How to run a batch file from C# in desktop application

To execute the batch file in c#, here is the code through which you can easily get the output from batch file.

// Get the full file path

string strFilePath = filePath;(full path for ex: c:\\batchfile\\somefile.bat)

// Create the ProcessInfo object

System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(strFilePath);

psi.CreateNoWindow = true;

psi.Arguments = args;

psi.UseShellExecute = false;

psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;

psi.RedirectStandardInput = true;

psi.RedirectStandardError = true;

psi.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

psi.WorkingDirectory = workingDirectory; (for ex: c:\\batchfile)

// Start the process

System.Diagnostics.Process proc = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi);

proc.Start();

// Get the result

string results = proc.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();

string error = proc.StandardError.ReadToEnd();

proc.WaitForExit();

// Close the process

proc.Close();

Many thanks to Suresh Chaudhary for this post.

/Alpesh