ShellUtils.ExecuteProcess

Executes a Windows process with given command line parameters and captures console output into a string.

Writes command output to the output StringBuilder from StdOut and StdError.

public static int ExecuteProcess(string executable,
	string arguments,
	int timeoutMs,
	ref StringBuilder output,
	ProcessWindowStyle windowStyle,
	Action<Boolean> completionDelegate)

Return Value

process exit code or 0 if run and forget. 1460 for time out. -1 on error

Parameters

executable
Executable to run

arguments
Command Line Parameters passed to executable

timeoutMs
Timeout of the process in milliseconds. Pass -1 to wait forever. Pass 0 to not wait.

output
Pass in a string reference that will receive StdOut and StdError output

windowStyle
Hidden, Normal, etc.

completionDelegate

Overloads:


See also:

Class ShellUtils
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