Run DOS Commands Without DOS Window Popping Up

[Jason Moss]

These lines of code:

Imports System.Diagnostics.Process
Start("subst I: D:\FakeFolder1")

Will start the DOS command subst, but the problem is the DOS window will
popup temporarily. This looks unprofessional in my application, and I was
wondering how I could stil run the command without the DOS window.

-Jason

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

* "Jason Moss" <pc******@sbcglobal.net> scripsit:

Imports System.Diagnostics.Process
Start("subst I: D:\FakeFolder1")

Will start the DOS command subst, but the problem is the DOS window will
popup temporarily. This looks unprofessional in my application, and I was
wondering how I could stil run the command without the DOS window.

<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/samples/miscsamples/downloads/RedirectConsole.zip>

--
Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]
<URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>

[Jason Moss]

In Greg Young's post, would the variable strOut be the output from the
command (In that case, FTP.exe?)

"Jason Moss" <pc******@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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These lines of code:

Imports System.Diagnostics.Process
Start("subst I: D:\FakeFolder1")

Will start the DOS command subst, but the problem is the DOS window will
popup temporarily. This looks unprofessional in my application, and I was
wondering how I could stil run the command without the DOS window.

-Jason

[Greg Young]

yes it would be although for a "real" situation you would most likely want
to use threads to actively read/write the other program.
"Jason Moss" <pc******@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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In Greg Young's post, would the variable strOut be the output from the
command (In that case, FTP.exe?)

"Jason Moss" <pc******@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:un**************@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...

These lines of code:

Imports System.Diagnostics.Process
Start("subst I: D:\FakeFolder1")

Will start the DOS command subst, but the problem is the DOS window will
popup temporarily. This looks unprofessional in my application, and I was wondering how I could stil run the command without the DOS window.

-Jason