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    • August 31, 2006 at 1:46 PM #14201
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        Hi

        I’m calling the method of a component within an expression shape of my orchestration.

        I want the C# code within my component to run an external program, so I am using:
        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()

        From my expression shape I am calling the method that contains the above code:

        ComponentName.ComponentClass.ComponentMethod()

        Can anyone tell me what I should be passing into the Start method as a parameter?
        If I want to run an external program called \”DoStuff.exe\” would my C# code look like this? :

        System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(\”DoStuff.exe\”)

        Do I have to specify the exact path of the program or have to pass in any other arguments?

        Any help is appreciated.
        Cheers

      • September 7, 2006 at 6:18 AM #15597
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          Hi

          I have now resolved my problem.

          Within my component I defined my process within a System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo object. The function that contained this code returns true or false depending on whether the process ran. From within my orchestration (message assignment shape) I created an instance of my process object, set an orchestration defined variable to the return value of my process (true or false) and assigned that value to a node within my outgoing message. So my orchestration completed, messages were sent and the process (an exe) was executed on the server successfully (writing content to a text file in this case).

          Cheers

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