C# - Run console and WPF window simultaneously

Question

In my WPF application I want to open a console and a WPF window at the same time (I would type commands in the console, which would influence the content of the window at runtime). Unfortunately, the console opens first and doesn't let the WPF window open, until it ends its work (after the console closes, the window opens). My code:

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace MaszynaTest
{
    public partial class MainWindow
    {
        [DllImport("Kernel32")]
        public static extern void AllocConsole();

        [DllImport("Kernel32")]
        public static extern void FreeConsole();

        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();

            AllocConsole();
            Console.WriteLine("Type something: ");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }
    }
}

Obviously you would need those running on different threads... — BradleyDotNET, Dec 29 '16 at 18:11
Have you look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/160587/no-output-to-console-from-a-wpf-application — Mohit Vashistha, Dec 29 '16 at 18:14
Just create a WPF project and then change its type to *Console Application*. Now you have both.... — L.B, Dec 29 '16 at 18:20
Take a look at https://csharpvault.com/blog/inter-process-communication/ — Arnel, Jan 15 '18 at 04:12

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 29 '16 at 18:20

What you need is inter process communication, not sure just running on different threads would solve the entire problem.

Refer to example here on how two processes can communicate using named pipes : https://code.msdn.microsoft.com/windowsdesktop/Interprocess-Communication-858cc9c7

C# - Run console and WPF window simultaneously

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