I would like to run an external command line program from my Mono/.NET app. For example, I would like to run mencoder. Is it possible:
How to launch a process (such as a bat file, perl script, console program) and have its standard output displayed on a windows form:
processCaller = new ProcessCaller(this);
//processCaller.FileName = @"..\..\hello.bat";
processCaller.FileName = @"commandline.exe";
processCaller.Arguments = "";
processCaller.StdErrReceived += new DataReceivedHandler(writeStreamInfo);
processCaller.StdOutReceived += new DataReceivedHandler(writeStreamInfo);
processCaller.Completed += new EventHandler(processCompletedOrCanceled);
processCaller.Cancelled += new EventHandler(processCompletedOrCanceled);
// processCaller.Failed += no event handler for this one, yet.
this.richTextBox1.Text = "Started function. Please stand by.." + Environment.NewLine;
// the following function starts a process and returns immediately,
// thus allowing the form to stay responsive.
processCaller.Start();
You can find ProcessCaller
on this link: Launching a process and displaying its standard output