Thread: opening an exe

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    Lightbulb opening an exe

    I have a web interface that is to send some information to a C++ exe file. Just for testing purposes, I have only create a main (in the prog) which creates a txt file. Once I click the button, nothing seems to happen (no file created). I even tried to do a Hello World, but Nada...can anyone help because I am totaly lost

    Code:
    <html>
    <head>
    <title>testing</title>
    </head>
    <script language="C#">
    
    using System.Diagnostics;
    
    void StartExecuting_Click (Object sender, EventArgs e) 
    {
       string strfilePath="C:\\ABC\\Interface\\Code\\Debug\\test.exe";
       System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(strfilePath);
    
       psi.UseShellExecute = true;
       psi.WorkingDirectory="C:\\ABC\\Interface\\Code\\Debug\\";
       System.Diagnostics.Process p = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psi);
       p.Start(psi);
       
    }
    
    </script>
    
    <body>
    Here...
    <input type="submit" value="submit" onServerClick="StartExecuting_Click"/>
    </body>
    </html>

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    ASP.NET runs on a different account and desktop to the interactive user. A process created on this desktop will not be visible to the interactive user.

    If the spawned process is a console application, an alternative may be to redirect its stdout and display it in the webpage.

    Something like(stolen from web):
    Code:
    Process proc = new Process();
    proc.StartInfo.FileName = "uptime.exe";
    proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "-a";
    proc.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
    proc.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
    
    proc.Start();
    
    StreamReader sw = proc.StandardOutput;
    string myString = sw.ReadToEnd();
    proc.Close();
    
    // Display myString in webpage

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