How do I hide a console application user interface when using Process.Start?

Question

I want to run a console application that will output a file.

I user the following code:

Process barProcess = Process.Start(\"bar.exe\", @\"C:\\foo.txt\")         


        

Answer 1

If you would like to retrieve the output of the process while it is executing, you can do the following (example uses the 'ping' command):

var info = new ProcessStartInfo("ping", "stackoverflow.com") {
    UseShellExecute = false, 
    RedirectStandardOutput = true, 
    CreateNoWindow = true 
};
var cmd = new Process() { StartInfo = info };
cmd.Start();
var so = cmd.StandardOutput;
while(!so.EndOfStream) {
    var c = ((char)so.Read()); // or so.ReadLine(), etc
    Console.Write(c); // or whatever you want
}
...
cmd.Dispose(); // Don't forget, or else wrap in a using statement