How to start a BAT file through C# code.

Question

I want to execute a BAT file through the use of C# code.

I attempted to use the following code,

 Process aProcess = new Process();
 aProcess = Process.Start(@"E:\IMP_DATA\PRC_Helper_uTest.bat");
 aProcess.WaitForExit(24000);
 aProcess.Close();

It starts the batch file but very next second stops.

I am not able to see any thing.

Can anyone help me regarding this problem?

UPDATE

Actually I want to start a new command prompt and run a batch file on that newly created command prompt.

How could I achieve this?

Answer 1

Add PAUSE in the end of .bat file?

Answer 2

Here is some code that might make a difference , set the process not to launch a shell using "aProcess.UseShellExecute = false;" and then redirect the output to a stream using

 aProcess.RedirectStandardError = true;
 aProcess.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
 string Results = aProcess.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();

This should return the output that your batch file would show

Answer 3

Do you want the command prompt to stay open after the batch file has been executed? If so, then start "cmd.exe" with your batch file as argument, otherwise just put a pause command at the end of the batch file as it was said already before.

Best Regards

Answer 4

As you wrote in your update, you want to start a new command prompt and start a batch file on this prompt. But what you did, was starting a batch file.

So to get this to work, start a command prompt, executing your batch file instead of execute your batch file (Sometimes it can be so simple ;-)).

Example:

private void StartCmdWithBatch(string nameOfBatchFile)
{
    if (!File.Exists(nameOfBatchFile))
     throw new FileNotFoundException(nameOfBatchFile);

    string parameters = String.Format("/k \"{0}\"", nameOfBatchFile);
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("cmd", parameters);
}

Further informations about command prompt options can be get by cmd /?