execute third-party program from .NET

Question

Hello

I am developing a program that at one point needs to generate and open an excel file from a crystal report. It was fairly straight-forward to generate the excel file, but I am having trouble finding anything about initiating the excel-application from my C#.NET code.

Preferably, I'd like to open excel as a stand-alone application on the side rather than incorporating it into the form, though that too is an option. So is there a way to run dos commands from C# or the .NET framework?

So if anyone knows how to do this or at least point me in the right direction, that'd be great.

Thanks,
Fred

Fredrik Roaldset · Answer

Thank you. That's perfect.

Louis · Answer

Hi To execute dos commands I suggest that you write out a .bat file from your C# program. Then you can execute the .bat file by creating and Process object. Example of running the .bat file private Process prcFTP = new Process(); prcFTP.StartInfo.FileName = C:\filename.bat; prcFTP.Start(); // run the file Hope this helps for the dos commands! Regards Louis