Getting Info From Command Prompt

[John Smith]

Hello all:

I have yet another question to ask the gurus of C#. I am trying to get
a list of all the connected computers on our domain. The only way I
know how is by going to the command prompt and typing net view. Is
there a way to use this list in a program? Is there a better way to
accomplish this task?

Thanks,

- John -

[John Lee]

If you choose to use net view and parse the output - you can use process
class to start "net view" command and redirect the output to a variable

or you can use WMI to get that information

HTH
John

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Hello all:

I have yet another question to ask the gurus of C#. I am trying to get a
list of all the connected computers on our domain. The only way I know
how is by going to the command prompt and typing net view. Is there a way
to use this list in a program? Is there a better way to accomplish this
task?

Thanks,

- John -

[Brian Brown]

John,

I know of a couple of ways that you can get this information. One is to use
the System.Director yServices. You can use this class enumerate through the
computers in a domain. The other way is to use the System.Process class and
use NET VIEW and save the output in a string. I have posted a sample of each
below to demonstrate.

I hope this helps
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//System.Director yServices
string path = "WinNT://<domain>";
string username = @"<domain>\<use rname>";
string password = "<password> ";
DirectoryEntry domain = new DirectoryEntry( path, username, password);
DirectoryEntrie s computers = domain.Children ;
computers.Schem aFilter.Add("Co mputer");
foreach(Directo ryEntry computer in computers)
{
Console.WriteLi ne(computer.Nam e);
}

//System.Process
ProcessStartInf o pi = new ProcessStartInf o();
pi.FileName = "NET";
pi.Arguments = "VIEW";
pi.UseShellExec ute = false;
pi.RedirectStan dardOutput = true;
pi.UseShellExec ute = false;
Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo = pi;
p.Start();
string s = p.StandardOutpu t.ReadToEnd();
Console.WriteLi ne(s);

[John Smith]

Wow, that's awesome guys, thanks for the tips.