Shell Commands within C#

Note that the code waits for the Internet Explorer process to exit and then proceeds to display the message. This is achieved through the use of the WaitForExit() function of the Process object.

Open a specific document in Microsoft Word.

Add the following code to the button's OnClick event handler.

System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "winword";
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "C:\\Dotnetstuff\\TestWordDoc.doc";
proc.Start();

Code Listing: Open specific Word Document

Note that the name of the Word document to open is specified in the Arguments for the StartInfo of the Process.

Complete Code Listing:

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace ShellCS_NS
{
    public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form
    {
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button button1;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button button2;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button button3;
        private System.Windows.Forms.Button button4;

        public Form1()
        {
            this.button1 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.button2 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.button3 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.button4 = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
            this.SuspendLayout();
            
            this.button1.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 24);
            this.button1.Name = "button1";
            this.button1.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 72);
            this.button1.TabIndex = 0;
            this.button1.Text = "Calculator";
            this.button1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button1_Click);
            
            this.button2.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(16, 120);
            this.button2.Name = "button2";
            this.button2.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 72);
            this.button2.TabIndex = 1;
            this.button2.Text = "Map Network Drive";
            this.button2.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button2_Click);
            
            this.button3.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(168, 24);
            this.button3.Name = "button3";
            this.button3.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 72);
            this.button3.TabIndex = 2;
            this.button3.Text = "Microsoft.com";
            this.button3.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button3_Click);
            
            this.button4.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(168, 120);
            this.button4.Name = "button4";
            this.button4.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(112, 64);
            this.button4.TabIndex = 3;
            this.button4.Text = "My Word Document";
            this.button4.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.button4_Click);
            
            this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
            this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 213);
            this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {this.button4, this.button3, this.button2, this.button1});
            this.Name = "Form1";
            this.Text = "Form1";
            this.ResumeLayout(false);
        }

        protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
        {
            base.Dispose(disposing);
        }

        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.Run(new Form1());
        }

        private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
            proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
            proc.StartInfo.FileName = "calc";
            proc.Start();
        }

        private void button2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
            proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
            proc.StartInfo.FileName = "c:\\dotnetstuff\\NETDRV.bat";
            proc.Start();
            MessageBox.Show("Map Drive Created");
        }

        private void button3_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
            proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
            proc.StartInfo.FileName = "iexplore";
            proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "http://www.microsoft.com";
            proc.Start();
            proc.WaitForExit();
            MessageBox.Show("You have just visited www.microsoft.com");
        }

        private void button4_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
            proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
            proc.StartInfo.FileName = "winword";
            proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "C:\\Dotnetstuff\\TestWordDoc.doc";
            proc.Start();
        }
    }
}

Code Listing: Shellcs. cs

NET USE U: \\master\testshare /User:Enterprise\dchoksi passwd /PERSISTENT:YES

Code Listing: Netdrv.bat