[SOLVED] CmdLine Process

Cracked it! It didnt like outputing to C:\

Final Code
        private void RunAbgx()
        {
            const string abgxPath = @"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\";
            var outputPath = @"D:\output.txt";
            var argument = "/K " + abgxPath + "abgx360 -ctxa --rgn 00FE0000 -- " + (Char)34 + txtPath.Text + (Char)34 + " > " + outputPath;
            var pProcess = new Process
            {
                StartInfo =
                {
                    FileName = "cmd.exe",
                    UseShellExecute = true,
                    WorkingDirectory = abgxPath,
                    Arguments = argument,
                    RedirectStandardOutput = false
                }
            };
            pProcess.Start();
            pProcess.WaitForExit();
        }

Thanks for all your help Vulpes!! Wouldnt have got it without ya!

Jay

*Edit* There was no text output file with the previous post.

Okay, I have moved forward a bit, I think.

  private void RunAbgx()
  {
  const string abgxPath = @"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\";
  var outputPath = @"C:\output.txt";

  var argument = " /K " + (Char)34 + abgxPath + "abgx360 -ctxa --rgn 00FE0000 -- " + (Char)34 + txtPath.Text + (Char)34 + (Char)34; // Works but no text output.
  //var argument = " /K " + (Char)34 + abgxPath + "abgx360 -ctxa --rgn 00FE0000 -- " + (Char)34 + txtPath.Text + (Char)34 + (Char)34 + " > " + outputPath; // Access Denied message
  var pProcess = new Process
  {
  StartInfo =
  {
  FileName = "cmd.exe",
  UseShellExecute = false,
  WorkingDirectory = abgxPath,
  Arguments = argument,
  RedirectStandardOutput = false
  }
  };
  pProcess.Start();
  pProcess.WaitForExit();
  }



This works fine, although doesnt output the text, which I require.
var argument = " /K " + (Char)34 + abgxPath + "abgx360 -ctxa --rgn 00FE0000 -- " + (Char)34 + txtPath.Text + (Char)34 + (Char)34;

When I change it to this, I get an Access Denied message..
var argument = " /K " + (Char)34 + abgxPath + "abgx360 -ctxa --rgn 00FE0000 -- " + (Char)34 + txtPath.Text + (Char)34 + (Char)34 + " > " + outputPath;

The console output is being redirected to the file C:\output.txt.

So, if you find that file and examine it's contents, hopefully, it will show what you were expecting.

Hi,

I ran your exact code and all I get is this when run.


It does not seem to be using the argument at all.

Any ideas?

That's because abgxPath is the name of a const string but you're treating it as if it were a string literal by including it within quotes.

I'd try it instead exactly as per my suggestion. It shouldn't be necessary to place txtPath.Text within quotes unless it contains embedded spaces. The same remark applies to outputPath. 

I tried the following code:

private void RunAbgx()
        {
            const string abgxPath = @"C:\Windows\SysWOW64\";
            var outputPath = @"C:\output.txt";
            var argument = "abgx360 -ctxa --rgn 00FE0000 -- " + (Char)34 + txtPath.Text + (Char)34 + " > " + (Char)34 + outputPath + (Char)34;
            Console.WriteLine(argument);
            var pProcess = new Process
            {
                StartInfo =
                {
                    FileName = "cmd.exe",
                    UseShellExecute = false,
                    WorkingDirectory = abgxPath,
                    Arguments = argument,
                    RedirectStandardOutput = false
                }
            };
            pProcess.Start();
            pProcess.WaitForExit();
        }


It just sits at C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ and doesnt run abgx360 though :(

Yes, the important thing, as Vulpes shows, is that FileName = "cmd.exe", so that the Process object executes the command processor and that executes abgx360.

Hi Sam,

Thanks for your reply.

Solution 1
I have already tried to do the redirection within the program, although when I did it ABGX360 wouldnt run and all I get is a blank console screen. I will post the code I tried later to see if I am perhaps doing it wrong, I would prefer to do it this way.

Solution 2
Do you mean I should try this?

StartInfo =
                {
                    FileName = abgxPath + argument,
                    UseShellExecute = false,
                    RedirectStandardOutput = false
                }


I am at work right now so I cant test it yet, but I will when I get home.

Jay

There are two possible solutons.

The solution I suggest is that you do the redirection in your program. In other words, use the Process.StandardOutput Property to provide a stream that your program reads from. Look for articles and documentation about that.

Alternatively, execute the command processor and specify a command line that is the same as if you were executing the program in a command prompt window with the ">" to redirect the output. The reason that would work and why redirection does not work without the command processor is because it is the command processor that processes the redirection operators (such as ">") in the command line. Does that explain what is happening?