Console Application

Hi Amit,

A Windows form application is an application that has a graphical user interface(GUI) . There is a tool box from where you can drag and drop controls like a text box,label,button etc. A console program on the other hand is a text application. There are no controls like buttons or textboxes in a console application and they are run from the command prompt.

Moreover in a Forms desktop application you can have event handler like button click event which can help us write logic for click events which is not there is console app . More over you can pass parameters from text boxes in Forms application but for a console app you have to pass them as arguments from the command prompt.

Desktop applications are best suited for GUI softwares where you need to frequently get user inputs . Console applications are better suited for apps that need to be run in the back ground without much user intervention.

Thanks,

Priyan

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Priyaranjan K S11y ago
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Hi Amit,

A Windows form application is an application that has a graphical user interface(GUI) . There is a tool box from where you can drag and drop controls like a text box,label,button etc. A console program on the other hand is a text application. There are no controls like buttons or textboxes in a console application and they are run from the command prompt.

Moreover in a Forms desktop application you can have event handler like button click event which can help us write logic for click events which is not there is console app . More over you can pass parameters from text boxes in Forms application but for a console app you have to pass them as arguments from the command prompt.

Desktop applications are best suited for GUI softwares where you need to frequently get user inputs . Console applications are better suited for apps that need to be run in the back ground without much user intervention.

Thanks,
Priyan

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Priyaranjan K S11y ago
Cheers Amit .
Amit Joshi11y ago
Thanks Priyan.
Amit Joshi11y ago
Thanks.
Munesh Sharma11y ago
1)Windows Application is a GUI(graphical user interface)appilcation.
2)we can add labels ,textboxes,buttons,dropdownlist on windows application.
3)out put can display on windows its self
4)it contains ToolBox.

Console:
1)console application output comes on DOS Prompt.
2)It cannot contain ToolBox