXT
                
        );
        
        if (h_Hook == IntPtr.Zero)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Failed to set hook.");
            Environment.Exit(-1);
        }

        else
        {
            // Console.WriteLine("Hook set successfully.");
            
            HastilyWrittenMessageLoop();
        }
    }

    private static void HastilyWrittenMessageLoop()
    {
        while (User32.GetMessage(out var msg) > 0 && msg.message != (int)User32.WindowMessage.WM_QUIT)
        {
            User32.TranslateMessage(msg);
            User32.DispatchMessage(msg);
        }
    }

    private static readonly User32.WinEventProc _winEventProc = (hook, @event, hwnd, idObject, child, thread, time) =>
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Event: {0}", @event);
    };

}

arion•2y ago

Downsides would be: if hosted within something like Windows Terminal or other parent attached processes, it would track the parent. (You minimize Windows Terminal and you would hide windows terminal and all its tabs) You Minimize Rider or Visual Studio Code, you hide those programs to the tray too since they're running your code This can be mitigated by getting the parent process' name, if any then not doing this if there is an attached parent.

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