Unable to close Console Login Window after Successful login

[GitHubDroid]

First let me say this project is impressive and I would like to try and develop on top of it.

I am trying utilize the Console Login. What I am trying to do is display a windows form after login.
The following seems to work for opening a Windows Form after login, but the Console Login Window stays open.

// When login button is clicked display a message popup then Windows Form
btnLogin.Clicked += () => {
if (usernameText.Text == "admin" && passwordText.Text == "password")
{
MessageBox.Query("Logging In", "Login Successful", "Ok");
Application.RequestStop();

                System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new Form1());

Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.

[BDisp]

You must run it asynchronously. Do the cursor go to the next line after you call System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new Form1());? If you can provide some more code will be very helpful. Also don't forget to call Application.Shutdown() at the end.

[GitHubDroid]

The following is what I have in my Program.cs and LoginWindow.cs:

-- Program.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Terminal.Gui;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace COY_Console
{
class Program : System.Windows.Forms.Form
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
Terminal.Gui.Application.Init();
//Terminal.Gui.Application.Run();

        Terminal.Gui.Application.Run(new LoginWindow());
        //System.Console.WriteLine($"Username: {((LoginWindow)Terminal.Gui.Application.Top).usernameText.Text}");

        // Before the application exits, reset Terminal.Gui for clean shutdown
        Terminal.Gui.Application.Shutdown();
    }
}

}

--LoginWindow.cs

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Security.Principal;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using COY_Console;
using Label = Terminal.Gui.Label;
using Button = Terminal.Gui.Button;
using MessageBox = Terminal.Gui.MessageBox;
using Application = Terminal.Gui.Application;
using Window = Terminal.Gui.Window;
using TextField = Terminal.Gui.TextField;
using Pos = Terminal.Gui.Pos;
using Dim = Terminal.Gui.Dim;
using Forms = System.Windows.Forms;
using Terminal.Gui;

namespace COY_Console
{
public class LoginWindow : Window
{

    public TextField usernameText;
    
    public LoginWindow()
    {
        Title = "Login to COY Console (Ctrl+Q to quit)";

        // Create input components and labels
        var usernameLabel = new Label()
        {
            Text = "Username:"
        };

        usernameText = new TextField("")
        {
            // Position text field adjacent to the label
            X = Pos.Right(usernameLabel) + 1,

            // Fill remaining horizontal space
            Width = Dim.Fill(),
        };

        var passwordLabel = new Label()
        {
            Text = "Password:",
            X = Pos.Left(usernameLabel),
            Y = Pos.Bottom(usernameLabel) + 1
        };

        var passwordText = new TextField("")
        {
            Secret = true,
            // align with the text box above
            X = Pos.Left(usernameText),
            Y = Pos.Top(passwordLabel),
            Width = Dim.Fill(),
        };

        // Create login button
        var btnLogin = new Button()
        {
            Text = "Login",
            Y = Pos.Bottom(passwordLabel) + 1,
            // center the login button horizontally
            X = Pos.Center(),
            IsDefault = true,
        };

        // When login button is clicked display a message popup then Windows Form
        btnLogin.Clicked += () => {
            if (usernameText.Text == "admin" && passwordText.Text == "password")
            {
                MessageBox.Query("Logging In", "Login Successful", "Ok");
                Application.RequestStop();

                System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new Form1());

               
                
                //Application.Run<Wizard>();

               //Application.RequestStop();

                


            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.ErrorQuery("Logging In", "Incorrect username or password", "Ok");
            }

            //Application.Top.Clear();
        };

        // Add the views to the Window
        Add(usernameLabel, usernameText, passwordLabel, passwordText, btnLogin);
    }

}

}

Does this help?

[tznind]

Try adding Application.Shutdown after Application.RequestStop

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On Tue, 1 Aug 2023, 17:56 GitHubDroid, ***@***.***> wrote: The following is what I have in my Program.cs and LoginWindow.cs: -- Program.cs using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using Terminal.Gui; using System.Windows.Forms; namespace COY_Console { class Program : System.Windows.Forms.Form { static void Main(string[] args) { Terminal.Gui.Application.Init(); //Terminal.Gui.Application.Run(); Terminal.Gui.Application.Run(new LoginWindow()); //System.Console.WriteLine($"Username: {((LoginWindow)Terminal.Gui.Application.Top).usernameText.Text}"); // Before the application exits, reset Terminal.Gui for clean shutdown Terminal.Gui.Application.Shutdown(); } } } --LoginWindow.cs using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Linq; using System.Security.Principal; using System.Text; using System.Threading.Tasks; using COY_Console; using Label = Terminal.Gui.Label; using Button = Terminal.Gui.Button; using MessageBox = Terminal.Gui.MessageBox; using Application = Terminal.Gui.Application; using Window = Terminal.Gui.Window; using TextField = Terminal.Gui.TextField; using Pos = Terminal.Gui.Pos; using Dim = Terminal.Gui.Dim; using Forms = System.Windows.Forms; using Terminal.Gui; namespace COY_Console { public class LoginWindow : Window { public TextField usernameText; public LoginWindow() { Title = "Login to COY Console (Ctrl+Q to quit)"; // Create input components and labels var usernameLabel = new Label() { Text = "Username:" }; usernameText = new TextField("") { // Position text field adjacent to the label X = Pos.Right(usernameLabel) + 1, // Fill remaining horizontal space Width = Dim.Fill(), }; var passwordLabel = new Label() { Text = "Password:", X = Pos.Left(usernameLabel), Y = Pos.Bottom(usernameLabel) + 1 }; var passwordText = new TextField("") { Secret = true, // align with the text box above X = Pos.Left(usernameText), Y = Pos.Top(passwordLabel), Width = Dim.Fill(), }; // Create login button var btnLogin = new Button() { Text = "Login", Y = Pos.Bottom(passwordLabel) + 1, // center the login button horizontally X = Pos.Center(), IsDefault = true, }; // When login button is clicked display a message popup then Windows Form btnLogin.Clicked += () => { if (usernameText.Text == "admin" && passwordText.Text == "password") { MessageBox.Query("Logging In", "Login Successful", "Ok"); Application.RequestStop(); System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new Form1()); //Application.Run<Wizard>(); //Application.RequestStop(); } else { MessageBox.ErrorQuery("Logging In", "Incorrect username or password", "Ok"); } //Application.Top.Clear(); }; // Add the views to the Window Add(usernameLabel, usernameText, passwordLabel, passwordText, btnLogin); } } } Does this help? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#2782 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AHO3C5AQPXXVTIO6KDN7623XTEYLXANCNFSM6AAAAAA3AAUOVE> . You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread.Message ID: ***@***.*** com>

[GitHubDroid]

That was actually the first thing I tried. No success.

[tznind]

Winforms and terminal don't play well in same process. I think launching the winforms window will block the console thread. You could start the winforms as a separate process with Process.Start?

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[GitHubDroid]

The following seemed to close the LoginWindow.

I added the following method:

      void frmNewFormThread()
        {
            System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(frmNewForm);
        }

The newThread.Start calls the above method below:

        var frmNewForm = new Form1();
        var newThread = new System.Threading.Thread(frmNewFormThread);

        // When login button is clicked display a message popup then Windows Form
        btnLogin.Clicked += () => {
            if (usernameText.Text == "admin" && passwordText.Text == "password")
            {
                MessageBox.Query("Logging In", "Login Successful", "Ok");
                Application.RequestStop();

                
                newThread.SetApartmentState(System.Threading.ApartmentState.STA);
                newThread.Start();

                //System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new Form1());

            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.ErrorQuery("Logging In", "Incorrect username or password", "Ok");
            }

            Application.Top.Clear();
        };

Does this seem like a feasible way to do it ?

So my LoginWindow.cs looks like this:

public class LoginWindow : Window
{
    

    public TextField usernameText;
    

    

    public LoginWindow()
    {

        
        Title = "Login to COY Console (Ctrl+Q to quit)";

        // Create input components and labels
        var usernameLabel = new Label()
        {
            Text = "Username:"
        };

        usernameText = new TextField("")
        {
            // Position text field adjacent to the label
            X = Pos.Right(usernameLabel) + 1,

            // Fill remaining horizontal space
            Width = Dim.Fill(),
        };

        var passwordLabel = new Label()
        {
            Text = "Password:",
            X = Pos.Left(usernameLabel),
            Y = Pos.Bottom(usernameLabel) + 1
        };

        var passwordText = new TextField("")
        {
            Secret = true,
            // align with the text box above
            X = Pos.Left(usernameText),
            Y = Pos.Top(passwordLabel),
            Width = Dim.Fill(),
        };

        // Create login button
        var btnLogin = new Button()
        {
            Text = "Login",
            Y = Pos.Bottom(passwordLabel) + 1,
            // center the login button horizontally
            X = Pos.Center(),
            IsDefault = true,
        };

        var frmNewForm = new Form1();
        var newThread = new System.Threading.Thread(frmNewFormThread);
        // When login button is clicked display a message popup then Windows Form
        btnLogin.Clicked += () => {
            if (usernameText.Text == "admin" && passwordText.Text == "password")
            {
                MessageBox.Query("Logging In", "Login Successful", "Ok");
                Application.RequestStop();

                
                newThread.SetApartmentState(System.Threading.ApartmentState.STA);
                newThread.Start();

                //System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(new Form1());

            }
            else
            {
                MessageBox.ErrorQuery("Logging In", "Incorrect username or password", "Ok");
            }

            Application.Top.Clear();
        };

       

        // Add the views to the Window
        Add(usernameLabel, usernameText, passwordLabel, passwordText, btnLogin);


        //method to open winform in seperate process/thread
        void frmNewFormThread()
        {

            System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(frmNewForm);

        }

    }

   

}

[BDisp]

How do you referenced System.Windows.Forms on a Console App?

Edit:
If you have it on a github repo is better.

[GitHubDroid]

I will try and start a repo. In the meantime I will post the files soon. Stand by. Thanks again for any assistance and insight.

[BDisp]

This repo https://github.com/BDisp/TerminalGuiOpenWinForm works on Windows and Linux. Take a look, please.

[GitHubDroid]

Link got a 404

[BDisp]

Sorry by default VS2022 made it private. Try now please.

[BDisp]

@GitHubDroid did my repo sample satisfy your needs?