Hi Rod

I need to run a DOS program from within my application and capture the output. Basically the DOS program is a command line compiler. I need to grab the output and display it in my VB.NET 2005 program. I have searched around for a solution and looked in your excellent book and web site. I can find stuff for VB6 but nothing for VB.NET. Seems that it ought to be simple but looks like it isn't. Any pointers would be much appreciated

Thanks


Jon Masterson

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Jon Masterson

Hi Jon,

Like everything in .NET, it's not too hard once you know which classes and namespaces to use. See this example:

    http://www.vb-helper.com/howto_net_run_dos.html

Here's the heart of it:

    ' Set start information.
    Dim start_info As New ProcessStartInfo(txtProgram.Text)
    start_info.UseShellExecute = False
    start_info.CreateNoWindow = True
    start_info.RedirectStandardOutput = True
    start_info.RedirectStandardError = True

    ' Make the process and set its start information.
    Dim proc As New Process()
    proc.StartInfo = start_info

    ' Start the process.
    proc.Start()

    ' Attach to stdout and stderr.
    Dim std_out As StreamReader = proc.StandardOutput()
    Dim std_err As StreamReader = proc.StandardError()

    ' Display the results.
    txtStdout.Text = std_out.ReadToEnd()
    txtStderr.Text = std_err.ReadToEnd()

    ' Clean up.
    std_out.Close()
    std_err.Close()
    proc.Close()

Best wishes,

Rod
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Author of "Visual Basic 2005 Programmer's Reference"
http://www.vb-helper.com/vb_prog_ref.htm

Hi Rod

Many thanks - that did the trick once I figured out how to use the arguments property :)

I searched your site first and only came up with the VB6 version - I should have looked harder

Jon Masterson