Run a console application without DOS box

Very nice post... Very helpful for my project

it's very help ful in my project
thank you

@abhinav (and all those who see an exception handling error)

the reason is in this given example, applicationpath is C:\example.exe . set this to a valid path, where u want to run the command. also set the applicationarguments to a valid argument used in commandprompt. like edit, or cls etc.

this was so helpful. thanks a ton

i want to execute some dos based command using c# but i m facing some problem in doing that .........
plzzzz rectify my problems....

Thanks...

The prior submission had its backslashes stripped. The following two lines need backslashes (here I will use forward slashes to illustrate their positions):

'%SystemRoot%/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/vbc.exe %buildParam%

Dim ApplicationPath As String = "C:/WINDOWS/system32/arp.exe"

For those using VB.NET who would like an example of wrapping a console application to collect its output while suppressing the console window, here is a quick translation:

'#FILE BUILD.CMD
'SET buildParam=/nologo /target:winexe "%~1"
'%SystemRoot%Microsoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727vbc.exe %buildParam%
'#ENDFILE

' This snippet needs the "System.Diagnostics" library
Imports System.Diagnostics

Class HiddenConsole
Shared Sub Main()
' Application path and command line arguments
Dim ApplicationPath As String = "C:WINDOWSsystem32arp"
Dim ApplicationArguments As String = "-a"

' Create a new process object
Dim ProcessObj As Process = New Process()

' StartInfo contains the startup information of
' the new process
ProcessObj.StartInfo.FileName = ApplicationPath
ProcessObj.StartInfo.Arguments = ApplicationArguments

' These two optional flags ensure that no DOS window
' appears
ProcessObj.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
ProcessObj.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True

' If this option is set the DOS window appears again :-/
'ProcessObj.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

' This ensures that you get the output from the DOS application
ProcessObj.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True

' Start the process
ProcessObj.Start()

' Wait that the process exits
ProcessObj.WaitForExit()

' Now read the output of the DOS application
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ProcessObj.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd())
End Sub
End Class

The simple way to get a silent start of an exe file is to change the output type of the project from "Console Application" to "Windows Application". No form needed.

I use VS2008 and there it works.

The snippet can be used if you have an existing program or really need to redirect the output.

This works great if the launcher of the program is already running.

It does not solve the problem of running silently via a double-click on a '.exe' file.

The only way I can think of doing that is to run as a Windows application but mark the initial form as 'invisible'.

Any other alternative?

Exactly what i was searching for.
Good job.
Thank you very much.

Hi,

When i run this code, i get the unhandled exception:
"Win32Exception was unhandled."
This error occurs at the line:
ProcessObj.Start();
I tried to find a solution for this Win32 Exception, but could not find a good answer for that.
Does anybody has any idea about how to solve this out?

Thanks,

Abhinav

Hello,

I have published a console application in C# and created the URL for the client to install the application from using the Publish Wizard within Visual C# Express. On installation, the console application automatically runs, is there a way for this to be configured not to run on installation?

Thanks,
John

i want java code

(just make sure to put the backslash in there to escape the newline - it either got filtered out or I forgot to type it)

@Anish: Wouldn't
Result.Split(new char[] { 'n'}, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries); work?

how can i read the output line by line so that i can put the values into a databse