Win32Exception at Process.Start()

[Leonel Galán]

When doing Process.Start() , I get "The parameter is invalid"
Win32Exception when opening a particular exe. This exe works good in
Windows (cmd.exe).

The exe is "SPIM.exe" as the Simulator for the MIPS assembling language
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html).

I know that maybe that particular file has something strange, but I
thought someone could give me some advice.

Thanks,

[Mark R. Dawson]

RE: Win32Exception at Process.Start()

Hi Leonel,
can you post complete example code so it makes your issue easier to resolve.

Thanks
Mark.
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"Leonel Galán" wrote:

When doing Process.Start() , I get "The parameter is invalid"
Win32Exception when opening a particular exe. This exe works good in
Windows (cmd.exe).
>
The exe is "SPIM.exe" as the Simulator for the MIPS assembling language
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html).
>
I know that maybe that particular file has something strange, but I
thought someone could give me some advice.
>
Thanks,
>
>

[Dave Sexton]

Re: Win32Exception at Process.Start()

Hi Leonel,

It sounds to me like you're missing or have used an incorrect command-line
argument.

--
Dave Sexton

"Leonel Galán" <leonelgalan@gm ail.comwrote in message
news:1163483507 .826370.213930@ b28g2000cwb.goo glegroups.com.. .

When doing Process.Start() , I get "The parameter is invalid"
Win32Exception when opening a particular exe. This exe works good in
Windows (cmd.exe).
>
The exe is "SPIM.exe" as the Simulator for the MIPS assembling language
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html).
>
I know that maybe that particular file has something strange, but I
thought someone could give me some advice.
>
Thanks,
>

[Leonel Galán]

Re: Win32Exception at Process.Start()

It appears that SPIM.exe is a CYGWIN application. And there is some
trouble with that. I'm not familiar with UNIX applications or CYGWIN
for running them on Windows, I thought it was a normal Win App. Maybe
someone familiar with this stuff can give me some advice.

The code it's just:

Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.Fil eName = "SPIM.exe";
p.Start();


Leonel Galán wrote:

When doing Process.Start() , I get "The parameter is invalid"
Win32Exception when opening a particular exe. This exe works good in
Windows (cmd.exe).
>
The exe is "SPIM.exe" as the Simulator for the MIPS assembling language
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html).
>
I know that maybe that particular file has something strange, but I
thought someone could give me some advice.

Thanks,

[Dave Sexton]

Re: Win32Exception at Process.Start()

Hi Leonel,

Try setting p.StartInfo.Use ShellExecute to false.

--
Dave Sexton

"Leonel Galán" <leonelgalan@gm ail.comwrote in message
news:1163661694 .641740.76290@h 54g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...
It appears that SPIM.exe is a CYGWIN application. And there is some
trouble with that. I'm not familiar with UNIX applications or CYGWIN
for running them on Windows, I thought it was a normal Win App. Maybe
someone familiar with this stuff can give me some advice.

The code it's just:

Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.Fil eName = "SPIM.exe";
p.Start();


Leonel Galán wrote:

When doing Process.Start() , I get "The parameter is invalid"
Win32Exception when opening a particular exe. This exe works good in
Windows (cmd.exe).
>
The exe is "SPIM.exe" as the Simulator for the MIPS assembling language
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html).
>
I know that maybe that particular file has something strange, but I
thought someone could give me some advice.
>
Thanks,

[Leonel Galán]

Re: Win32Exception at Process.Start()

Actually I was trying to capture console output so I use that command
and others like

RedirectStandar dOutput = True

But trying to make it simplier I notice that just the Start() command
and the exception is thrown.


Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Leonel,
>
Try setting p.StartInfo.Use ShellExecute to false.
>
--
Dave Sexton
>
"Leonel Galán" <leonelgalan@gm ail.comwrote in message
news:1163661694 .641740.76290@h 54g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...
It appears that SPIM.exe is a CYGWIN application. And there is some
trouble with that. I'm not familiar with UNIX applications or CYGWIN
for running them on Windows, I thought it was a normal Win App. Maybe
someone familiar with this stuff can give me some advice.
>
The code it's just:
>
Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.Fil eName = "SPIM.exe";
p.Start();
>
>
Leonel Galán wrote:

When doing Process.Start() , I get "The parameter is invalid"
Win32Exception when opening a particular exe. This exe works good in
Windows (cmd.exe).

The exe is "SPIM.exe" as the Simulator for the MIPS assembling language
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html).

I know that maybe that particular file has something strange, but I
thought someone could give me some advice.

Thanks,

[Dave Sexton]

Re: Win32Exception at Process.Start()

Hi Leonel,

Well, since you can execute it using cmd.exe (as you wrote in the OP), try the
following:

Process process = Process.Start(
Environment.Exp andEnvironmentV ariables("%coms pec%"), "/C SPIM.exe");

System.Threadin g.Thread.Sleep( 200);
process.Close() ;

It's not a pretty solution, however.

If you don't have the comspec environment variable defined, then you can try
@"%windir%\syst em32\cmd.exe" instead. In this case, you might have to specify
the path for SPIM.exe as well.

HTH

(I'm running out of ideas ;)

--
Dave Sexton

"Leonel Galán" <leonelgalan@gm ail.comwrote in message
news:1163710769 .453488.187970@ i42g2000cwa.goo glegroups.com.. .
Actually I was trying to capture console output so I use that command
and others like

RedirectStandar dOutput = True

But trying to make it simplier I notice that just the Start() command
and the exception is thrown.


Dave Sexton wrote:

Hi Leonel,
>
Try setting p.StartInfo.Use ShellExecute to false.
>
--
Dave Sexton
>
"Leonel Galán" <leonelgalan@gm ail.comwrote in message
news:1163661694 .641740.76290@h 54g2000cwb.goog legroups.com...
It appears that SPIM.exe is a CYGWIN application. And there is some
trouble with that. I'm not familiar with UNIX applications or CYGWIN
for running them on Windows, I thought it was a normal Win App. Maybe
someone familiar with this stuff can give me some advice.
>
The code it's just:
>
Process p = new Process();
p.StartInfo.Fil eName = "SPIM.exe";
p.Start();
>
>
Leonel Galán wrote:

When doing Process.Start() , I get "The parameter is invalid"
Win32Exception when opening a particular exe. This exe works good in
Windows (cmd.exe).

The exe is "SPIM.exe" as the Simulator for the MIPS assembling language
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html).

I know that maybe that particular file has something strange, but I
thought someone could give me some advice.

Thanks,