The Moth

If you are not aware of the MyEvents functionality that VB2005 offers, check out a screenshot and short description here.

The question is how to get the same support in C#. Well it all becomes pretty straightforward if you understand how MyEvents and the new startup model work in VB. I provided an exploration here.

So, armed with that knowledge, in a new C# Windows Application do the following:
1. Add a reference to Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
2. Replace all the code in Program.cs with the 35 lines of code given below
3. Form1.cs. This is the main form (you could put a button that throws an exception)
4. Add a form Form2.cs. This is the splash screen, no code needed.
5. Build in release mode and run from explorer.

Here is the code:

namespace WindowsApplicationCSusingVB{

public class MyApplication :

                  System.Windows.Forms.WindowsFormsApplicationBase{



    public MyApplication(): 

             base(System.Windows.Forms.AuthenticationMode.Windows){



	base.NetworkAvailabilityChanged += new

         Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices.NetworkAvailableEventHandler

                    (this.MyApplication_NetworkAvailabilityChanged);



	base.Shutdown += 

                    new System.Windows.Forms.ShutdownEventHandler

                                      (this.MyApplication_Shutdown);



	base.UnhandledException += new 

             System.Windows.Forms.UnhandledExceptionEventHandler

                             (this.MyApplication_UnhandledException);



	base.Startup += new 

                 System.Windows.Forms.StartupEventHandler

                                        (this.MyApplication_Startup);



	this.IsSingleInstance = false;

	this.EnableVisualStyles = true;

	this.ShutdownStyle = 

               System.Windows.Forms.ShutdownMode.AfterMainFormCloses;

}



protected override void OnCreateMainForm(){

	this.MainForm = new Form1();

}



protected override void OnCreateSplashScreen(){

	this.SplashScreen = new Form2();

}



private void MyApplication_NetworkAvailabilityChanged(object sender, 

        Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices.NetworkAvailableEventArgs e){



	System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("network");

}



private void MyApplication_Shutdown(object sender, System.EventArgs e){

	System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("shutdown");

}



private void MyApplication_Startup(object sender, 

                             System.Windows.Forms.StartupEventArgs e){

	System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("startup");

}



private void MyApplication_UnhandledException(object sender, 

                  System.Windows.Forms.UnhandledExceptionEventArgs e){

	System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(

                  e.Exception.StackTrace, e.Exception.Message);

	e.ExitApplication = false;

}



internal static void Main(string[] Args){

	(new MyApplication()).Run();

}

} //end class

} //end namespace