Opening a exterior file

Doom · April 29th, 2008, 02:42 PM

hello there.

I want to open notepad using my application in c#. But it does not complie.

Code:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;

namespace StevenHaynesCSharp.DesktopApplication
{
    class DesktopLinks
    {
        public void Main()
        {
            Process.Start(@"C:\windows\notepad.exe");
        }
    }
}

If anyone can help i would be greatfull

planoie · April 29th, 2008, 02:53 PM

Could you provide the actual compile errors? I imagine the compiler gave you more than "It does not compile."

-Peter
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planoie · April 29th, 2008, 02:55 PM

Although, I will venture a guess that the problem may have to do with your Main method.

Typically, the Main() method needs to be static. If this is a console app, it also needs an "args" parameter. It should look something like this:

static void Main(string[] args)

-Peter
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Doom · April 29th, 2008, 03:01 PM

I still get these error. here is the compiler errror

Error 1 The name 'Process' does not exist in the current context C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Application Data\Temporary Projects\Project1\CodeFile1.cs 12 13 Project1

samjudson · April 30th, 2008, 04:47 AM

If I cut and paste the above code into a new class file in a project it compiles with no errors.

/- Sam Judson : Wrox Technical Editor -/

Doom · May 1st, 2008, 12:17 PM

This does not work on my computer. What could be the problem

Imar · May 2nd, 2008, 03:03 AM

What version of C# / Visual Studio are you using? How are you running / compiling this example?

AFAIK, Process is defined in System.dll so I can hardly imagine it's a reference issue....

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Doom · May 25th, 2008, 06:10 AM

I have found the problem. It is a reference problem. I added System into my reference list for this project and its now a smooth operator.

Doom