Application #59. Use the Process Class and Shell Functionality
This topic discusses how to start additional processes from a .NET application. This can be useful in scenarios where one application needs to selectively enlist the help of another application or service.
Building Upon...Application #55: Use the File System Application #73: Read From and Write to a Text File |
New Concepts
The System.Diagnostics namespace contains the Process class, which contains a variety of methods for spawning processes. The easiest way to launch a process is to call the shared Start method and provide the file path to the executable or file of interest. You can specify any file type that has an executable mapped to its Open action. The Start method is overloaded, ...
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