public static void Main(string[] args)
{
Application.Init ();
appWindow = new MainWindow() ;
appWindow.Show ();
doPrepWork() ;
detector = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Detector.start)) ;
transmitter = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Transmitter.start)) ;
// 45 minutes = 45 min x 60 s/min x 1000 ms/s = 2,700,000 ms
tickTock = new System.Timers.Timer(2700000) ;
tickTock.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(RestartThreads) ;
tickTock.Enabled = true ;
detector.Start() ;
transmitter.Start() ;
Application.Run ();
}
static void Main()
{
// Ensure that only one instance of the Scanbot is alive at any time.
// If a request comes for launching a second, then simply return from here
// Ref: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/32908/C-Single-Instance-App-With-the-Ability-To-Restore
bool onlyInstance = false;
Mutex m = new Mutex(true, @"dublin_delhi_damascus", out onlyInstance);
if (!onlyInstance) {
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine("[start-up]: Another running instance detected");
return;
}
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
// Ordinarily, an app would have an elaborate initialization routine during
// which the splash screen would be shown. We don't. And hence, life is
// simpler for us. We can just flash the splash and let MainWindow load
// behind it. All that we have to do is close the splash after 5-6 seconds
// 3 seconds = 3000 ms
splashTimer = new System.Timers.Timer(3000);
splashScreen = new Splash();
splashTimer.Elapsed += new ElapsedEventHandler(CloseSplash);
splashScreen.Show();
splashTimer.Enabled = true;
// Now, load the main application window behind the splash screen
Gui = new MainWindow();
doPrepWork();
Gui.setVersion();
Application.Run(Gui);
GC.KeepAlive(m);
// very important for ensuring that only one instance of scanbot is ever alive
// And the call to KeepAlive has to be the last call
// See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.gc.keepalive.aspx to know why
}