Using System.Diagnost ics.Process() to print traceroute information on webpage

[Heiko Besemann]

Dear group,

I created an aspx page using System.Diagnost ics.Process() to launch
"tracert" from shell and redirect output to Response.Output which
prints it as text/plain into my browsers window. Now that works fine
so far. My problem is that while tracert process is running and ASP
..NET is putting data into the pages output stream, my webapplication
is locked until tracert process exits. How can I stop locking my
application and be able to display other aspx pages while tracert is
running?

Thanks for your help!

Heiko Besemann

Here is my example code...

-- snip --

private System.Diagnost ics.Process p;

private void Page_Load(objec t sender, System.EventArg s e)
{
Response.Cache. SetCacheability (HttpCacheabili ty.NoCache);
Response.Cache. SetExpires(Date Time.Parse("1.2 .1973 07:00:00"));

Page.Response.C lear();
Page.Response.C ontentType = "text/plain";
Response.Append Header("Content-Disposition","f ilename=\"trace route.txt\"");
Response.Buffer Output = false;
Page.Response.O utput.Write("Tr aceRoute bearbeitet Anfrage -- bitte
warten!\n\n");
Page.Response.F lush();

p = new System.Diagnost ics.Process();
p.StartInfo.Fil eName = "c:\\windows\\s ystem32\\tracer t";
p.StartInfo.Arg uments = Request.Params["ip"]; //"217.88.223.186 ";
p.StartInfo.Cre ateNoWindow = true;
p.StartInfo.Use ShellExecute = false;
p.StartInfo.Red irectStandardOu tput = true;
p.Start();
p.PriorityClass = System.Diagnost ics.ProcessPrio rityClass.Norma l;

while (!p.HasExited)
{
strTemp = p.StandardOutpu t.ReadLine();
if(strTemp.Leng th > 3) Page.Response.O utput.Write(str Temp+"\n");
Page.Response.F lush();
if(!Response.Is ClientConnected )
{
p.Kill();
break;
}
}
Response.Flush( );
Response.Close( );
}

[Harsh Thakur]

Hi,

Just a thought.
Have you considered launching "tracert" on a seperate
thread?

HTH
Regards
Harsh Thakur

-----Original Message-----
Dear group,

I created an aspx page using System.Diagnost ics.Process() to launch"tracert" from shell and redirect output to Response.Output whichprints it as text/plain into my browsers window. Now that works fineso far. My problem is that while tracert process is running and ASP..NET is putting data into the pages output stream, my webapplicationis locked until tracert process exits. How can I stop locking myapplication and be able to display other aspx pages while tracert isrunning?

Thanks for your help!

Heiko Besemann

Here is my example code...

-- snip --

private System.Diagnost ics.Process p;

private void Page_Load(objec t sender, System.EventArg s e) {
Response.Cache. SetCacheability (HttpCacheabili ty.NoCache); Response.Cache. SetExpires (DateTime.Parse ("1.2.1973 07:00:00"));
Page.Response.C lear();
Page.Response.C ontentType = "text/plain"; Response.Append Header("Content- Disposition","f ilename=\"trace route.txt\""); Response.Buffer Output = false;
Page.Response.O utput.Write ("TraceRoute bearbeitet Anfrage -- bittewarten!\n\n" );
Page.Response.F lush();

p = new System.Diagnost ics.Process (); p.StartInfo.Fil eName = "c:\\windows\\s ystem32\\tracer t"; p.StartInfo.Arg uments = Request.Params["ip"]; //"217.88.223.186 "; p.StartInfo.Cre ateNoWindow = true;
p.StartInfo.Use ShellExecute = false; p.StartInfo.Red irectStandardOu tput = true; p.Start();
p.PriorityClass = System.Diagnost ics.ProcessPrio rityClass.Norma l;
while (!p.HasExited)
{
strTemp = p.StandardOutpu t.ReadLine(); if(strTemp.Leng th > 3) Page.Response.O utput.Write(str Temp+"\n"); Page.Response.F lush();
if(! Response.IsClie ntConnected) {
p.Kill();
break;
}
}
Response.Flush( );
Response.Close( );
}
.