Windows program that redirect DOS program output to window

Question

I try to redirect dos program output to a windows rtf box. All mt search to a working example leads to nothing I have some source from Program.cs

I do smething wrong of don't see it anymore.

The code so far

using System.Diagnostics;  
using System.Text;  
using static DOSstart.ConsoleAutomatorBase;  
  
namespace DOSstart  
{  
    public partial class Form1 : Form  
    {  
  
        public Form1()  
        {  
            InitializeComponent();  
            rtfDosBox.Text = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();  
  
        }  
  
        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)  
        {  
  
        }  
  
        private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)  
        {  
            var filenaam = Environment.CurrentDirectory + "\\binkd.exe";  
            var processStartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo  
            {  
                FileName = filenaam,  
                RedirectStandardInput = true,  
                RedirectStandardOutput = true,  
                UseShellExecute = false,  
                Arguments = "-h",  
            };  
            var process = Process.Start(processStartInfo);  
            var automator = new ConsoleAutomator(process.StandardInput, process.StandardOutput);  
  
            // AutomatorStandardInputRead is your event handler  
            automator.StandardInputRead += Automator_StandardInputRead;  
            automator.StartAutomate();  
  
            // do whatever you want while that process is running  
            process.WaitForExit();  
            automator.StandardInputRead -= Automator_StandardInputRead;  
            process.Close();  
        }  
  
        private static void Automator_StandardInputRead(object sender, ConsoleInputReadEventArgs e)  
        {  
            Console.WriteLine($"Input: {e.Input}, size: {e.Input.Length}");  
        }  
    }  
    public class ConsoleInputReadEventArgs : EventArgs  
    {  
        public ConsoleInputReadEventArgs(string input)  
        {  
            this.Input = input;  
        }  
  
        public string Input { get; private set; }  
    }  
  
    public interface IConsoleAutomator  
    {  
        StreamWriter StandardInput { get; }  
  
        event EventHandler<ConsoleInputReadEventArgs> StandardInputRead;  
    }  
  
    public abstract class ConsoleAutomatorBase : IConsoleAutomator  
    {  
        protected readonly StringBuilder inputAccumulator = new StringBuilder();  
  
        protected readonly byte[] buffer = new byte[256];  
  
        protected volatile bool stopAutomation;  
  
        public StreamWriter StandardInput { get; protected set; }  
  
        protected StreamReader StandardOutput { get; set; }  
  
        protected StreamReader StandardError { get; set; }  
  
        public event EventHandler<ConsoleInputReadEventArgs> StandardInputRead;  
  
        protected void BeginReadAsync()  
        {  
            if (!this.stopAutomation)  
            {  
                this.StandardOutput.BaseStream.BeginRead(this.buffer, 0, this.buffer.Length, this.ReadHappened, null);  
            }  
        }  
  
        protected virtual void OnAutomationStopped()  
        {  
            this.stopAutomation = true;  
            this.StandardOutput.DiscardBufferedData();  
        }  
  
        private void ReadHappened(IAsyncResult asyncResult)  
        {  
            var bytesRead = this.StandardOutput.BaseStream.EndRead(asyncResult);  
            if (bytesRead == 0)  
            {  
                this.OnAutomationStopped();  
                return;  
            }  
  
            var input = this.StandardOutput.CurrentEncoding.GetString(this.buffer, 0, bytesRead);  
            this.inputAccumulator.Append(input);  
  
            if (bytesRead < this.buffer.Length)  
            {  
                this.OnInputRead(this.inputAccumulator.ToString());  
            }  
  
            this.BeginReadAsync();  
        }  
  
        private void OnInputRead(string input)  
        {  
            var handler = this.StandardInputRead;  
            if (handler == null)  
            {  
                return;  
            }  
  
            handler(this, new ConsoleInputReadEventArgs(input));  
            this.inputAccumulator.Clear();  
        }  
  
        public class ConsoleAutomator : ConsoleAutomatorBase, IConsoleAutomator  
        {  
            public ConsoleAutomator(StreamWriter standardInput, StreamReader standardOutput)  
            {  
                this.StandardInput = standardInput;  
                this.StandardOutput = standardOutput;  
            }  
  
            public void StartAutomate()  
            {  
                this.stopAutomation = false;  
                this.BeginReadAsync();  
            }  
  
            public void StopAutomation()  
            {  
                this.OnAutomationStopped();  
            }  
        }  
    }  
}  

Answer 1

This test works for me, with a RichTextBox named richTextBox1
As I cannot post code as usually, a link : Console to RichTextBox
(function DoWork)

Answer 2

hi @Castorix31
a good configure cfg I have but there are passwords and privacy materail in it but there are several commandline switched, the -P<nodenumber> is the adress to call. I have tryed several exe's who is calling binkp.exe. I tryed to connect the maker of binkd.exe but adres is in KIev

Answer 3

@Castorix31
It's working but if I give parameters where the program must act, nobody home. Argument -P2:280/5555 config.cfg does not work. Looks like he don't accept windows arguments > Origionally it run's from a cmd windows or a LNK.

Answer 4

@Karen Payne MVP
Yes it's in e.input thee I get a hit
can oly not access the RTF form trough this.