Redirect from console window(C++ app) to textbox(C# app)

Question

I'm creatin application(C#) that need run another app. This. app is game(C++,Directx7,GDI, I don't have source) that show console window for debugging from dll(static). For show console window this dll has this lines:

AllocConsole();
freopen("CONIN$","rb",stdin);   
freopen("CONOUT$","wb",stdout);
freopen("CONOUT$","wb",stderr);

In my c# app. i want hide console window and redirect text from console window to textbox. For hide console window i'm using winapi FindWindow , ShowWindow is not problem. But how i can redirect text(output) from console window to textbox?

Answer 1

You can run your game using following code:

     Process process = new Process();
     process.StartInfo.FileName = "\"" + pathToGame + "\"";
     //process.StartInfo.Arguments = args;
     process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
     process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
     process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
     process.OutputDataReceived += new DataReceivedEventHandler(ReadOutput);
     process.ErrorDataReceived += new DataReceivedEventHandler(ReadOutput);

     process.Start();
     process.BeginOutputReadLine();
     process.BeginErrorReadLine();

     //process.WaitForExit();

CL output and errors will go here

  private static void ReadOutput(object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs e)
  {
     if (e.Data != null)
     {
        //your output here
     }
  }