Executing DOS commands from with my application

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Hi I want my VB.NET application to run a command from the command line and then wait for the command to finish before continuing.

I am currently using

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(strApp)

where strApp is the the command line text.

However this method starts a new process and therefore my application continues without waiting.

Any ideas?
 
hplloyd said:
Hi I want my VB.NET application to run a command from the command
line and then wait for the command to finish before continuing.

I am currently using

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(strApp)

where strApp is the the command line text.

However this method starts a new process and therefore my application
continues without waiting.

Any ideas?
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Process.Start returns a Process reference. Use Process.WaitForExit to
wait for that process to complete.
 
You can use Process.WaitForExit, supplying an interval in milliseconds if you are concerned the process could hang.

Dan
 
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