launch console application from asp.net page on shared hosting

Question

i need to launch simple console application from my asp.net webpage, that creates a file using given parameters. hereis my code:

string filePath = Server.MapPath(@"~/Patcher/TestPatcher.exe");

System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo info = new System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo(filePath , "-sn:123456789123456 -upd -fn:test.hd");
info.UseShellExecute = false; 
info.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
System.Diagnostics.Process p = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(info);

p.WaitForExit(25000);
// Display the output
string str = p.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();

problem is that program doesnt create any file, but it does launch - i got some output in "str". any suggestions? and btw, that website must work on shared hosting.

Answer 1

Yeah. I think you have a security issue there... you can't just run an exe from a sandboxed environment (which the browser is).

Besides the code snippet you provided, is trying to run code on the webserver, not on from the asp.net page.