I used the VB.Net Shell() command to start a console app that I haven't created. I want to get the lines from that console to a RichTextBox in my form. It should be possible because I have seen many apps that do this. Please provide some information or any program that might help me. I tried to see if the external app creates log files, but it does not.
Here's how I started. What should I add, and where, to return the output?
Try
writer.WriteLine(RichTextBox1.Text)
writer.Close()
Shell(CurDir() & "\yelloeye.exe .\new.demo")
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message)
End Try
Here's an example using the RedirectStandardOutput property as mentioned by #Plutonix which will ping SO and display the results in a RichTextBox. Just replace the .exe name and arguments (if any) to suit your needs.
Private Sub ShellToRTB()
Dim p As New Process()
p.StartInfo.FileName = "ping.exe"
p.StartInfo.Arguments = "www.stackoverflow.com"
p.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
p.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
p.Start()
RichTextBox1.Text = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd()
p.WaitForExit()
End Sub
Result:
Related
I get the feeling this is something really simple, but I've tried I don't know how many permutations of vbNewLine, Environment.NewLine, sMessage & vbNewLine (or Environment.Newline) I've tried, or how many pages on this site, or through Google I've looked at but nothing has worked.
I even tried getting help from a VB.Net discord channel I'm a part of and they suggested to do the same things that I've done and the procedure is still writing each new log entry at the end of the previous one in a continuous string. My writer is below. Am I missing something simple?
Edit: The code that worked is below in case anyone else comes along with the same issue. If you want to see the original code it's in the edit log.
Option Explicit On
Imports System.IO
Public Class WriteroLog
Public Shared Sub LogPrint(sMessage As String)
Dim AppPath As String = My.Application.Info.DirectoryPath
If File.Exists($"{AppPath}\Log.txt") = True Then
Try
Using objWriter As StreamWriter = File.AppendText($"{AppPath}\Log.Txt")
objWriter.WriteLine($"{Format(Now, "dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss")} – {sMessage}")
objWriter.Close()
End Using
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex)
Return
End Try
Else
Try
Using objWriter As StreamWriter = File.CreateText($"{AppPath}\Log.Txt")
objWriter.WriteLine($"{Format(Now, "dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss")} – {sMessage}")
objWriter.Close()
End Using
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex)
Return
End Try
End If
End Sub
End Class
The File.AppendText() method creates a new StreamWriter that is then used to append Text to the specified File.
Note, reading the Docs about this method, that you don't need to verify whether the File already exists: if it doesn't, the File is automatically created.
As a side note, when creating a Path, it's a good thing to use the Path.Combine method: it can prevent errors in the path definition and handles platform-specific formats.
Your code could be simplified as follows:
Public Shared Sub LogPrint(sMessage As String)
Dim filePath As String = Path.Combine(Application.StartupPath, "Log.Txt")
Try
Using writer As StreamWriter = File.AppendText(filePath)
writer.WriteLine($"{Date.Now.ToString("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss")} – {sMessage}")
End Using
Catch ex As IOException
MsgBox(ex)
End Try
End Sub
The File.CreateText does not assign result to "objWrite", should be:
objWriter = File.CreateText($"{AppPath}\Log.Txt")
Not really sure if this is the root of your problem, but it is an issue.
In essences, your logic is re-opening or creating the stream "objWriter" for every call to this method. I would recommend you initialize "objWriter" to Nothing and only define if it is Nothing.
Set to Nothing as below.
Shared objWriter As IO.StreamWriter = Nothing
Then add check for Nothing in logic.
I have been trying and searching for hours and everything is telling me to do exactly as I am doing, so why won't this code write to my text file? No errors are being thrown, just the data won't write
Dim newDay As Boolean = True
Dim attendance As StreamWriter
If newDay = True Then
Try
attendance = File.AppendText("attendanceLog.txt")
attendance.WriteLine(Date.Today.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"))
newDay = False
Catch
MessageBox.Show("File access denied", "Error")
End Try
End If
When using a StreamWriter, all you send will be put in a queue to avoid writing to the file everytime a new part needs to be appended (which is very inefficient with large files like logs).
To process that queue, simply call StreamWriter.Flush().
But this is discouraged.
You should instead use StreamWriter.Close() at the end, which does this automatically and then disposes the object from memory, too.
Dim newDay As Boolean = True
Dim attendance As StreamWriter
If newDay = True Then
Try
attendance = File.AppendText("attendanceLog.txt")
attendance.WriteLine(Date.Today.ToString("dd/MM/yyyy"))
attendance.Close()
newDay = False
Catch
MessageBox.Show("File access denied", "Error")
End Try
End If
Please make sure to but your file path
File.AppendText("c:\users\admin\document\attendanceLog.txt") //for example
i think that will be work, or you can find the attendanceLog.txt on local project file ..
My goal is to read output from a 7zip command line process in real time. I have coded an asynchronous output reader that uses BeginOutputReadLine. This method should return a new line immediately if it was send to output. Or, like MSDN says: When asynchronous read operations start, the event handler is called each time the associated Process writes a line of text to its StandardOutput stream.
This is my code
Private Sub StartProcess()
Dim Proc As New Process
Proc.StartInfo.FileName = Application.StartupPath & "\7z.exe"
Proc.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = "D:\temp"
Proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "a -t7z ""D:\temp.7z"" -mx=9 -m0=LZMA -ms=on -mhc=on -mmt=on -mtc=off -mta=off -ptest -mhe=off"
Proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
Proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
Proc.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
AddHandler Proc.OutputDataReceived, AddressOf OutputHandler
Proc.Start()
Proc.BeginOutputReadLine()
Proc.WaitForExit()
Proc.Dispose()
Proc = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub OutputHandler(sendingProcess As Object, outLine As DataReceivedEventArgs)
If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(outLine.Data) Then
Console.WriteLine(outLine.Data)
End If
End Sub
The problem is that i do not get any line until the process ends. After that all output is returned to the associated stream OutputHandler. The result of my asynchronous code is very much the same as using the synchronous StandardOutput.ReadToEnd method. What am i doing wrong?
[edit]
I have created a batch file for testing my code with a ping command. That seems to work! Does 7zip do something weird with it's output? Because it's looks like the problem has something to do with the output of 7zip rather than the code reading it.
Just remove Proc.WaitForExit() from your code - it causes your application to WAIT until it ends.
If you want to know when the process has exited then use another Addhandler to catch Proc.Exited event
I am working on an application for work. We use an excel file to create reports. I am rusty in coding and really have not faced such a large request. The way the application works is there is standard toolbar. When the user opens the application he is presented with blank form. They must first create a new file and save it to their folder of choice. I have used the stream reader/writer but the problem is there is large amounts of data that user has to fillout so my code is horrible and monster like and I was wondering is there an easier way?
ToolStripLabel1.Text = FileDataStorage.OpenFileTextBox1.Text
If ToolStripLabel1.Text = ("C:\Temp\New QCA.qca") Then
MsgBox("Must Save New file first ACCESS DENIED!")
End If
Dim FILE_NAME As String = FileDataStorage.OpenFileTextBox1.Text
Try
If System.IO.File.Exists(FILE_NAME) = True Then
Dim objWriter As New System.IO.StreamWriter(FILE_NAME)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox1.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox2.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox3.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox4.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox5.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox6.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox7.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox8.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox9.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox10.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(General_Data.GTextBox11.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox1.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox2.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox3.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox4.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox5.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox6.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox7.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox8.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox9.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox10.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox11.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox12.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox13.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox14.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox15.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox16.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox17.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox18.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox19.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.ComboBox20.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox1.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox2.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox3.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox4.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox5.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox6.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox7.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox8.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox9.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox10.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox11.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox12.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox13.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox14.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox15.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox16.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox17.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox18.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox19.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox20.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox21.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox22.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox23.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox24.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox25.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox26.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox27.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox28.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox29.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox30.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox31.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox32.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox33.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox34.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox35.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox36.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox37.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox38.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox39.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox40.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox41.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox42.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox43.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox44.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox45.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox46.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox47.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox48.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox49.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox50.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox51.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox52.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox53.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox54.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox55.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox56.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox57.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox58.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox59.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox60.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox61.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox62.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox63.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox64.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox65.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox66.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox67.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox68.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox69.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox70.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox71.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox72.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox73.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox74.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox75.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox76.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox77.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox78.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox79.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Inventory.TextBox80.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.ComboBox1.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox1.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox2.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox3.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox4.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox5.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.ComboBox2.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox6.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox7.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox8.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox9.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox10.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Water_QC.TextBox11.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox1.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox2.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox3.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox4.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox5.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox6.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox7.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox8.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox9.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox10.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox11.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox12.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox13.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox14.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox15.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox16.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox17.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox18.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox19.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox20.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox21.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox22.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox23.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox24.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox25.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox26.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox27.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox28.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox29.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox30.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox31.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox32.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox33.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox34.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Base_Gel_QC.TextBox35.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox1.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox2.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox3.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox4.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox5.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox6.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox7.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox8.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox9.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox10.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox11.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox12.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox13.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox14.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox15.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox16.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox17.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox18.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox19.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox20.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox21.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox22.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox23.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox24.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox25.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox26.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox27.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox28.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox29.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox30.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox31.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox32.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox33.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox34.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox35.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox36.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox37.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox38.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox39.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox40.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox41.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox42.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox43.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox44.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox45.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox46.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox47.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox48.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox49.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox50.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox51.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox52.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox53.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox54.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox55.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox56.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox57.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox58.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox59.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox60.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox61.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox62.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox63.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox64.Text)
objWriter.WriteLine(Acid_QC.TextBox65.Text)
objWriter.Close()
MsgBox("Data written to file")
Else
'Do Nothing
End If
Catch ex As Exception
End Try
End Sub
If you mean making the code more elegant? You could do something like the following.
ToolStripLabel1.Text = FileDataStorage.OpenFileTextBox1.Text
If ToolStripLabel1.Text = ("C:\Temp\New QCA.qca") Then
MsgBox("Must Save New file first ACCESS DENIED!")
End If
Dim FILE_NAME As String = FileDataStorage.OpenFileTextBox1.Text
Try
If System.IO.File.Exists(FILE_NAME) = True Then
Dim objWriter As New System.IO.StreamWriter(FILE_NAME)
For Each c As Control In Form.Controls
If TypeOf c Is TextBox Or TypeOf c Is ComboBox Then
objWriter.WriteLine(c.Text)
End If
Next
objWriter.Close()
MsgBox("Data written to file")
Else
'Do Nothing
End If
Catch ex As Exception
Throw
End Try
In keeping with what you have already, an external function similar to this may work for you.
It goes over the form passed to it, and then finds the objects of a certain type, and then prints them out to the writer that you've created there. You'll have to make it work with what you have already, but something like this would save so many lines.
What it does is gets the number of controls on the form, and then goes across each one to get its type. If the type is correct, then it just writes its contents to the file.
Private sub writeToFile(formFrom as Form)
Dim controls As Control
For Each controls In formFrom.Controls
If TypeOf (controls) Is TextBox Then
objWriter.WriteLine(formFrom.controls.text)
elseif TypeOf (controls) is ComboBox then
objWriter.WriteLine(formFrom.controls.text)
End If
Next
end sub
I'm using VB.net to have a GUI on top of a commandline program.
Dim sqliProcess As New Process()
sqliProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
sqliProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
sqliProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = True
sqliProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\shell_program.exe"
sqliProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
sqliProcess.Start()
Do While Not bw.CancellationPending
Try
If Not sqliProcess.StandardOutput.EndOfStream Then
Debug.Print(sqliProcess.StandardOutput.ReadLine)
End If
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Critical, "Error reading output")
End Try
Threading.Thread.Sleep(1)
Loop
Which works and prints out all output from the commandline program. However at some point the commandline program ask for user interaction, eg:
Type a number (1/2/3/4):
But the commandline program stops after this. I suspect this is because it doesn't receive a valid option.
Is there a way to capture when the commandline program wants user interaction and hold the reading of the stream to be able to enable the user to input something?
It's not that hard if you use the events. (Don't forget EnableRaisingEvents). Look here at outputdatareceived..