ShellUtils.ExecuteProcess

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

Pass in a String Action that receives output from StdOut and StdError as it is written (one line at a time).

public static int ExecuteProcess(string executable,
	string arguments,
	int timeoutMs,
	Action<String> writeDelegate,
	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.

writeDelegate
Delegate to let you capture streaming output of the executable to stdout and stderror.

windowStyle
Hidden, Normal etc.

completionDelegate
delegate that is called when execute completes. Passed true if success or false if timeout or failed

Overloads:


See also:

Class ShellUtils
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