run an exe from C# application 2

[timothy]

I have an older product from Sybase that I need to fire off from a c# application. Normally the exe would be run from dos with some args passed in. How can I fire off this program from C#? I haven't found any docs on the subject. I'm sure there must be someone else that has had to deal with this.

Thanks for your help.

 

[wawalter]

Take a look at System.Diagnostics.Process. I've used it to run some old FoxPro exe's and it works fine. I've never had to pass arguements though, so I'm not sure about that.

 

[alexjones]

Look into the Process class in the System.Diagnostics namespace, e.g.,

using System.Diagnostics;


Process myProcess = new Process();
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = {executable filename here};
myProcess.Start();
myProcess.Close();


myProcess.StartInfo has several useful properties you might want to check out.

 

[obislavu]

Here is a complete example:

System.Diagnostics.Process P = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
//P.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
P.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
P.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = WorkingDirectory;
P.StartInfo.FileName =  WorkingDirectory + "\\" + Myexe;
P.StartInfo.Arguments = cm[0];						
P.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
P.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;   
P.Exited += new EventHandler(captureStdout); // if you want to capture the output when the process exits
try
{
	P.Start();
}
catch(Exception exProcess)
{
LogEvent(" Error in starting process: WorkingDirectory: " + WorkingDirectory + " Exe:" + Myexe + " Arguments: " + cm[0] + " " + exProcess.Message + "\r\n",false);
		return;
}

private void captureStdout(object sender, EventArgs e) 
{      
System.Diagnostics.Process ps = (System.Diagnostics.Process) sender;      
{
	LogEvent(Myexe + " has ended. [" + DateTime.Now.ToString() + "]\r\n",false);
}

-obislavu-

 

[timothy]

Thanks for your help! I completed the project yesterday using your suggestion.