How do i return a non-zero exit code from a Windows Forms application.
Application.Exit() is the preferred way to exit the application, but there is no exit code argument.
I know about Environment.Exit(), but that is not a nice way to close the application loop....
Application.Exit just force the call to Application.Run (That is typically in program.cs) to finish. so you could have :
Application.Run(new MyForm());
Environment.Exit(0);
and still inside your application call Application.Exit to close it.
Small sample
class Program
{
static int exitCode = 0;
public static void ExitApplication(int exitCode)
{
Program.exitCode = exitCode;
Application.Exit();
}
public int Main()
{
Application.Run(new MainForm());
return exitCode;
}
}
class MainForm : Form
{
public MainForm()
{
Program.ExitApplication(42);
}
}
Environment.Exit() does not terminate a Winforms application properly. See stackoverflow.com/questions/13046019/…If your main method returns a value you can return the exit code there.
Otherwise you can use Environment.ExitCode to set it. E.g. to set the would-be exit code when the main form is about to close:
private void FormMain_FormClosing(object sender, FormClosingEventArgs e)
{
Environment.ExitCode = <exit code>;
}
Go to event tab in your form and in click place double click on it and then in code place write Environment.Exit(0);
