I have a windows console app (that accepts parameters) and runs a process. I was wondering if there was any way to run this app from within a windows form button click event. I would like to pass an argument to it as well.
Thanks
I have a windows console app (that accepts parameters) and runs a process. I was wondering if there was any way to run this app from within a windows form button click event. I would like to pass an argument to it as well.
Thanks
Just use System.Diagnostics.Process.Start with the path to the console application, and the parameters as the second argument.
Assuming you have a form with a multiline textbox called txtOutput.....
private void RunCommandLine(string commandText)
{
try
{
Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe";
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "/c " + commandText;
txtOutput.Text += "C:\\> " + commandText + "\r\n";
proc.Start();
txtOutput.Text += proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd().Replace("\n", "\r\n");
txtOutput.Text += proc.StandardError.ReadToEnd().Replace("\n", "\r\n");
proc.WaitForExit();
txtOutput.Refresh();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
txtOutput.Text = ex.Message;
}
}
You'll want to use System.Diagnostics.Process