Run a console application from a form application

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Emmanouel - 09 Jun 2004 18:41 GMT

Hello there

how do i set up a window menu in a window application to run a console application

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Michiel - 10 Jun 2004 10:53 GMT

> Hello there,
>
> how do i set up a window menu in a window application to run a console application?

Add a MainMenu control to the form using the Toolbox and for running an
application do
Process::Start(S"myconsoleapp.exe");

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Emmanouel - 10 Jun 2004 11:40 GMT

Thanks michiel for the reply,

Meanwhile i found more options as to how to run an exe from my form .....

That is , there is WinExec, CreateProcess and Process::Start that all can run an exe from my application.

Can anyone tell me the best way or which one of the above is the best.....

I would like to run the exe in the background, without interfering with the form of the application. The background process creates a file that would be used by the windows application.

> > Hello there,
> >
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> application do
> Process::Start(S"myconsoleapp.exe");

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Michiel - 10 Jun 2004 11:48 GMT

Personally, I'd use Process:Start to make the code as managed as possible.
One of it's implementations uses the ProcessStartInfo structure, which has
various interesting properties such as CreateNoWindow that'd satisfy your
goals.

> Thanks michiel for the reply,
>
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> I would like to run the exe in the background, without interfering with the form of the application. The background process creates a file that

would be used by the windows application.

> > > Hello there,
> > >
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> > application do
> > Process::Start(S"myconsoleapp.exe");

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Emmanouel - 10 Jun 2004 16:58 GMT

Thanks michiel

I also used Process:close to free up resources when the process ended.

Thank you again

> Personally, I'd use Process:Start to make the code as managed as possible.
> One of it's implementations uses the ProcessStartInfo structure, which has
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> > > application do
> > > Process::Start(S"myconsoleapp.exe");

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