launching an executable application from a C# application

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I am trying to launch an executable application from my C# application. I
tried using the Process class which did start the application but it did not
show the command prompt window.
My code is as follows:
Process p = Process.Start(@"C:\Debug\MyApp.exe");
This code replaces my C++ code which was the following:
ShellExecut(NULL,"open","C:\\Debug\\MyApp.exe",NULL,NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);

So how can I get the command prompt window showing up when the application
is launched?

Thanks
 
rgarf said:
I am trying to launch an executable application from my C# application. I
tried using the Process class which did start the application but it did not
show the command prompt window.
My code is as follows:
Process p = Process.Start(@"C:\Debug\MyApp.exe");
This code replaces my C++ code which was the following:
ShellExecut(NULL,"open","C:\\Debug\\MyApp.exe",NULL,NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);

So how can I get the command prompt window showing up when the application
is launched?
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Use a ProcessStartInfo and set UseShellExecute to true.
 
Thanks for the reply, I tried that and still did not get the command prompt
window showing, I can see that the .exe is running from the task manager, but
no command prompt window shows.
I changed my code to do the following:

ProcessStartInfo pInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
pInfo.FileName = "C:\Debug\MyApp.exe";
pInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
Process p = Process.Start(pInfo);

So what else do I have to do to get the window showing?

Thanks
 
rgarf said:
Thanks for the reply, I tried that and still did not get the command prompt
window showing, I can see that the .exe is running from the task manager, but
no command prompt window shows.
I changed my code to do the following:

ProcessStartInfo pInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
pInfo.FileName = "C:\Debug\MyApp.exe";
pInfo.UseShellExecute = true;
Process p = Process.Start(pInfo);

So what else do I have to do to get the window showing?
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Hmm... if that doesn't work, then it's probably easiest just to
actually execute cmd yourself, with an appropriate parameter to launch
the executable.
 
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