ChoApplicationHost
Using Cinchoo framework, you can set your application to run at windows start-up easily. Here is how you can do it
1. Add reference to Cinchoo.Core.dll
2. Add namespace Cinchoo.Core
[RunInstaller(true)] //Optional attribute, to host your application as Windows Service
public class AppHost : ChoApplicationHost
{
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
//TODO: Application Startup code goes here
}
}
public class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ChoApplication.Run<AppHost>(args);
}
}
Open the Global Application Settings section in ChoCoreFrx.xml file (you can find it in application binary directory), set runAtStartup to true.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<globalApplicationSettings applicationId="TestApplication.exe" eventLogSourceName="TestApplication.exe" turnOnConsoleOutput="false">
<behaviourSettings hideWindow="false" bringWindowToTop="false" alwaysOnTop="false" runAtStartup="false" runOnceAtStartup="false" singleInstanceApp="false" activateFirstInstance="false" />
<trayApplicationBehaviourSettings turnOn="true" showInTaskbar="true" hideMainWindowAtStartup="true" hideTrayIconWhenMainWindowShown="false" trayAppTurnOnMode="OnMinimize" />
<logSettings traceLevel="4">
<logFolder />
<logFilename>TestApplication.exe</logFilename>
<logTimeStampFormat>yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.fffffff</logTimeStampFormat>
</logSettings>
<appConfigPath />
</globalApplicationSettings>
</configuration>
Override programmatically
Some scenarios you may want to control it programmatically. When it arises, you can do so as below
Method 1:
Subscribe to ApplyFrxParamOverrides eventhandler before ChoApplication.Run() as below.
public class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ChoApplication.ApplyFrxParamsOverrides += new EventHandler<ChoFrxParamsEventArgs>(ChoApplication_ApplyFrxParamsOverrides);
ChoApplication.Run<AppHost>(args);
}
static void ChoApplication_ApplyFrxParamsOverrides(object sender, ChoFrxParamsEventArgs e)
{
e.GlobalApplicationSettings.ApplicationBehaviourSettings.RunAtStartup= true;
}
}
Method 2:
You can override ApplyFrxParamsOverrides method in your AppHost class as below.
[RunInstaller(true)]
public class AppHost : ChoApplicationHost
{
protected override void OnStart(string[] args)
{
}
protected override void ApplyFrxParamsOverrides(ChoGlobalApplicationSettings globalApplicationSettings, ChoMetaDataFilePathSettings metaDataFilePathSettings)
{
globalApplicationSettings.ApplicationBehaviourSettings.RunAtStartup = true;
}
}
public class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
ChoApplication.Run<AppHost>(args);
}
}
