How to run DOS/CMD/Command Prompt commands from VB.NET?

Question

The question is self-explanatory. It would be great if the code was one line long (something to do with \"Process.Start(\"...\")\"?). I researched the web but o

Answer 1

Imports System.IO
Public Class Form1
    Public line, counter As String
    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        counter += 1
        If TextBox1.Text = "" Then
            MsgBox("Enter a DNS address to ping")
        Else
            'line = ":start" + vbNewLine
            'line += "ping " + TextBox1.Text
            'MsgBox(line)
            Dim StreamToWrite As StreamWriter
            StreamToWrite = New StreamWriter("C:\Desktop\Ping" + counter + ".bat")
            StreamToWrite.Write(":start" + vbNewLine + _
                                "Ping -t " + TextBox1.Text)
            StreamToWrite.Close()
            Dim p As New System.Diagnostics.Process()
            p.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\Desktop\Ping" + counter + ".bat"
            p.Start()
        End If
    End Sub
End Class

This works as well