Question

I have a console application who start two other console application (not written in C#).

Can I direct the output of the applications to the same CMD window of my application?

Or even just disable them from showing?

Answer 1

Yes to both questions – you can redirect the output and also stop them from showing.

Look at the ProcessStartInfo class – you pass this into the constructor of the Process class to ensure it starts just as you want it.

var psi = new ProcessStartInfo("path to exe to run");

// ensure output is redirected
// several options to read - using the StandardOutput stream of the process
//    another option is to hook up the OutputDataReceived event
psi.UseShellExecute = false;
psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true;


// ensure no window
psi.CreateNoWindow = true;
psi.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden; // requires UseShellExecute = false