Making a console application behave like a Windows application

Question

I have a console application, and I want it to wait till some event is raised. But it executes the code and exits:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
    var someObjectInstance = new SomeObject();
    someObjectInstance.SomeEvent += SomeEventHandler;
}

static void SomeEventHandler()
{
    //Some logic
}

I want to make my application behave like a Windows application where

Application.Run(new Form1());

is called and the message loop is run.

But I don't need neither a message loop nor any form. So it looks like overhead. Is there a more light-weight way to achieve my goal?

Answer 1

Add

Console.ReadLine(); after you attach your eventhandler.

For example..

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        System.IO.FileSystemWatcher watcher = new System.IO.FileSystemWatcher(@"c:\", "*.txt");
        watcher.Created += new System.IO.FileSystemEventHandler(watcher_Created);
        watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
        Console.ReadLine();
    }

    static void watcher_Created(object sender, System.IO.FileSystemEventArgs e)
    {
        Console.WriteLine(string.Format("{0} was created at {1:hh:mm:ss}", e.FullPath, DateTime.Now));
    }
}