calling executable from a background process and passing a parameter to it

Question

I have an Console application which runs as background process and there is an exe which needs to be called.This exe takes complete fill path as parameter and then encrypts that file. I did this way :

Process.Start( "myapp.exe" );

But what i want is this :

Process.Start( "myapp.exe file1.txt" ); // File1 is parameter of that exe

But this is not working. Looking for help & advice.

Thanks :)

Answer 1

Process.Start(<the nameof the process>,<the parameters>) In your case

Process.Start("myapp.exe","file1.txt")

Answer 2

Process.Start("[drive]:\[directory]\myapp.exe", "file1.txt");

Substitute the actual drive and directory where indicated

Answer 3

Use something like this:

Process p = new Process();

p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;

p.StartInfo.FileName = "myApp.exe";

p.StartInfo.Arguments = "file1.txt";

p.Start();

Answer 4

Try Process.Start("myapp.exe", "file1.txt");

Answer 5

You want to use the ProcessStartInfo class.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.process.startinfo.aspx and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.processstartinfo.aspx for an example on how to use this.

Use the Arguments property to set your arguments.