Class ShellUtils - Westwind Utilities

Class ShellUtils

Windows specific shell utility functions

System.Object
Westwind.Utilities.ShellUtils

public static class ShellUtils : object

Class Members

Member		Description
	ExecuteCommandLine	Executes a Windows Command Line using Shell Execute as a single command line with parameters. This method handles parsing out the executable from the parameters. public static void ExecuteCommandLine(string fullCommandLine, string workingFolder, int waitForExitMs, string verb, ProcessWindowStyle windowStyle)
	ExecuteProcess	Executes a Windows process with given command line parameters public static int ExecuteProcess(string executable, string arguments, int timeoutMs, ProcessWindowStyle windowStyle) public static int ExecuteProcess(string executable, string arguments, int timeoutMs, ref StringBuilder output, ProcessWindowStyle windowStyle) public static int ExecuteProcess(string executable, string arguments, int timeoutMs, Action writeDelegate, ProcessWindowStyle windowStyle)
	GoUrl	Uses the Shell Extensions to launch a program based on URL moniker or file name Basically a wrapper around ShellExecute public static int GoUrl(string url, string workingFolder)
	HttpGet	Simple method to retrieve HTTP content from the Web quickly public static string HttpGet(string url) public static string HttpGet(string url, ref string errorMessage)
	HttpGetBytes	Retrieves a buffer of binary data from a URL using a plain HTTP Get. public static Byte[] HttpGetBytes(string url) public static Byte[] HttpGetBytes(string url, ref string errorMessage)
	OpenFileInExplorer	Opens a File or Folder in Explorer. If the path is a file Explorer is opened in the parent folder with the file selected public static void OpenFileInExplorer(string filename)
	OpenTerminal	Opens a Terminal window in the specified folder public static bool OpenTerminal(string folder, TerminalModes mode)
	OpenUrl	Opens a URL in the browser. This version is specific to opening a URL in a browser and it's cross platform enabled. public static bool OpenUrl(string url)
	ShellExecute	Wrapper around the Shell Execute API. Windows specific. public static int ShellExecute(string url, string arguments, string workingFolder, string verb)
	ShowHtml	Shows a string as HTML public static int ShowHtml(string htmlString)
	ShowString	Displays a string in in a browser as HTML. Optionally provide an alternate extension to display in the appropriate text viewer (ie. "txt" likely shows in NotePad) public static int ShowString(string text, string extension)
	ShowText	Displays a large Text string as a text file in the systems' default text viewer (ie. NotePad) public static int ShowText(string TextString)

Requirements

Namespace: Westwind.Utilities
Assembly: westwind.utilities.dll