Error loading Windows Form from console App

[Gumnaam]

I am trying to load a window form from a console App. I inlcude System.Windows and System.Windows.Forms in my project but when I try to load the form by doing Form abc = new Form(params) abc.Show() it doesn't load i.e. it doesn't pop up. Interestingly if I add a MessageBox.Show statement the form loads. Would like to know what's going on here.

[Nick Parker]

Gumnaam wrote: Form abc = new Form(params) abc.Show() The following works for me:

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;

public class test
{
public test(){}

public class nick : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
	public nick(){}
}

public static void Main(string\[\] args)
{
	test t= new test();
	nick n = new nick();
	n.ShowDialog();
}		

}

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[Danny Rodriguez]

try something like this instead SomeForm form = new SomeForm(); form.ShowDialog(); the code above returns a DialogResult but you dont need to necessarily get that value unless you want something back from the user regardless of this - why would you be adding gui elements to a console application to begin with - you might want to create a Windows Forms Application instead.. Danny!