Run a DOS app from .NET

[UJ]

I've got a DOS app I need to run (that requires no user input) from a .Net
and I need to wait for it to complete. How do I that?

TIA - J.

[Jakob Christensen]

Use the System.Diagnostics.Process class:

Process p = Process.Start(@"dosapp.exe");
p.WaitForExit();

HTH, Jakob.
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"UJ" wrote:

I've got a DOS app I need to run (that requires no user input) from a .Net
and I need to wait for it to complete. How do I that?

TIA - J.

[UJ]

Thanks for the info.

What directory does this run in? I have a DOS app that has an .ini file that
goes with it so if I specify the directory to run the exe in, it doesn't
find the ini file. So what I really need to do is specify what directory to
run this in.

Here's an example I guess of what I need to do:

cd \program files\splat
runme.exe fred.input fred.output

Is there anyway I can do that?

TIA - J.

"Jakob Christensen" <jc*@REMOVEpension.dk> wrote in message
news:46**********************************@microsof t.com...

Use the System.Diagnostics.Process class:

Process p = Process.Start(@"dosapp.exe");
p.WaitForExit();

HTH, Jakob.
--
http://www.dotninjas.dk
http://www.powerbytes.dk
"UJ" wrote:

I've got a DOS app I need to run (that requires no user input) from a
.Net
and I need to wait for it to complete. How do I that?

TIA - J.

[Jakob Christensen]

You can set the working directory of the new process using
ProcessStartInfo.WorkingDirectory and specify the arguments using
ProcessStartInfo.Arguments:

Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = @"C:\program files\splat";
p.StartInfo.FileName = "runme.exe";
p.StartInfo.Arguments = "fred.input fred.output";
p.Start();
p.WaitForExit();

HTH, Jakob.
--
http://www.dotninjas.dk
http://www.powerbytes.dk
"UJ" wrote:

Thanks for the info.

What directory does this run in? I have a DOS app that has an .ini file that
goes with it so if I specify the directory to run the exe in, it doesn't
find the ini file. So what I really need to do is specify what directory to
run this in.

Here's an example I guess of what I need to do:

cd \program files\splat
runme.exe fred.input fred.output

Is there anyway I can do that?

TIA - J.

"Jakob Christensen" <jc*@REMOVEpension.dk> wrote in message
news:46**********************************@microsof t.com...

Use the System.Diagnostics.Process class:

Process p = Process.Start(@"dosapp.exe");
p.WaitForExit();

HTH, Jakob.
--
http://www.dotninjas.dk
http://www.powerbytes.dk
"UJ" wrote:

I've got a DOS app I need to run (that requires no user input) from a
.Net
and I need to wait for it to complete. How do I that?

TIA - J.