Access running process.

[fireloard]

I have console application open running that you need to press Escape
on to get it to exit. Usually once a day/week etc I want to close that
process and start it again. Is there any way to find a process running
on a machine and send a command to it from a c# app? I don't think this
application was written in .net so it wouldn't be managed code.

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

You might want to try the SendKeys class. It will allow you to send a
character sequence to the active application.

Ideally though, you would re-write this app to be a service, and then
send a pause or stop command to the service, and then just start it back up.

Hope this helps.

 

[Willy Denoyette [MVP]]

see inline

Willy.

You might want to try the SendKeys class. It will allow you to send a
character sequence to the active application.

Don't think SendKeys can be used to send key sequences to console program.

Ideally though, you would re-write this app to be a service, and then
send a pause or stop command to the service, and then just start it back
up.

Hope this helps.


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I have console application open running that you need to press Escape
on to get it to exit. Usually once a day/week etc I want to close that
process and start it again. Is there any way to find a process running
on a machine and send a command to it from a c# app? I don't think this
application was written in .net so it wouldn't be managed code.