How to run kdiff from a console application?

Question

UPDATED ...

I want to call kdiff from the Console application. Therefore, I create two files and want to compare them at the end of my program:

string diffCmd = string.Format("{0} {1}", Logging.FileNames[0], Logging.FileNames[1]); // diffCmd = D:\vdenisenko\DbHelper\DbHelper\bin\Debug\Reports\16_Nov 06_30_46_DiscussionThreads_ORIGIN.txt D:\vdenisenko\DbHelper\DbHelper\bin\Debug\Reports\16_Nov 06_30_46_DiscussionThreads_ORIGIN.txt System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"C:\Program Files (x86)\KDiff3\kdiff3.exe", diffCmd); //specification is here http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/doc/documentation.html 

It launches the kdiff3 tool, but something is wrong with the file names or the command ... Could you look at the screenshot and say what is wrong?

Answer 1

You need to use Process.Start() :

 string kdiffPath = @"c:\Program Files\Kdiff3.exe"; // here is full path to kdiff utility string fileName = @"d:\file1.txt"; string fileName2 = @"d:\file2.txt"; Process.Start(kdiffPath,String.Format("\"{0}\" \"{1}\"",fileName,fileName2)); 

Arguments described in the docs: kdiff3 file1 file2

Answer 2

 var args = String.Format("{0} {1}", fileName, fileName2); Process.Start(kdiffPath, args); 

Answer 3

This will launch the program from your console application.

 Process p = new Process(); p.StartInfo.FileName = kdiffPath; p.StartInfo.Arguments = "\"" + fileName + "\" \"" + fileName2 + "\""; p.Start(); 

If you are not trying to do something else, then you need to provide more detailed information.

Answer 4

 string kdiffPath = @"c:\Program Files\Kdiff3.exe"; // here is full path to kdiff utility string fileName = @"d:\file1.txt"; string fileName2 = @"d:\file2.txt"; ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo(kdiffPath); psi.RedirectStandardOutput = true; psi.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden; psi.UseShellExecute = false; psi.Arguments = fileName + " " + fileName2; Process app = Process.Start(psi); StreamReader reader = app.StandardOutput; //get reponse from console app in your app do { string line = reader.ReadLine(); } while(!reader.EndOfStream); app.WaitForExit();