I have c# app. that run c exe with Process.Start
I want that c exe will communicate with c# exe (not only via return value).
I think if is there any way that in c file I will print with printf and c# application will listening to the those print (catch it like event)
is that option? or is there any simple way?
thanks
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
Are you sure that those function will catch printf?Originally Posted by Salem
That not working
- Does the sample code given in that Received Event page work for you? (If not, what doesn't work about it?)
- Can your C# program run your C program (i.e., do you have the right path, does process.Start() fail, etc)? (If your C program is supposed to be already running when your C# program starts, then you'll probably have to get a bit fancier about this part.)
- Does your C program print out the kind of data that this thing expects (lines that end in a \n character)?
If the program "doesn't work", then either your getting a compile error, or you should be checking return codes/exceptions/etc to find out what's not working about it.
> Are you sure that those function will catch printf?
Microsoft seem pretty sure that they will.
> That not working
Post some evidence of effort!
Does this work in a console?
prog.exe > results.txt
That is, if you invoke your C executable from a command prompt, and redirect stdout to a file, do you get a file?
If you do, then there is nothing wrong with the general concept of using those functions I previously listed to capture the stdout of a sub-process.
Unless your 'C' program is some 30-year old ancient DOS program which achieves output by writing directly to the screen, it's going to work if you've done your job properly.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
When I running my c code like prog.exe > results.txt I get all the printf to files.
In my c I do printf("test \n"); and then it continue to run ....
I tried to catch the printf with OutputDataReceived event
I see that I catch the "test" in my c# code event only when the c process finish.
I want to catch it with OutputDataReceived immediately when printf happend.
Post your actual C# code.
Does it look like the examples provided by Microsoft, or have you missed of some important detail.
If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
If at first you don't succeed, try writing your phone number on the exam paper.
Do you get all the other output you're expecting from the program too? (Or is the program supposed to be interactive in some way?) It's supposed to be asynchronous reading, so your C program isn't necessarily going to wait on your C# reader unless there's some manual input required.
I don't get you
when the c program finish I get all the printf to my c# in OutputDataReceived event.
What I want is get to c# event all the output from printf immediately when the c code print it, like I run this c code and see printf in cmd immediately when c print it
Based on what you're saying, I would guess that you are getting all the output from printf immediately when the C code prints it. You just need to actually process it in your event handler. Every time your C code prints a line, your event handler gets that info.
(Note that the example at the link Salem posted used WaitForExit before printing any output -- the event handler just added data to a big ol' string, which was printed at the very end in one go. Since WaitForExit, perhaps unsurprisingly, waits there until the calling program finishes, that may not be exactly what you want to do.)
I have event handler ofcourse, but it called only when c program finish to run...even I printf line
I don't believe that that is true (not that I believe you to be lying, just mistaken). Why do you believe that to be true? How can you tell based on what you are seeing that the C program is already finished? (In other words, show something. Ideally code, but if not code at least the output that you are basing this belief on.)
C code Paste ofCode
C# code Paste ofCode
I catch the start printf in c# code event only after 5 seconds
Your Sleep(5000) puts everything to sleep, since that process that you started is in the same thread as everything else. I modified a numerical DE solver I had sitting around that took about eight seconds to run to print "Starting" when it started and "Finished" when it ended and called it from your project2.cs code, and it printed "Starting" right away and "Finished" about eight seconds later. As long as your C program is doing work, your C# program will process.
I dont understand you, do you say that it relate to sleep?
Even ehen I edit my c code to , drop out the sleep and put some loops that take time
Paste ofCode
(those loops take about 18 seconds) , I get the "start" only when the c program finish
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