DataReceivedEventArgs Class
Provides data for the OutputDataReceived and ErrorDataReceived events.
Assembly: System (in System.dll)
To asynchronously collect the redirected StandardOutput or StandardError stream output of a process, you must create a method that handles the redirected stream output events. The event-handler method is called when the process writes to the redirected stream. The event delegate calls your event handler with an instance of DataReceivedEventArgs. The Data property contains the text line that the process wrote to the redirected stream.
The following code example illustrates how to perform asynchronous read operations on the redirected StandardOutput stream of the sort command. The sort command is a console application that reads and sorts text input.
The example creates an event delegate for the SortOutputHandler event handler and associates it with the OutputDataReceived event. The event handler receives text lines from the redirected StandardOutput stream, formats the text, and writes the text to the screen.
' Define the namespaces used by this sample. Imports System Imports System.Text Imports System.IO Imports System.Diagnostics Imports System.Threading Imports System.ComponentModel Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic Namespace ProcessAsyncStreamSamples Class ProcessAsyncOutputRedirection ' Define static variables shared by class methods. Private Shared sortOutput As StringBuilder = Nothing Private Shared numOutputLines As Integer = 0 Public Shared Sub SortInputListText() ' Initialize the process and its StartInfo properties. ' The sort command is a console application that ' reads and sorts text input. Dim sortProcess As New Process() sortProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "Sort.exe" ' Set UseShellExecute to false for redirection. sortProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False ' Redirect the standard output of the sort command. ' Read the stream asynchronously using an event handler. sortProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True sortOutput = new StringBuilder() ' Set our event handler to asynchronously read the sort output. AddHandler sortProcess.OutputDataReceived, _ AddressOf SortOutputHandler ' Redirect standard input as well. This stream ' is used synchronously. sortProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = True ' Start the process. sortProcess.Start() ' Use a stream writer to synchronously write the sort input. Dim sortStreamWriter As StreamWriter = sortProcess.StandardInput ' Start the asynchronous read of the sort output stream. sortProcess.BeginOutputReadLine() ' Prompt the user for input text lines. Write each ' line to the redirected input stream of the sort command. Console.WriteLine("Ready to sort up to 50 lines of text") Dim inputText As String Dim numInputLines As Integer = 0 Do Console.WriteLine("Enter a text line (or press the Enter key to stop):") inputText = Console.ReadLine() If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(inputText) Then numInputLines += 1 sortStreamWriter.WriteLine(inputText) End If Loop While Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(inputText) AndAlso numInputLines < 50 Console.WriteLine("<end of input stream>") Console.WriteLine() ' End the input stream to the sort command. sortStreamWriter.Close() ' Wait for the sort process to write the sorted text lines. sortProcess.WaitForExit() If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(numOutputLines) Then ' Write the formatted and sorted output to the console. Console.WriteLine(" Sort results = {0} sorted text line(s) ", _ numOutputLines) Console.WriteLine("----------") Console.WriteLine(sortOutput) Else Console.WriteLine(" No input lines were sorted.") End If sortProcess.Close() End Sub Private Shared Sub SortOutputHandler(sendingProcess As Object, _ outLine As DataReceivedEventArgs) ' Collect the sort command output. If Not String.IsNullOrEmpty(outLine.Data) Then numOutputLines += 1 ' Add the text to the collected output. sortOutput.Append(Environment.NewLine + "[" _ + numOutputLines.ToString() + "] - " _ + outLine.Data) End If End Sub End Class End Namespace Namespace ProcessAsyncStreamSamples Class ProcessSampleMain ' The main entry point for the application. Shared Sub Main() Try ProcessAsyncOutputRedirection.SortInputListText() Catch e As InvalidOperationException Console.WriteLine("Exception:") Console.WriteLine(e.ToString()) End Try End Sub 'Main End Class 'ProcessSampleMain End Namespace 'Process_AsyncStream_Sample
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