Launch an interactive window from ASP.NET

From: Eric (ericp_at_nextivr.com)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 14:56:02 -0500

Hello,

I need to allow a web page to launch an interactive program on the web
server. For this example, I'd like to have the ASP.NET open notepad on the
asp server, so the current logged-in user can see it.

Here's the code I have implemented. Notepad starts, but is not visible on
the server desktop.

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Dim commandPrompt As New System.Diagnostics.Process
Dim ps As New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo("notepad.exe")

ps.UseShellExecute = False
ps.RedirectStandardInput = False
ps.RedirectStandardOutput = False
ps.RedirectStandardError = False
ps.WorkingDirectory = "c:\"
ps.CreateNoWindow = false
ps.WindowStyle = 3

Dim proc As System.Diagnostics.Process = commandPrompt.Start(ps)

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Thanks for your help.

Eric

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