Writing to the standard input of a process
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Qt 5.2.0 on Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, Service Pack 1.
I have tried to build my program using two compilers, MinGW 32 bit and MSVC2012 64 bit. The behavior is the same in both cases.
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Does it also happen if you call a standard cmd command ?
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I am not sure how to call a standard cmd command from a Qt application (I have tried process->setProgram("dir"), it runs but produces no output to stdout), but I did further research.
I wrote a simple program in C++ and compiled it with MinGW:
@#include <iostream>
#include <string>int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
std::string s;
std::cin >> s;
std::cout << s << std::endl;
}@It works both with and without process->waitForFinished() call, my Qt application can write to its standard input and retreive echoed string from its output. Writing from a slot connected to the 'QProsess::started' signal also works. It seems that the problem is with my C# program after all.
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Did you try with a similar minimal application written in C# ?
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Yes, I have tried this:
@class Program
{
static int Main(string[] args)
{
string s;
s = Console.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine(s);
return 0;
}
}@Works if I place waitForFinished() call after writing to the standard input of the process, but never terminates without it. Changing configuration of the C# program from Debug to Release in Visual Studio does not help.
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Maybe a silly question (I don't know much about C#) but aren't you missing a "\n" here ?
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No, Console.WriteLine() method inserts it automatically. And with waitForFinished() call it works even when I change Console.WriteLine() to Console.Write(), which does not insert a newline symbol.
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Could there be some subtle difference on how the C# runtime uses stdin/stdout ?
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Yes, it seems that there is some difference, but I am not a C# expert and I have no idea what it is. I will try a simple program compiled using Mono but for now, I think it is easier to send all data as command line parameters.
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As long as it's clean and works, do what is best.
Happy Coding !
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hi,
Did you apply the same technique as @A1exander_Z did ?
