I've create a solution, mixed the information of varius post.
Its a form, that contains a label and one textbox. The console output is redirected to the textbox.
There are too a class called ConsoleView that implements three publics methods: Show(), Close(), and Release(). The last one is for leave open the console and activate the Close button for view results.
The forms is called FrmConsole. Here are the XAML and the c# code.
The use is very simple:
ConsoleView.Show("Title of the Console");
For open the console. Use:
System.Console.WriteLine("The debug message");
For output text to the console.
Use:
ConsoleView.Close();
For Close the console.
ConsoleView.Release();
Leaves open the console and enables the Close button
XAML
<Window x:Class="CustomControls.FrmConsole"
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
xmlns:local="clr-namespace:CustomControls"
mc:Ignorable="d"
Height="500" Width="600" WindowStyle="None" ResizeMode="NoResize" WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen" Topmost="True" Icon="Images/icoConsole.png">
<Grid>
<Grid.RowDefinitions>
<RowDefinition Height="40"/>
<RowDefinition Height="*"/>
<RowDefinition Height="40"/>
</Grid.RowDefinitions>
<Label Grid.Row="0" Name="lblTitulo" HorizontalAlignment="Center" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="14" FontWeight="Bold" Content="Titulo"/>
<Grid Grid.Row="1">
<Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<ColumnDefinition Width="10"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="*"/>
<ColumnDefinition Width="10"/>
</Grid.ColumnDefinitions>
<TextBox Grid.Column="1" Name="txtInner" FontFamily="Arial" FontSize="10" ScrollViewer.CanContentScroll="True" VerticalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" HorizontalScrollBarVisibility="Visible" TextWrapping="Wrap"/>
</Grid>
<Button Name="btnCerrar" Grid.Row="2" Content="Cerrar" Width="100" Height="30" HorizontalAlignment="Center" HorizontalContentAlignment="Center" VerticalAlignment="Center" VerticalContentAlignment="Center"/>
</Grid>
The code of the Window:
partial class FrmConsole : Window
{
private class ControlWriter : TextWriter
{
private TextBox textbox;
public ControlWriter(TextBox textbox)
{
this.textbox = textbox;
}
public override void WriteLine(char value)
{
textbox.Dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(() =>
{
textbox.AppendText(value.ToString());
textbox.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
textbox.ScrollToEnd();
}));
}
public override void WriteLine(string value)
{
textbox.Dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(() =>
{
textbox.AppendText(value);
textbox.AppendText(Environment.NewLine);
textbox.ScrollToEnd();
}));
}
public override void Write(char value)
{
textbox.Dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(() =>
{
textbox.AppendText(value.ToString());
textbox.ScrollToEnd();
}));
}
public override void Write(string value)
{
textbox.Dispatcher.Invoke(new Action(() =>
{
textbox.AppendText(value);
textbox.ScrollToEnd();
}));
}
public override Encoding Encoding
{
get { return Encoding.UTF8; }
}
}
//DEFINICIONES DE LA CLASE
#region DEFINICIONES DE LA CLASE
#endregion
//CONSTRUCTORES DE LA CLASE
#region CONSTRUCTORES DE LA CLASE
public FrmConsole(string titulo)
{
InitializeComponent();
lblTitulo.Content = titulo;
Clear();
btnCerrar.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(BtnCerrar_Click);
Console.SetOut(new ControlWriter(txtInner));
DesactivarCerrar();
}
#endregion
//PROPIEDADES
#region PROPIEDADES
#endregion
//DELEGADOS
#region DELEGADOS
private void BtnCerrar_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
Close();
}
#endregion
//METODOS Y FUNCIONES
#region METODOS Y FUNCIONES
public void ActivarCerrar()
{
btnCerrar.IsEnabled = true;
}
public void Clear()
{
txtInner.Clear();
}
public void DesactivarCerrar()
{
btnCerrar.IsEnabled = false;
}
#endregion
}
the code of ConsoleView class
static public class ConsoleView
{
//DEFINICIONES DE LA CLASE
#region DEFINICIONES DE LA CLASE
static FrmConsole console;
static Thread StatusThread;
static bool isActive = false;
#endregion
//CONSTRUCTORES DE LA CLASE
#region CONSTRUCTORES DE LA CLASE
#endregion
//PROPIEDADES
#region PROPIEDADES
#endregion
//DELEGADOS
#region DELEGADOS
#endregion
//METODOS Y FUNCIONES
#region METODOS Y FUNCIONES
public static void Show(string label)
{
if (isActive)
{
return;
}
isActive = true;
//create the thread with its ThreadStart method
StatusThread = new Thread(() =>
{
try
{
console = new FrmConsole(label);
console.ShowDialog();
//this call is needed so the thread remains open until the dispatcher is closed
Dispatcher.Run();
}
catch (Exception)
{
}
});
//run the thread in STA mode to make it work correctly
StatusThread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
StatusThread.Priority = ThreadPriority.Normal;
StatusThread.Start();
}
public static void Close()
{
isActive = false;
if (console != null)
{
//need to use the dispatcher to call the Close method, because the window is created in another thread, and this method is called by the main thread
console.Dispatcher.InvokeShutdown();
console = null;
StatusThread = null;
}
console = null;
}
public static void Release()
{
isActive = false;
if (console != null)
{
console.Dispatcher.Invoke(console.ActivarCerrar);
}
}
#endregion
}
I hope this result usefull.
