Catalog/imagecatalog/Program.cs

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using ImageCatalog;
using ImageCatalog_2.Services;
using MaddoShared;
using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
using AutoMapper;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Abstractions;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging.Console;
using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;

namespace ImageCatalog_2;

static class Program
{
    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    private static extern bool AllocConsole();
        
    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern IntPtr GetStdHandle(int nStdHandle);

    private const int STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11;
    private const int STD_ERROR_HANDLE = -12;

    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern bool SetStdHandle(int nStdHandle, IntPtr handle);

    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern IntPtr GetConsoleWindow();

    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern bool AttachConsole(int dwProcessId);

    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
    static extern IntPtr CreateFile(
        string lpFileName,
        uint dwDesiredAccess,
        uint dwShareMode,
        IntPtr lpSecurityAttributes,
        uint dwCreationDisposition,
        uint dwFlagsAndAttributes,
        IntPtr hTemplateFile);

    private const uint GENERIC_WRITE = 0x40000000;
    private const uint OPEN_EXISTING = 3;

    private static void RedirectConsoleOutput()
    {
        var stdOutHandle = CreateFile("CONOUT$", GENERIC_WRITE, 0, IntPtr.Zero, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
        var safeFileHandle = new Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle(stdOutHandle, true);
        var fileStream = new FileStream(safeFileHandle, FileAccess.Write);
        var standardOutput = new StreamWriter(fileStream) { AutoFlush = true };
        Console.SetOut(standardOutput);
        Console.SetError(standardOutput);
    }
        
    public static IServiceProvider ServiceProvider { get; private set; }
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        Application.SetHighDpiMode(HighDpiMode.SystemAware);
        Application.EnableVisualStyles();
        Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

        AllocConsole();
        RedirectConsoleOutput();
            
        var serviceCollection = new ServiceCollection();
        ConfigureServices(serviceCollection);

        ServiceProvider = serviceCollection.BuildServiceProvider();

        var mainForm = ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<MainForm>();
        //var mainViewModel = ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<DataModel>();

        //mainForm.Model = mainViewModel;          

        Application.Run(mainForm);
    }

    private static void ConfigureServices(ServiceCollection services)
    {
        // Register AutoMapper (new AddAutoMapper overload — provide config and marker types)
        services.AddAutoMapper(cfg => { }, typeof(Program));

        // Register your services here
        services.AddTransient<ITestService, TestService>();
        services.AddTransient<ISettingsService, SettingsService>();

        services.AddTransient<DataModel>();

        services.AddTransient<ImageCreationStuff>();
        services.AddTransient<ImageCreatorSharp>();

        // Register a ParametriSetup singleton that persists user preferences in LocalApplicationData
        var userPrefsPath = System.IO.Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.LocalApplicationData),
            "ImageCatalog", "userprefs.xml");
        services.AddSingleton(new ParametriSetup(userPrefsPath));
        services.AddSingleton<PicSettings>();
            
        // Register your forms
        services.AddTransient<MainForm>();

        services.AddLogging(configure =>
        {
            configure.AddCustomFormatter();
            configure.AddConsole();
            configure.SetMinimumLevel(LogLevel.Debug);
        });
    }
}

public static class ConsoleLoggerExtensions  
{  
    public static ILoggingBuilder AddCustomFormatter(  
        this ILoggingBuilder builder) =>  
        builder.AddConsole(options => options.FormatterName = nameof(CustomLoggingFormatter))  
            .AddConsoleFormatter<CustomLoggingFormatter, ConsoleFormatterOptions>();  
}  
public sealed class CustomLoggingFormatter : ConsoleFormatter, IDisposable  
{  
    private readonly IDisposable _optionsReloadToken;  
    private ConsoleFormatterOptions _formatterOptions;  
    public CustomLoggingFormatter(IOptionsMonitor<ConsoleFormatterOptions> options)  
        // Case insensitive  
        : base(nameof(CustomLoggingFormatter)) =>  
        (_optionsReloadToken, _formatterOptions) =  
        (options.OnChange(ReloadLoggerOptions), options.CurrentValue);  
    private void ReloadLoggerOptions(ConsoleFormatterOptions options) =>  
        _formatterOptions = options;  
   
    public override void Write<TState>(  
        in LogEntry<TState> logEntry,  
        IExternalScopeProvider scopeProvider,  
        TextWriter textWriter)  
    {  
        string? message =  
            logEntry.Formatter?.Invoke(  
                logEntry.State, logEntry.Exception);  
   
        if (message is null)  
        {  
            return;  
        }  
   
        textWriter.WriteLine($"{message}");  
    }  
    public void Dispose() => _optionsReloadToken?.Dispose();  
}