Starting bbcomm in Java v3 Bloomberg API

Question

When I use the Java Bloomber V3 API it usually works. However, sometimes, especially after a reboot, bbcomm.exe is not running in the background. I can start it manually by

Answer 1

I know this is an old post but I figured I would add my solution for a reference in case someone needs help checking/starting bbcomm.exe process from the code hiding console window.

This snippet is written in C# but I hope you can easily translate it to Java.

void Main()
{
    var processes = Process.GetProcessesByName("bbcomm");
    if (processes.Any())
    {
        Console.WriteLine(processes.First().ProcessName + " already running");
        return;
    }

    var exePath = @"C:\blp\DAPI\bbcomm.exe";
    var processStart = new ProcessStartInfo(exePath);
    processStart.UseShellExecute = false;
    processStart.CreateNoWindow = true;
    processStart.RedirectStandardError = true;
    processStart.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
    processStart.RedirectStandardInput = true;  
    var process = Process.Start(processStart);
    Console.WriteLine(process.ProcessName + " started");
}