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<blockquote data-quote="samuel337" data-source="post: 52400" data-attributes="member: 10347">That article doesn't take advantage of the new .NET 2.0 features in System.Diagnostics.Process. I've just completed a project involving this sort of stuff, so here's some code:[code]System.Diagnostics.Process newProcess;private void StartSomething(){&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; //build processstartinfo object&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo();&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; psi.UseShellExecute = false;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; psi.EnableRaisingEvents = true;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; psi.FileName = &lt;replace with filename here&gt;;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; newProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process();&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; newProcess.StartInfo = psi;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; newProcess.Start();&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; newProcess.OutputDataReceived += new System.Diagnostics.DataReceivedEventHandler(newProcessOutputHandler);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; newProcess.BeginOutputReadLine();}&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; private void newProcessOutputHandler(object sender, System.Diagnostics.DataReceivedEventArgs e)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; //do stuff here. Use e.Data to get the outputted line&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }//to determine if something has exited, use newProcess.HasExited, or listen in on the Exited event of the newProcess object[/code]Now I assume that you want to do something useful with the outputted lines, something like display them in a text box. Note that the eventhandler runs in a different thread to the UI thread, hence in order to do something to the UI, you need to use delegates/callbacks. Here's some more code (from MSDN) to do that:[code]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; delegate void WriteConsoleOutputCallback(string output);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; private void WriteToConsoleOutputBox(string text)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // InvokeRequired required compares the thread ID of the&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // calling thread to the thread ID of the creating thread.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; // If these threads are different, it returns true.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; if (this.txtConsoleOutput.InvokeRequired)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; WriteConsoleOutputCallback callBack = new WriteConsoleOutputCallback(WriteToConsoleOutputBox);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; this.Invoke(callBack, new object[] { text });&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; else&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; txtConsoleOutput.Text += Environment.NewLine + text;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; txtConsoleOutput.SelectionStart = txtConsoleOutput.Text.Length;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; txtConsoleOutput.ScrollToCaret();&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }[/code]This code assumes you have a textbox called txtConsoleOutput and it has the multiline property enabled.To use the above code, just change the event handler in the initial code to:[code]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; private void newProcessOutputHandler(object sender, System.Diagnostics.DataReceivedEventArgs e)&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; {&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; WriteToConsoleOutputBox(e.Data);&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; }[/code]HTHSam</blockquote>

[QUOTE="samuel337, post: 52400, member: 10347"] That article doesn't take advantage of the new .NET 2.0 features in System.Diagnostics.Process. I've just completed a project involving this sort of stuff, so here's some code: [code] System.Diagnostics.Process newProcess; private void StartSomething() { //build processstartinfo object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(); psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true; psi.UseShellExecute = false; psi.EnableRaisingEvents = true; psi.FileName = <replace with filename here>; newProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); newProcess.StartInfo = psi; newProcess.Start(); newProcess.OutputDataReceived += new System.Diagnostics.DataReceivedEventHandler(newProcessOutputHandler); newProcess.BeginOutputReadLine(); } private void newProcessOutputHandler(object sender, System.Diagnostics.DataReceivedEventArgs e) { //do stuff here. Use e.Data to get the outputted line } //to determine if something has exited, use newProcess.HasExited, or listen in on the Exited event of the newProcess object [/code] Now I assume that you want to do something useful with the outputted lines, something like display them in a text box. Note that the eventhandler runs in a different thread to the UI thread, hence in order to do something to the UI, you need to use delegates/callbacks. Here's some more code (from MSDN) to do that: [code] delegate void WriteConsoleOutputCallback(string output); private void WriteToConsoleOutputBox(string text) { // InvokeRequired required compares the thread ID of the // calling thread to the thread ID of the creating thread. // If these threads are different, it returns true. if (this.txtConsoleOutput.InvokeRequired) { WriteConsoleOutputCallback callBack = new WriteConsoleOutputCallback(WriteToConsoleOutputBox); this.Invoke(callBack, new object[] { text }); } else { txtConsoleOutput.Text += Environment.NewLine + text; txtConsoleOutput.SelectionStart = txtConsoleOutput.Text.Length; txtConsoleOutput.ScrollToCaret(); } } [/code] This code assumes you have a textbox called txtConsoleOutput and it has the multiline property enabled. To use the above code, just change the event handler in the initial code to: [code] private void newProcessOutputHandler(object sender, System.Diagnostics.DataReceivedEventArgs e) { WriteToConsoleOutputBox(e.Data); } [/code] HTH Sam [/QUOTE]

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