Get Output From EXE

[john tindell]

Hey I am trying to get the output from an external console program.

Does anyone know how to do this. For example i want to be able to do what VS.NET does when it shows the compiler output.

Thanks

[crptcblade]

If you start the app from the Process class, you have access to the standard in/out/and err streams.

[john tindell]

Cheers, found what i was looking for instantly. Suppose you need to know what to look for first

[john tindell]

One more thing, i found this code to hide the process which is being called. It works fine but it doesn't hide the window

Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
p.StartInfo.FileName = "test.exe";
p.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
p.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
p.Start();
string output = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
p.WaitForExit();
this.textBox1.Text = (string)output;