Environment.UserInteractive Property

Definition

Gets a value indicating whether the current process is running in user interactive mode.

public:
 static property bool UserInteractive { bool get(); };
public static bool UserInteractive { get; }
static member UserInteractive : bool
Public Shared ReadOnly Property UserInteractive As Boolean

Property Value

true if the current process is running in user interactive mode; otherwise, false.

Examples

The following example displays whether the current process is running in user interactive mode.

// Sample for the Environment::UserInteractive property
using namespace System;
int main()
{
   Console::WriteLine();
   Console::WriteLine( "UserInteractive: {0}", Environment::UserInteractive );
}

/*
This example produces the following results:

UserInteractive: True
*/
// Sample for the Environment.UserInteractive property
using System;

class Sample
{
    public static void Main()
    {
    Console.WriteLine();
    Console.WriteLine("UserInteractive: {0}", Environment.UserInteractive);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

UserInteractive: True
*/
// Sample for the Environment.UserInteractive property
open System

printfn $"\nUserInteractive: {Environment.UserInteractive}"

// This example produces the following results:
//     UserInteractive: True
' Sample for the Environment.UserInteractive property
Class Sample
   Public Shared Sub Main()
      Console.WriteLine()
      Console.WriteLine("UserInteractive: {0}", Environment.UserInteractive)
   End Sub
End Class
'
'This example produces the following results:
'
'UserInteractive: True
'

Remarks

The UserInteractive property reports false for a Windows process or a service like IIS that runs without a user interface. If this property is false, do not display modal dialogs or message boxes because there is no graphical user interface for the user to interact with.

Applies to

See also