[Mono-list] How to start a non mono program

[Marcus]

Use System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(). You will most likely want to use one 
of the variations that uses an instance of ProcessStartInfo. Here's one 
example:

	/*! Invokes the C++ compiler to compile the given file. The
		output filename is specified as objectFile. Additional compiler
		options can be given using the compilerOptions parameter.
	*/
	public bool CompileCPPFile(string sourceFile, string objectFile, string 
compilerOptions)
	{
		string totalCompilerOptions;

		if (compilerOptions == null)
			totalCompilerOptions = String.Format("-o {1} {0} {2}", sourceFile, 
objectFile);
		else
			totalCompilerOptions = String.Format("-o {1} {0} {2}", sourceFile, 
objectFile, compilerOptions);

		ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(
				"g++", totalCompilerOptions);

		Debug.WriteLine("Starting C++ compiler: " + startInfo.FileName + " " +
				startInfo.Arguments);

		startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
		startInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
		startInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
		Process compiler = Process.Start(startInfo);

		compiler.StandardError.ReadToEnd();
		compiler.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
		compiler.WaitForExit();

		Debug.WriteLine(
				String.Format("C++ compiler returns {0}", compiler.ExitCode) );

		return compiler.ExitCode == 0? true : false;
	}


On Wednesday 22 December 2004 11:38 am, Andreas Sliwka wrote:
> Greetings,
>  how would I start another program from within a mono program? I'm
> also interested in catching the programs output, but its secondary.