public static void Main()
{
/* Printing is done though the usual Console.Writeline, to a textbox. */
console = new SearchIOToTextWriter();
Console.SetOut(Program.console);
/*** splash screen intro ***/
/* runs on a parallel thread until all program data is loaded in.*/
AboutGraphSynth introSplashWindow = new AboutGraphSynth();
console.outputBox = introSplashWindow.richTextBox1;
introSplashWindow.richTextBox1.Visible = true;
introSplashWindow.closeButton.Visible = false;
Thread introSplashThread = new Thread(new ThreadStart(introSplashWindow.ShowAsDialog));
introSplashThread.Start();
/* declare the main window that contains other windows and is the main place/thread that
* all other routines are run from. */
output("enabling visual styles");
Application.EnableVisualStyles();
output("starting main form");
main = new mainForm();
SearchIO.main = main;
/*** here the default parameters from App.config are loaded in.*/
output("Reading in settings file");
settings = globalSettings.readInSettings(introSplashThread);
if (settings != null)
{
SearchIO.defaultVerbosity = settings.defaultVerbosity;
output("Default Verbosity set to " + settings.defaultVerbosity.ToString());
SafeInvokeHelper.Invoke(introSplashWindow, "SendToBack", null);
/* loadDefaults can be time consuming if there are many ruleSets/rules to load. */
settings.loadDefaultSeedAndRuleSets();
/* Okay, done with load-in, close self-promo */
output("Closing Splash...", 3);
if (introSplashThread.IsAlive)
{
introSplashThread.Abort();
}
/* set the console.Writeline to the outputTextBox in main since the splash screen
* is now closed. */
console.outputBox = main.outputTextBox;
Application.Run(main);
}
}
protected override void OnStartup(StartupEventArgs args)
{
base.OnStartup(args);
ParseArguments();
/* Printing is done though the usual Console.Writeline, to a textbox. */
console = new SearchIOToTextWriter();
Console.SetOut(console);
var aGS = new AboutGraphSynth(false);
aGS.Show();
SearchIO.output("Reading in settings file");
ReadInSettings();
SearchIO.output("Reading in default shapes.");
LoadInShapes();
SearchIO.output("starting main form...");
SetUpMainWindow();
SearchIO.output("opening files...");
OpenFiles();
SearchIO.output("Checking for update online");
var updateThread = new Thread(CheckForUpdate);
updateThread.Start();
/* Okay, done with load-in, close self-promo */
SearchIO.output("Closing Splash...");
/* set the console.Writeline to the outputTextBox in main since the splash screen
* is now closed. */
main.outputTextBox.Text = aGS.outputTextBox.Text;
console.outputBox = main.outputTextBox;
aGS.Close();
SearchIO.output("----- Load in Complete ------");
// main.WindowState = WindowState.Normal; //for some reason with this line intact,
// the process would never be terminated. (also see commented minimize cmd @line69
}