All you have to do is do using System.Windows.Forms Then you can use things like MessageBox and I think you can even do the system menu but I have never tried to. You will also have to add a reference to the .net library for windows.forms but that is pretty simple to. Ken _____ From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tyler Littlefield Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:02 PM To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: a couple quick c# questions. Hello, I've got a couple questions. I'm looking for a class, that would allow me to add a drop-down menu onto the system menu of a console. Also, is there a way to either a, put a console into a windows app, or b, use the windows namespace in a console? There are a ton of things I'd like to do with the console, working on a program via a console, but I need more flexability--accessing the windows namespace would help, or... Is there another way to get to the API functions without using the windows namespace? Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~