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Norynda
Norynda

Reputation: 51

Can I build a console application into my C# GUI application?

Is it possible to include a command line utility in my C# WinForm Application? To be more specific, is it possible to compile a command line util into an .exe file so that I can write a GUI to control the command line tool?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 277

Answers (1)

Erik Philips
Erik Philips

Reputation: 54618

If you have a dependency on another application, then packaging that utility inside your EXE is a bad idea, because that means every time that dependency is updated, you should be updating your application. I would just build your windows application and help the user find the required EXE. This is how Exact Audio Copy works which relies on another 3rd party application for encoding (specifically LAME).

Upvotes: 2

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