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This simple utility method also provides the ability to log the console output to some log file (specified with strLogPath). I have a simple unit test simply as a stub to see how the code is called. In this case, I call the "test.bat" file, passing in a single param "abc", ask the calling code to wait until the batch finishes, and then log it to a given path.
[TestMethod]
public void TestDiagnostics_1()
{
RunHiddenExecutable(@"C:\Temp\test.bat", "abc", true, @"C:\temp\log.txt");
}
public static void RunHiddenExecutable(string strFileName, string strArguments, bool blnWaitForExit, string strLogPath)
{
bool blnOutputLogFile = true;
if (strLogPath == null || strLogPath.Length == 0)
blnOutputLogFile = false;
System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
try
{
//run in process without showing dialog window:
ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo();
psi.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
psi.CreateNoWindow = true; //Need to include this for Executable version (appears not to be needed if UseShellExecute=true)
psi.FileName = strFileName;
psi.Arguments = strArguments;
psi.UseShellExecute = false;
psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
Process p = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi);
sb.Append(p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd());
if (blnWaitForExit)
p.WaitForExit();
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
sb.Append("Exception Occured:\r\n");
sb.Append(ex.ToString());
throw;
}
catch
{
sb.Append("A non-CLSCompliant exception was thrown.");
throw;
}
finally
{
//Implement - log this however you want
//if (blnOutputLogFile)
// Write out file (sb.ToString(), strLogPath);
} //end of try
} //end of method
See also: How to send the Console output to a string
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