Hello Everyone,

Is there a way to invoke a .exe or .bat using parameters passed by client to the web service.

For example, a client clicks on a function in a webservice with XYZ as parameter. The function calls notepad.exe with XYZ as parameter. The webservice invokes notepad.exe with XYZ as parameter.

I tried to use :

            Process MyProcess = new Process();
            MyProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "notepad.exe";
            MyProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
            MyProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true; MyProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;

            MyProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
            MyProcess.Start();

but it doesnt seem to work.

Please let me know if you have insight regarding this problem.

Thanks in advance

What is your goal with this? Are you using notepad purely as an example of an .exe to launch?

Yes, I was just trying to invoke notepad.exe as an example.
Now I am able to do it with the same code. However, I do have one more question

If my webservice runs an exe, and lets say the output of running that .exe is an html file, how do I redirect the html file ( on the server ) to the client's browser.

I am also having the same problem. I want to invoke an exe on the web server machine from a client web page. How did you get it working ?