Running A Command In A Console Application In VB?

Dec 17, 2010

I am new to Visual Basic and i started to write a console application. I it working fine by now, but I tried to execute a command like shutdown -s

I tried that by writing console.writeline("shutdown -s")

but all it dows it displays the text and does not shutdown the computer. How do I code that correctly???

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Running A Command In A Console Application In Visual Basic?

Aug 1, 2011

I am new to Visual Basic and i started to write a console application. I it working fine by now, but I tried to execute a command like shutdown -s I tried that by writing

console.writeline("shutdown -s")

but all it dows it displays the text and does not shutdown the computer. How do I code that correctly???

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Running Commands In Console Application

Feb 26, 2010

I have a console application and I have figured out how to type in the command window with Console.WriteLine() but i need to run a command (ex. net user) then wait for a response and type another command, for some reason I cant figure out how to type the command and automatically press enter without closing the window. I tried Console.WriteLine("net user") but all it does is write "net user" in the command window so I used My.Computer.Keyboard.SendKeys("{ENTER}", True) after Console.Writeline and it just wrote "net user" then exited the window. Is there any way to run a command through a console application? if so how would i do this?

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Read Command Line From Console Application?

Mar 15, 2010

Just wondering if there is anyway to read each line of text that is output from a console application?

Basically I want to use PSEXEC through a vb.net GUI application and I would like to be able to read any error codes that may occur from the command line.

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Make A Console Application Continue Running?

Jun 5, 2011

I was thinking I could make a console application that would have a FileSystemWatcher - watching for a .BAT file being created in a folder - and when it sees that file it does a PROCESS.START on it.

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Running A Console Application As A Windows Service?

Jun 29, 2010

I have a console application that is ready to be used as a windows service, I have been looking around for a couple of hours and tried many of the tutorials out there but none of them worked with me.

The closest one was: [URL] but it didn't go into the process of doing it. I converted that code to VB.NET but then I don't know where to go from there. I have the Module1.vb which runs my console application all ready to be used.

show me a way to use my console application as a service, I tried using the InstallUtil feature but my app never showed under "services".

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VS 2008 - How To Make Console Application Continue Running

Apr 1, 2012

I was thinking I could make a console application that would have a FileSystemWatcher - watching for a .BAT file being created in a folder - and when it sees that file it does a PROCESS.START on it. But I'm seeing that a console app doesn't continue running.

Imports System.IO
Module awcWatcher
Sub Main()
Dim fsw As New FileSystemWatcher("D:ACS DesktopAWCeportingstaging")
fsw.NotifyFilter = NotifyFilters.FileName Or NotifyFilters.LastWrite
[Code] .....
How would I go about making this wait and then wait again and again and again?

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When Running Console Application / Dos Window Disappears Without Asking For 'press Any Key To Continue'

Aug 19, 2010

When running a console application, the dos window disappears without asking for a "press any key to continue", why? What setting in 2010 is not set correctly?

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How To Send A Command To A Running Application Via Commandline

Nov 10, 2011

I want to exit my GUI application (vb.net 4) using a commandline parameter.I should send thive! from the commandline:

myapplication.exe quit and an already running instance of the application should exit.

Now, I have a mutex detection in place so that I can only have one instance of the application running at a time. It seems that if I send a commandline, it won't work on an already running application; it will only work on one that is launching.

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Display Message On Target Pc's Screen Without Client Application Running / Actively Listening For Incoming Command?

Sep 29, 2010

I have recently started playing with sockets, so now i have set up an instant messaging app. it works like it's supposed to however, theres a slight problem. short of arranging for both parties to come online via email or something there's no way for the other person to know that someones waiting for them. So i'm basically looking for a way to send a pop-up message to tell the other dude to get his ass online,is there a way to display a message on a target pc's screen without a client application running and actively listening for an incoming command?

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C# - .Net Console Application That Doesn't Bring Up A Console?

Jun 1, 2009

I have a console application I'm using to run scheduled jobs through windows scheduler. All the communication to/from the application is in email, event logging, database logs. Is there any way I can suppress the console window from coming up?

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C# - Detect Running In The Console?

Apr 13, 2009

Is there a simple way to have a code library automatically detect if it's being called from a console application or a windows application? I'd like my library not to report to the Windows Event log if it's being called from a console window, but instead report to the console window. If however, it's not being run from within a console window, it should report to the Windows Event Log.

I thought about requiring my the logging component to be passed the log target, but it would be neat if it could just automatically handle these two targets natively. I don't yet require something as extensive as log4net, indeed, if it becomes necessary to provide support to log to a database/file and other as yet unknown logging targets, then I may recommend such a solution. For now though, just having my component auto-detect the environment and log to the console or the event log according to the environment would be plenty.

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C# :: Attaching Console To Running App?

Nov 4, 2011

say I have a library, in which I added a few Console.WriteLine(..) statements tot during the implementation and see w going on when I use the library in a Console AppNow I want to use the same library in an ASP.NET app. Ideally I would be able to log on to the production webserver, and somehow start a command prompt and attach it to the website and see the messages in real time as they occur. How do I do that?

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What Command Will Actually Close The Console Window

Sep 25, 2003

I'm writing a console Application in VB.NET. I give user a list of menus to choose from and the last one is Enter 'Q' to quit. what command will actually close the console window.

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Console Application Without Showing Console

Aug 8, 2010

I am currently working on an application, where I am using a console application, that will set up the application prior to the main form is run. This is no problem I've got that all working perfectly, the only problem I have is that the console is showing while the application is running, I was wondering whether anyone knows any way in which I would be able to hide the console before it gets shown to the user.

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Showing Console In Console Application?

Dec 15, 2011

How do I get the console from closing immediatley upon opening in a Console Application program? I have all of the code written but when I run the program it pops up the console window and then immediatley exits so I am unable to read what is in the window to see if my program is operating correctly. This is the first time I've ever used a console window so I don't know where in the code I would need to put "whatever it is" I might need to put to keep the window open until closed by the user.

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VS 2010 Console Application Without A Console?

Aug 23, 2009

It sounds confusing but it's not really. What I need is basically a way to emulate the console style text, without using a console. What I'm really doing is trying to do a matrix effect on my form background, by drawing symbols and moving them, alternating their colors (see this video for what I mean).

Is there a way to do this effectively with a timer and a draw event, with the timer calling the draw event and changing the intervals?

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Forms :: Running Console App From WinForm?

Feb 8, 2011

I'm trying to run an app (GacUtil) which is normally run through a console window, directly in my winforms app, but I keep getting the error:
"The system cannot find the file specified"

Here is the
Dim AppName = "gacutil"
Dim BaseOptions = " /i"
Dim oStartInfo As New ProcessStartInfo
Dim sFull As String
Dim sStartPath As String = Path.GetDirectoryName(TextBox1.Text)
[Code] .....

In this case, the DLL is in C:, and 'GacUtil' has been added to the Environment path variable.
I can put a break point on the next to the last last line, copy and past the output of the 'sfull' variable into a command prompt and it will run perfectly. (I've tried adding oStartInfo.UseShellExecute=False, removing the whole workingDirectory property line and just changing sFull so that it has the Startpath also, but I still get the error)

However, when I try it in the Winforms app I'm creating, I get the error.
Process.Start(oStartInfo)

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VS 2010 : Running Dos Console Commands?

Dec 8, 2011

I'm having trouble opening and running DOS commands through VB Express.I'm trying to have VB open a command console and enter path to a batch file. So far I have not been able to get VB to open a console and enter any text.[URL} Here is the code I am using right now (without success)

Private Declare Function GetShortPathName Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetShortPathNameA" (ByVal longPath As String, ByVal shortPath As String, ByVal shortBufferSize As Int32) As Int32
Private Sub des_date_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles des_date.Click

[code]....

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C# - Command Parameter For Making Console Invisible?

Sep 1, 2010

I am firing up a cmd console from my .net app with some parameters, is there a parameter to specify that the cmd console is not visible?

-- Edit - Adding Code I know this isn't the standard way of starting a process in .Net, but it is being run from a Silverlight Client.

Dynamic cmd = AutomationFactory.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
cmd.Run("C:WindowsSystem32cmd.exe /c *myargs*")

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Cisco Command Line Console Parser

Feb 10, 2012

I'm Trying to write a Cisco Command Line Parser to have an automated Graphical User Interface replacement for the Cisco console output. I have been able to get the ping time using Regular Expressions from a ping output and graph it, but am now stuck with more detailed out put of other commands like "Show interfaces" command, how I can parse the Show Interface command output and extract all the useful info which i need?

[Code]...

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Command Line (console) Program With Parameters For SharePoint?

Oct 29, 2009

I would like to create a console program in VB.net that would allow parameters. What i would like to do is in the code below add parameters so the webpart page can be created from the Run menu. e.g. C:.......MyProgram.exe "Design" --This would then create the Design webpart page.

I tried looking at the internet but was not very successfull.

Module Main
Public Sub Main(ByVal args As String())
Dim prj As String

[Code].....

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Forms :: Command Line, Hide Console And Get Feedback?

Jan 17, 2010

I am working in VB. I have a fairly long and detailed explanation that I'll avoid posting but what I'm looking to find is quite simple. I'm looking for information how the command line executable LAME.EXE (the Mp3 encoder) returns information to the host program/form.

I am a VB novice and a novice to programming in general and am looking to learn more about as much as I can on the whole but basically I have a Windows form that gathers all the necessary information as a front-end:

The input .wav file path
The output .mp3 file destination

The encode settings (bitrate, frequency, etc)This information is pooled in to a string like this: lame.exe -v -b 112 input.wav output.mp3 or any variant on the settings selected in the GUI which is then in turn used to execute LAME.EXE with the set of parameters in a command line console...That's all well and good and it is quite functional but what I'm looking to do is to 'hide' the console in itself and have the encoder feed back its progress, say as a percentage inside the GUI.

The problem is that it doesn't appear that LAME in itself has this kind of functionality explicitly built in. I know it's possible however, as every single front end in the world has this functionality.I have tried a few ways of doing this with avoiding the issue of not being able to find the functionality within the codec. Perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place entirely or I'm not thinking correctly 'outside the box' as it were.

what I'm looking for is to use a command like this within the script itself: lame(v,b,112,"C:input.wav","c:output.mp3") or even pass the parameters obtained from the GUI a string formatted dynamically on the fly itself.I expect of course that this kind of functionality won't be available anywhere at all, what I'm really looking for as a workaround that reports the actions/progress/console output of the executable back in to the VB program somehow.

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Make Console Type In A Command And Hit Enter By Itself With Form

Mar 6, 2009

Note: I'm using VB express 2008 I would mostly like to learn about the console application. Like how to make it type in a command and hit enter by itself. The project I'm working on is a booter for my iPod (Long story) I would like to be able to- 1- Either click a button on a form and have the console pop up and input

[Code]...

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Open A Console / Command Window When Using VS 2008 Express

Jul 30, 2009

I have both the VB and C# versions of Visual Studio 2008 Express. When I run a console application in either version, instead of the console opening in an old DOS style command window like it does in VS 2005, it actually blacks out both monitors attached to my computer and treats the entire screen real estate as the console.Anyone know how to get the app to run in a small command-type window when I run it? It's like the console is running Full Screen. If I set a break point, switch from the IDE t the console and then hit Alt+Enter it switches to the small window that I want, but I still can't figure out how to make the app start with the console that way.I could post a screenshot but it would look like a big black square...no window, no frame, just the inky blackness of frustration.

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Redirect Console Output To Look For Signs Of Command Failure?

May 27, 2011

I am running a command on all computers from a list. I am trying to get back a text file that says PASS or FAIL for each computer. I am using the below StreamWriter and function process. The process runs correctly and it rights to both a data file and an error log. The error log however always says PASS for everything. do I know what to set the if consoleOutput = "????" to?

Using swrr As New StreamWriter(ErrorLog, True)
For Each strUserName As String In strLines
Dim ConsoleOutput As String = GetCMDOutput(strUserName, saveFileDialog3.FileName & ".txt",

[code].....

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VB2010 Command Prompt/console INSIDE Of A Windows Form?

Jun 14, 2012

Is there a way in VB to make something that will simulate an advanced command prompt inside of a Windows Form? For example, something like a greenscreen app?

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Send Command To Command Line From Windows Form Application?

Mar 11, 2010

I am trying to send a command to the external command line (cmd.exe) from the Windows form application that I'm writing in VB.NET (using VS2008).

I can only access the external program thru the command line (its not my program) and I must do so from a form app.

I am trying to use the following code. I am able to call a cmd.exe window, but I can't pass the command line my command.

Using mp As New Process
With mp.StartInfo
.FileName = "cmd.exe"

[Code].....

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Console Publish - Type In The Command And Press Enter The But It Closes The Window?

Dec 31, 2011

I have made a command line with arguments and i published it. But when i type in the command and press enter the but it closes the window.

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Running A Command On Key Press?

Jan 21, 2009

Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
WebBrowser1.Navigate("test" + txturl.Text)End Sub

Thats my code, however i want to run that code there if the user presses the enter key as well.

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