Can I start a process (using C# Process.Start()
) in the same console as the calling program? This way no new window will be created and standard input/output/er
You shouldn't need to do anything other than set UseShellExecute = false
, as the default behaviour for the Win32 CreateProcess function is for a console application to inherit its parent's console, unless you specify the CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE flag.
I tried the following program:
private static void Main()
{
Console.WriteLine( "Hello" );
var p = new Process();
p.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo( @"c:\windows\system32\netstat.exe", "-n" )
{
UseShellExecute = false
};
p.Start();
p.WaitForExit();
Console.WriteLine( "World" );
Console.ReadLine();
}
and it gave me this output: