Help! Stream output from dos program in realtime

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    E4tH879 New Member

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    ok well i am trying to create a gui for a dos program and i want to stream the output to a textbox, i have several buttons that start the dos program with different arguments and a button that kills the dos program. When I start my program and click a button that runs the dos program it works and outputs to the textbox but then if i click the button that kills it and then click that button again it doesnt output the programs output to my textbox anymore, the dos program still starts in the background though. I want to be able to start and stop the dos program and still output have it to the textbox in realtime.

    Here a piece of the code

    Code:
    Private Sub DisplayOutput(ByVal sendingProcess As Object, ByVal output As DataReceivedEventArgs)
            OutText.AppendText(output.Data() & vbCrLf)
        End Sub
    
    Public Function ziload(ByVal para As String)
            If (My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("ziphone.exe")) Then
                If (firsttime) Then
                    With P
                        AddHandler P.OutputDataReceived, AddressOf DisplayOutput
                        .StartInfo.CreateNoWindow() = True
                        .StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
                        .StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = False
                        .StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
                        .StartInfo.FileName = "ziphone.exe"
                        .StartInfo.Arguments = para
                        .SynchronizingObject = OutText
                        firsttime = False
                    End With
                End If
                P.Start()
                P.BeginOutputReadLine()
                disabler()
            Else
                MsgBox("File """ & "ziphone.exe" & """ does not exist !", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "File not found")
                enabler()
            End If
        End Function
    
        Public Function closer()
            If Not (P Is Nothing) Then
                P.CancelOutputRead()
                P.Kill()
            End If
            enabler()
        End Function
     
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    E4tH879 New Member

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    Resolved RE: Help! Stream output from dos program in realtime

    Nevermind all i had to do is make the following changes

    Code:
    Private Sub DisplayOutput(ByVal sendingProcess As Object, ByVal output As DataReceivedEventArgs)
            OutText.AppendText(output.Data() & vbCrLf)
        End Sub
    
    Public Function ziload(ByVal para As String)
            If (My.Computer.FileSystem.FileExists("ziphone.exe")) Then
    
                'CHANGE HERE
                P = New Process()
                'CHANGE HERE
    
                With P
                    AddHandler P.OutputDataReceived, AddressOf DisplayOutput
                    .StartInfo.CreateNoWindow() = True
                    .StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
                    .StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = False
                    .StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
                    .StartInfo.FileName = "ziphone.exe"
                    .StartInfo.Arguments = para
                    .SynchronizingObject = OutText
                End With
                P.Start()
    
                disabler()
                P.BeginOutputReadLine()
                P.EnableRaisingEvents = True
    
            Else
                MsgBox("File """ & "ziphone.exe" & """ does not exist !", MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, "File not found")
                enabler()
            End If
        End Function
    
        Public Function closer()
            P.CancelOutputRead()
            P.Kill()
            OutText.AppendText(vbNewLine)
            enabler()
        End Function
     

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