System.Diagnostics.Process Problems

[jwm68]

Greetings. I am trying to use the System.Diagnostics.Process class to perform some actions through the Windows command line. The applicable code appears below. The code builds the command fine, and will open the command line in the proper working directory, but will not send the follow-up command to the command line.

The code also catches no errors.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe

private void deleteButton_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    try
    {
        sysProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
        sysProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";
        sysProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
        sysProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\Microsoft Shared\\web server extensions\\60\\bin\\";
        string strCmdLine;
        string shortCab;
        shortCab = cabName.Text.Substring(cabName.Text.LastIndexOf("\\")+1);
        //Build follow-up command
        strCmdLine = "stsadm.exe -o deletewppack -name " + shortCab;
        Debug.Write("strCmdLine = " + strCmdLine);
        sysProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = strCmdLine;
        sysProcess.Start();
        sysProcess.Close();       
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Debug.Write("Exception: " + ex);
    }
}

 

[chiph]

You can write your commands via System.IO streamwriter objects to a .cmd file, and then use the Process class to run it.

Chip H.


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