This may not be a popular solution for everyone, but I like the Application Framework in Visual Basic, even when using C#.
Add a reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic
Create a class called WindowsFormsApplication
public class WindowsFormsApplication : WindowsFormsApplicationBase
{
/// <summary>
/// Runs the specified mainForm in this application context.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="mainForm">Form that is run.</param>
public virtual void Run(Form mainForm)
{
// set up the main form.
this.MainForm = mainForm;
// Example code
((Form1)mainForm).FileName = this.CommandLineArgs[0];
// then, run the the main form.
this.Run(this.CommandLineArgs);
}
/// <summary>
/// Runs this.MainForm in this application context. Converts the command
/// line arguments correctly for the base this.Run method.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="commandLineArgs">Command line collection.</param>
private void Run(ReadOnlyCollection<string> commandLineArgs)
{
// convert the Collection<string> to string[], so that it can be used
// in the Run method.
ArrayList list = new ArrayList(commandLineArgs);
string[] commandLine = (string[])list.ToArray(typeof(string));
this.Run(commandLine);
}
}
Modify your Main() routine to look like this
static class Program
{
[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
var application = new WindowsFormsApplication();
application.Run(new Form1());
}
}
This method offers some additional usefull features (like SplashScreen support and some usefull events)
public event NetworkAvailableEventHandler NetworkAvailabilityChanged;d.
public event ShutdownEventHandler Shutdown;
public event StartupEventHandler Startup;
public event StartupNextInstanceEventHandler StartupNextInstance;
public event UnhandledExceptionEventHandler UnhandledException;