How to read stdout of a process
Hi,
I am calling a process using the "Process" component and a WaitForExit. Now I would need to read the text output of this process from stdout. The StandardOutput property only seems to be the System.IO.StreamReader and I don't know how to read the stream data from it.
Any hints on this?
Thank you.
Best regards,
Alex
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Pegasystems Inc.
US
You'd have to push the data out to a control that you can access the text property from. You might also need to convert it into a string first, depending on what the data type is.
Pegasystems Inc.
CH
Hi,
Thank you for your answer. The data type is System.IO.StreamReader. But I do not know how to handle it to get the text from the process. In C# it would be something like
var sr = new System.IO.StreamReader(...whatever...); string result = sr.ReadToEnd();
As a workaround during the PoC, I am redirecting the output to a file and read the file content.
Best regards,
Alex
Pegasystems Inc.
US
Use the "Add Constructor for Type" on the Toolbar.
Click on some open space in your automation and start typing -- 'System.IO.StreamReader' -- then select your constructor. Then you can pull methods and use this component like any other control.
Pegasystems Inc.
US
This issue seems really similar to your question here, https://collaborate.pega.com/question/how-read-content-text-file. This answer would apply to that question as well.