asked on

Start a proccess from C# in the background

Dear Eperts,

I would like to start an external command line application from csharp. I have already found a code to do that, but when I run it, it runs the "external" cmd proccess in front of me (like when I start it from cmd.exe). I would like to ask you to show me a code which I can use for running this application with it's arguments, but in the background. So I don't want to see any command line interface popping up. Please, if you have any suggestions to do that, post it to me.

Thank you really much,
Chris

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

lenordiste

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

SOLUTION

nordtorp

membership

This solution is only available to members.

To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.

Start Free Trial

lenordiste

here is an even nicer example from (http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/3707996/NET-Tip-Execute-Commands-From-C.htm):
public static int ExecuteCommand(string Command, int Timeout)
{
int ExitCode;
ProcessStartInfo ProcessInfo;
Process Process;

ProcessInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("cmd.exe", "/C " + Command);
ProcessInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
ProcessInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
Process = Process.Start(ProcessInfo);
Process.WaitForExit(Timeout);
ExitCode = Process.ExitCode;
Process.Close();

return ExitCode;
}

mkrisz

ASKER

Lenordiste, you forgot the arguments, but I did that, so no problem :) Great solution, thanks.