waiting for the process to die

[Saeed]

invoking winword process from the main thread , then wanna continue when the process has been closed (died)

I not sure if i m setting all the parameters correctly or not.
do u see anything obvious why while WINORD is still live it detects it not to be running?

Cheers

            System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
            bProcessDone = 0;
            proc.StartInfo.FileName = "winword";
            proc.StartInfo.Arguments = pfile;
            proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
            proc.Start();
            Thread.Sleep(2000);
            bool bFound = false;
            for(;;)
            {
                Process[] allProcs = Process.GetProcesses();
                foreach (Process thisProc in allProcs)
                {
                    if (proc.Id == thisProc.Id)
                    {
                        bFound=true;
                    }
                }

                if (bFound)
                {
                    bFound = false;
                    continue;
                }
                else
                {
                    break;
                }

            }


//  shoudl not be here if the process is still running but it is

[Thread1]

you may just use Wait*****it() <-- that is W a i t F o r E x i t ( )

            System.Diagnostics.Process proc = new System.Diagnostics.Process();
            bProcessDone = 0;
            proc.StartInfo.FileName = "winword";
            proc.StartInfo.Arguments = pfile;
            proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
            proc.Start();

            proc.Wait*****it();
            proc.Close();
            proc.Dispose();

[Saeed]

Thanks for the advice but I have laready tried that and it does not seem to work for me for some that i m determined to find out before i go home tonight or i wont be able to sleep

           proc.StartInfo.FileName = "winword";
            proc.StartInfo.Arguments = pfile;
            proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
            proc.Start();
            Thread.Sleep(2000);
            proc.Wait*****it();
            proc.Close();
            proc.Dispose();

// should not get here when winword is running but it is

            System.IO.FileInfo Info2 = new System.IO.FileInfo(pfile);

[Arjay]

Try

proc.Start();
proc.WaitForInputIdle( );
proc.WaitF orE xit( );

[Saeed]

Thanks that worked Arjay