Program.cs

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// A tool for crafting file formats.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Reflection;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace File_Forge
{
    static class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main() { The_main_entry_point_for_the_application (); }

        static void The_main_entry_point_for_the_application()
        {
            try
            {
                if (!CheckReferenceAssemblies ()) return; // don't scare the user

                FFSettings.FileLog.Start ();

                Application.ApplicationExit += (a, b) => Store ();
                Application.ThreadException += (a, e) => Bug ("Bug: Unhandled exception:\n\n" + e.Exception.ToString ());

                // because one GDI renders text better than another GDI
                Application.EnableVisualStyles ();
                Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault (false);

                Application.Run (Restore ());
            }
            finally
            {
                FFSettings.FileLog.Stop ();
                Wind.Log.WLog.Stop (); //TODO services (that need to stop no matter what)
            }
        }// The_main_entry_point_for_the_application

        //TODO ISerializable
        static Form _main_form = null;
        static void DontStore() { _main_form = null; }
        static void Store() { if (null == _main_form) return; }
        static Form Restore() { return Wind.Log.WLog.ProgramMainForm = _main_form = new FormMain (); }

        public static void Bug(string msg)
        {
            MessageBox.Show (text: msg, caption: "Bug", buttons: MessageBoxButtons.OK, icon: MessageBoxIcon.Stop);
            DontStore ();
            Application.Exit ();
        }

        /// <summary>Returns true when all referred assemblies are availble.</summary>
        static bool CheckReferenceAssemblies()
        {
            foreach (var ra in Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly ().GetReferencedAssemblies ())
                try
                {
                    Assembly.ReflectionOnlyLoad (ra.FullName);
                }
                catch
                {
                    var msg = string.Format ("Failed to load: \"{0}\"{1}Either install it into the GAC, or copy the needed files in this directory",
                                             ra.FullName, Environment.NewLine);
                    Console.WriteLine (msg);
                    MessageBox.Show (text: msg,
                                     caption: "Missing reference assembly",
                                     buttons: MessageBoxButtons.OK,
                                     icon: MessageBoxIcon.Stop);
                    return false;
                }
            return true;
        }// CheckReferenceAssemblies()

        public static List<string> AUTHORS = new List<string> ()
        {
            "This program is being crafted by:",
            "the wind",
            "and many others I guess",
            "Thank you.",
            "You can press Esc now.",
            " ",
            " ",
            " ",
            "Well, obviously you didn't :)",
            " ",
            "Do you happen to know the story,",
            "about the humans",
            "that have built a starship,",
            "and they have broke free",
            "of the pale blue prison?"
        };
    }// Program
}