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I want to get a console window within my form. Basically when you click button1, it runs a batch script(test.exe). I don't want a separate batch window but instead I want it to show up within my form.

I figure there are probably two ways of doing this, either 1, somehow embedding the console within my form, or 2, set StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true; when you click button1 and get the output to funnel into a listbox to simulate a console within my form.

I am just a little stuck because I have found methods for doing both but my own testing with the various other methods people have suggested, nothing has worked. But either way, my user needs to be able to send input back to the console.

Which method would be simpler and how would I go about it?

I believe the best way to do this is to redirect output. Basically things will still execute as you want, but you will get the output wherever you want/need.

using System;

using System.Diagnostics;

using System.Text;

using System.Windows.Forms;



namespace ConsoleOutput_test

{

public partial class Form1 : Form

{

    Process sortProcess;

    private static StringBuilder sortOutput = null;



    public Form1()

    {

        InitializeComponent();

    }



    private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        sortProcess = new Process();

        sortProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe";

        // Set UseShellExecute to false for redirection.

        sortProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;

        sortProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;



        // Redirect the standard output of the sort command.  

        // This stream is read asynchronously using an event handler.

        sortProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;

        sortProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;

        sortProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;

        sortOutput = new StringBuilder("");



        // Set our event handler to asynchronously read the sort output.

        sortProcess.OutputDataReceived += new DataReceivedEventHandler(SortOutputHandler);

        sortProcess.ErrorDataReceived += new DataReceivedEventHandler(SortErrorHandler);



        // Redirect standard input as well.  This stream

        // is used synchronously.

        sortProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = true;



        // Start the process.

        sortProcess.Start();



        // Start the asynchronous read of the sort output stream.

        sortProcess.BeginOutputReadLine();

        while (!sortProcess.HasExited)

        {

            Application.DoEvents(); // This keeps your form responsive by processing events

        }

    }



    private void SortOutputHandler(object sendingProcess, DataReceivedEventArgs outLine)

    {

        if (txtConsole.InvokeRequired) { txtConsole.BeginInvoke(new DataReceivedEventHandler(SortOutputHandler), new { sendingProcess, outLine }); }

        else

        {

            txtConsole.AppendText(Environment.NewLine + outLine.Data);

        }

    }

    private void SortErrorHandler(object sendingProcess, DataReceivedEventArgs outLine)

    {

        if (txtConsole.InvokeRequired) { txtConsole.BeginInvoke(new DataReceivedEventHandler(SortErrorHandler), new { sendingProcess, outLine }); }

        else

        {

            txtConsole.AppendText(Environment.NewLine + outLine.Data);

        }

    }





    private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

    {

        sortProcess.StandardInput.WriteLine(txtOutput.Text);

        txtOutput.Text = "";

    }

}

}