MSDN states that it is possible in .NET to capture the output of a process and display it in the console window at the same time.
Normally when you set StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true; the console window stays blank.
As the MSDN site doesn't provide a sample for this I was wondering if anyone would have a sample or could point me to a sample?
When a Process writes text to its
standard stream, that text is normally
displayed on the console. By
redirecting the StandardOutput
stream, you can manipulate or suppress
the output of a process. For example,
you can filter the text, format it
differently, or write the output to
both the console and a designated log
file.
MSDN
This post is similar to Capture standard output and still display it in the console window by the way. But that post didn't end up with a working sample.
Thanks a lot,
Patrick
you can easily catch all messages using
Process build = new Process();
...
build.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
build.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
build.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
build.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
build.ErrorDataReceived += build_ErrorDataReceived;
build.OutputDataReceived += build_ErrorDataReceived;
build.EnableRaisingEvents = true;
...
and create the Event build_ErrorDataReceived
static void build_ErrorDataReceived(object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
{
string msg = e.Data;
if (msg != null && msg.Length > 0)
{
// in msg you have the line you need!
}
}
I add a little example
Screencast of the application
Solution Files (VS 2008)
See this answer here on SO which I posted code for a process to exec netstat an redirect the output stream to a Stringbuilder instance. The process creates a hidden window and is not visible...
You can modify the code slightly by changing the values respectively
ps.CreateNoWindow = true; <--- Comment this out...
ps.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden; <--- Comment this out...