调试时，有什么方法可以使Visual Studio在不打开浏览器窗口的情况下为我的Web API项目加载DLL。

Question

I can make Visual Studio open my ASP.NET Web API in a new browser window, but that's annoying because I don't want a browser window to pop up. I want to go straight to Postman and start hitting endpoints.

Ideally I'd like to have Visual Studio try to run an endpoint (eg http://localhost:54292/token ) silently in the background, which will trigger the loading of most of the DLLs I need automatically.

I know I can use the "start external program" feature and use something like cURL, but this opens a command window in the foreground, which is also annoying.

Is there any way to hide the command window, run my program minimized, or make it eager load DLLs when debugging?

Answer 1

Choose the option "Don't open a page. Wait for a request from an external application", then use Postman after starting your debug session.

Alternatively, write a new windows form application and set that as the startup project. In that application, call the url you are interested in and remove the default form. It will have no GUI.

You could also have the web application itself make a call into itself on startup by putting that code in your startup (globax.asax or startup.cs). You would probably want to remove this on deploy though, hence why I'd suggest a separate application.

Answer 2

please try below line of code if it helps you

            var proc1 = new ProcessStartInfo();
            proc1.FileName = @"cmd.exe";
            proc1.Verb = "runas";
            proc1.Arguments = "/c " + command;
            proc1.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
            Process.Start(proc1);