internal static class ConsoleAllocator
{
[DllImport(@"kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
static extern bool AllocConsole();
[DllImport(@"kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();
[DllImport(@"user32.dll")]
static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
const int SwHide = 0;
const int SwShow = 5;
public static void ShowConsoleWindow()
{
var handle = GetConsoleWindow();
if (handle == IntPtr.Zero)
{
AllocConsole();
}
else
{
ShowWindow(handle, SwShow);
}
}
public static void HideConsoleWindow()
{
var handle = GetConsoleWindow();
ShowWindow(handle, SwHide);
}
}