Invoking Astyle on a string or a file via C#

Question

I am generating C++ code via C#, for some reason after applying astyle my generated code compiles. So is there a way I can invoke astyle from within my C# windows application?

Wouldn't it be easier to figure out what "for some reason" is and fix it in your generator? — Duck, Apr 06 '12 at 05:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 06 '12 at 09:41

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Astyle is a command line tool, so using Process class you can call it externally and ask it to format the C++ source file.

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answered Apr 06 '12 at 09:41

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 17 '12 at 06:36

I finally figured it out a few days ago, so thought i would share my function to astyle via c#

' private void astyleDirectory(string target_path) { System.Diagnostics.Process pProcess = new System.Diagnostics.Process(); //Enter Path to get Astyle.exe here pProcess.StartInfo.FileName=System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + @"\Astyle.exe";

       pProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "--options=none --style=ansi --recursive  *.h *.cpp";
       pProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
       pProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
       pProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = true;
       pProcess.StartInfo.WorkingDirectory = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(target_path);
       try
       {
           pProcess.Start();
           string strOutput = pProcess.StandardOutput.ReadToEnd();
           string strError = pProcess.StandardError.ReadToEnd();
           pProcess.WaitForExit();

       }
       catch { }
   }

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Invoking Astyle on a string or a file via C#

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