Create GUI for command line tool

Question

I am trying to create a gui/wrapper for the command line tool DISM.exe

I would like the user to be able to select a directory then press an 'ok' button that will send the directory to the DISM tool so it can run.

EX.

User selects directory from GUI -> Directory is sent to command line tool -> Command is processed with user submited data.

DISM.exe /e [UserSubmittedDirectoryHere]


Here is current code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Window1 : Form
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Window1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }
    }
}

Answer 1

You can launch the executable with System.Diagnostics.Process.Start .  You also can, optionally, reroute the process standard output back to your application, so you can display it in the GUI.  This would work by creating an instance of a ProcessStartInfo class, and setting the RedirectStandardOutput property, then starting the process with that info.

This would go in your button click event handler.

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Answer 2

Sorry im really new to C# could you give me a code example?

I cant seem to make a Directory selection box.

Answer 3

Sorry im really new to C# could you give me a code example?

I cant seem to make a Directory selection box.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.folderbrowserdialog.aspx

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Answer 4

I need a more in depth answer the links provided do not help to understand how to use these functions.

Lets solve this one step at a time.

How do i give the user a box where they can select a directory? How do i implement folderbrowserdialog?

Answer 5

I need a more in depth answer the links provided do not help to understand how to use these functions.

Lets solve this one step at a time.

How do i give the user a box where they can select a directory? How do i implement folderbrowserdialog?

Matthew,

There is sample code in the link I gave you. In particular, look at the folderMenuItem_Click method (scroll down a bit).

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Answer 6

Try this:

 FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog();
            if (fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("DISM.exe", "/e " + fbd.SelectedPath);
            }

Ciaran

Answer 7

Here's the completed code required to do this:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public partial class Window1 : Form
    {
        public Window1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void Window1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {

        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            // This lets the user pick a folder
            FolderBrowserDialog dialog = new FolderBrowserDialog();
            if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                // This starts DISM.exe with the arguments you specified...
                Process.Start("DISM.exe", "/e " + fbd.SelectedPath);
            }
        }
    }
}

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Reed Copsey, Jr. - http://reedcopsey.com

Answer 8

Here's the completed code required to do this:

using System;


using System.Collections.Generic

using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Data;
using System.Diagnostics;
using
 System.Drawing;
using
 System.Linq;
using
 System.Text;
using
System.Windows.Forms;
namespace
 WindowsFormsApplication1
{
    public
partial
 class
 Window1 : Form    {

        public
 Window1()        {

            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private

 void

 Window1_Load(object
 sender, EventArgs e)        {        }

        private
 void

button1_Click(object
 sender, EventArgs e)
        {


            // This lets the user pick a folder

            FolderBrowserDialog dialog = new

FolderBrowserDialog();

            if
 (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
            {
                // This starts DISM.exe with the arguments you specified...

               Process.Start("DISM.exe"
 "/e "

+ fbd.SelectedPath);

            }


        }



    }}

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Reed Copsey, Jr. - http://reedcopsey.com

I would like to split the task into two buttons:

Button 1 will select the path and enter it into a Text box displaying the Directory

Button 2 will run the Process.Start command

Answer 9

>>I would like to split the task into two buttons:

>>Button 1 will select the path and enter it into a Text box displaying the Directory

>>Button 2 will run the Process.Start command

Something like this :

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    FolderBrowserDialog dialog = new FolderBrowserDialog();
    if (dialog.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
    {
        textBox1.Text = fbd.SelectedPath;
    }
}

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(textBox1.Text))
    {
        Process.Start("DISM.exe", "/e " + textBox1.Text);
    }
}

But seriously, get a good book on C#. You are asking some extremely basic stuff here.

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