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Property

Meaning in Life

ExitCode

Gets or sets the exit code anywhere within the application

MachineName

Gets the name of the current machine

NewLine

Gets the newline symbol for the current environment

StackTrace

Gets the current stack trace information for the application

SystemDirectory

Returns the full path to the system directory

UserName

Returns the name of the user that started this application

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Source Code

The SimpleCSharpApp project is located under the Chapter 3 subdirectory.

The System.Console Class

Almost all of the example applications created over the course of the initial chapters of this book

make extensive use of the System.Console class. While it is true that a console user interface (CUI)

is not as enticing as a graphical user interface (GUI) or web-based front end, restricting the early

examples to console programs will allow us to keep focused on the syntax of C# and the core

aspects of the .NET platform, rather than dealing with the complexities of building GUIs.

As its name implies, the Console class encapsulates input, output, and error-stream manipula-

tions for console-based applications. Table 3-2 lists some (but definitely not all) members of

interest.

Table 3-2.

Select Members of System.Console