executing an exe within an WPF application.

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I want to execute an exe within a wpf application. i have used the following code:

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private void tabControl1_SelectionChanged_1(object sender, SelectionChangedEventArgs e)
{
    if (tabControl1.SelectedIndex == 4)
    {
        Process p = new Process();
        p.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("C:\\Program Files\\WordWeb\\wweb32.exe");
        // p.StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("C:\\Program Files\\WordWeb\\wweb32.exe", this.Arrange(rectangledict));
        //p.WaitForInputIdle();
        p.Start();
    }
}

I am able to load the the exe. But the exe opens in a different window. I want the exe to run in the same window. After reading some blogs, I got to know to implement the parent child relationship. Can any body help me to do the same? I am using VS 2008 SP1.

Posted 4-May-11 23:56pm

aditya behara

Updated 5-May-11 1:45am

Olivier Levrey

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Olivier Levrey · Answer 1 · 2011-05-05T00:01:00

Solution 1

If the application you want to start is a Console application and you want the output to be printed into your form, then this will help: How to redirect Standard Input/Output of an application[^]

Otherwise, I don't understand "I want the exe to run in the same window"...

Posted 5-May-11 0:01am

Olivier Levrey

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-May-11 18:02pm

Correct but only if the guest application writes in console. My 5, as we don't know exactly what is that. May be that's not it.
Please see my solution.
--SA

#realJSOP · Answer 2 · 2011-05-05T01:53:00

Solution 2

You can't run another application in your app's window - well, technically you can, but only if your application is a shell for the OS (kinda like the fact that the Windows desktop is actually Windows Explorer running in full-screen mode, or a VM client that runs a completely different OS).

Posted 5-May-11 1:53am

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aditya behara 5-May-11 7:54am

can you elaborate this Solution by giving an example or code snippet.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-May-11 17:59pm

See my solution and the reference to my past solution.
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-May-11 18:00pm

My 5. There are other approaches, see my solution.
Good results are not guaranteed.
--SA

#realJSOP 5-May-11 18:02pm

If you want guarantees, you should buy kitchen appliances. :)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-May-11 22:52pm

How long-term factory warranty would you personally provide if you were selling kitchen appliances?
--SA

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 3 · 2011-05-05T11:58:00

If your host application just writes to the console, please use solution provided by Olivier.

What if it does not?

You would better avoid it, but if you really want it, there are some opportunities I explained in my past Solution:

Is it possible to run a window form application from another running window form application[^].

With WPF, this is somewhat more difficult than with System.Windows.Forms. You may need to host a System.Windows.Forms.Control in your WPF application, see:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.integration.aspx[^],
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.integration.windowsformshost.aspx[^],
http://nayyeri.net/host-windows-forms-controls-in-wpf[^].

Again, it depends on how your guest application works. In the general case the result is not guaranteed.

—SA