C# - How to call an exe added into project solution
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11-07-2019 - |
Question
So I added an EXE to my project's solution. The EXE does some stuff and outputs data via stdout. I want to capture the output, but more importantly how do I execute that EXE within my program?
Solution
Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
p.StartInfo.FileName = "myExec.exe";
p.Start();
OTHER TIPS
Process.Start
. To capture stdout you need to redirect it via ProcessStartInfo
- there is an example on MSDN. Make sure also that the exe is marked to be copied to the output directory (bin/release etc).
If you need to read from both stdout and stderr it gets tricky (with a naïve implementation there is a risk of deadlock due to buffering etc)... here's an example using worker threads.
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