> mhmtz***@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > I want to run an application and capture its standard output. But the
> > following code does not generate any output. Can anyone see something
> > wrong?
> >         p.Start()
> >         AppendLine(p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd)
> >         p.WaitForExit()
>
> The program almost certainly /is/ creating some output - you're just not
> waiting for the program to finish before reading the output that it
> hasn't had time to create yet.
>
> Swap the last two lines around, as in
>
>     p.Start()
>     p.WaitForExit()
>     AppendLine(p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd)
>
> HTH,
>     Phill  W.

> Hi,
>
> I want to run an application and capture its standard output. But the
> following code does not generate any output. Can anyone see something
> wrong?
>
>
>     Public Sub RunApp(ByVal myprocess As String, ByVal param As String,
> ByVal workingDir As String)
>
>         Dim p As Process = New Process()
>         Dim psi As New ProcessStartInfo()
>         psi.FileName = myprocess
>         psi.WorkingDirectory = workingDir
>         psi.Arguments = param
>         psi.UseShellExecute = False
>         psi.CreateNoWindow = True
>         psi.RedirectStandardOutput = True
>         psi.RedirectStandardInput = True
>         psi.RedirectStandardError = True
>         p.StartInfo = psi
>         p.Start()
>
>
>         AppendLine(p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd)
>
>         p.WaitForExit()
>
>     End Sub
>
>
>     -----------
>
> Then I call the sub like below.
>
>     RunApp("c:\auunitdel.exe", "-d", "")