How to launch Window application from C# console application

This article is targeted for mid-level programmers who have already worked on C# language. This article uses batch files for demonstration and the reader should have preliminary knowledge of batch files.

Sample application describes how to call any Windows application or batch file using a C# console application. This application launches a new process and executes Windows applications in that process.

API Used

• System.Console.WriteLine()
• System.Diagnostics.Process
• Process.Start()

 

Step by Step process to create a sample application

1.       Create a Console project called as InvokeBatchFile.

2.      Include the following namespce

                     Using System.Diagnostics;

3.      Add following code for the Main function

        Process p = null;

        try

        {

            string targetDir;

            targetDir = string.Format(@"C:\ CallBatchFile ");

            p = new Process();

            p.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = targetDir;

            p.StartInfo.FileName = "MyBatch.bat";

p.StartInfo.Arguments = string.Format("C-Sharp Console application");

            p.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;

            p.Start();

            p.WaitForExit();

         }

         catch (Exception ex)

         {

                Console.WriteLine("Exception Occurred :{0},{1}",

                          ex.Message, ex.StackTrace.ToString());

         }