Code Consultants Startup Hook(s)

Background

You can use startup hooks to inject code into any .net application

See https://bartwullems.blogspot.com/2022/03/impress-your-colleagues-with-your.html

About

• The CodeConsultantsWelcomeStartupHook project creates a simple startup hook that adds a copyright console message.
• The InvertedConsole project creates a wrapper to invert console output.

Usage

In general these hooks are used via the DOTNET_STARTUP_HOOKS environment variable e.g.

SET DOTNET_STARTUP_HOOKS=c:\....\Hook1.dll;c:\....\Hook2.dll"

Assuming use of saving repo to c:\Development\StartupHooks\ then the helper scripts are available (otherwise copy/tweak to suite your environment).

• Using CodeConsultantsWelcomeStartupHook:
  • Use set-debug-hook.bat to assign the CodeConsultantsWelcomeStartupHook Debug dll
  • Use set-release-hook.bat to assign the CodeConsultantsWelcomeStartupHook Release dll
• Using InvertedConsole:
  • Use inverted-debug.bat to assign the InvertedConsole Debug dll
  • Use inverted-release.bat to assign the InvertedConsole Release dll
• Using TrackStartStop:
  • Use startstop-debug.bat to assign the TrackStartStop Debug dll
  • Use startop-release.bat to assign the TrackStartStop Release dll
• Use clear-hooks.bat to clear the hook assignment
• Use run.bat to execute the ConsoleApp project

References

• Design Notes: https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/main/docs/design/features/host-startup-hook.md
• Fun with Startup Hooks: https://medium.com/criteo-engineering/c-have-some-fun-with-net-core-startup-hooks-498b9ad001e1