Execute console command and get its output

Question

I'm wondering, in Visual Basic 2008, how to execute an external console (commandline) command and get its output without help of an intermediate file (to speed up)?

dtb · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-29 20:40:35Z

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Have a look at ProcessStartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput and Process.StandardOutput.

Example:

compiler.StartInfo.FileName = "csc.exe"
compiler.StartInfo.Arguments = "/r:System.dll /out:sample.exe stdstr.cs"
compiler.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
compiler.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
compiler.Start()

Console.WriteLine(compiler.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd())

compiler.WaitForExit()

answered Mar 29, 2010 at 20:40

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Peter Lee Over a year ago

Hi dtb, Thanks for your reply. I think it works well. The only thing is that it will pop up a command window till the external command ends. How can I suppress this window? Thanks

Peter Lee Over a year ago

I just got it: compiler.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True

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