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ShellMBS class

Var s As New ShellMBS

s.Execute "/usr/bin/whoami"
s.Wait 5

Var output As String = s.ReadOutput
Var errors As String = s.ReadError

Break // see in debugger

MsgBox "whoami: "+output

• 2 events
  • event Completed
  • event DataAvailable(AvailableBytesError as Integer, AvailableBytesOutput as Integer)
• 16 properties
  • property ApplicationName as String
  • property AvailableBytesError as Integer
  • property AvailableBytesOutput as Integer
  • property CurrentDirectory as String
  • property Domain as String
  • property Environment as Dictionary
  • property ErrorCode as Integer
  • property Executable as String
  • property IsRunning as Boolean
  • property MergeErrorAndOutput as Boolean   New in 25.0
  • property Password as String
  • property PID as Integer
  • property ProcessHandle as Integer
  • property Tag as Variant
  • property ThreadHandle as Integer
  • property Username as String
• 14 methods
  • method Arguments as String()
  • method CloseInput
  • method CloseStreams
  • method Constructor
  • method Destructor
  • method Execute(Executable as String)
  • method ExitCode as Integer
  • method Poll
  • method ReadError as String
  • method ReadOutput as String
  • method SetArguments(arguments() as String)
  • method Terminate(WinExitCode as Integer = 255) as boolean
  • method Wait(TimeOut as double = 30.0)
  • method WriteInput(data as string) as Integer

This class has no sub classes.

Some examples using this class:

• /Util/Shell

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Release notes

• Version 25.0
  • Added MergeErrorAndOutput property to ShellMBS class.
• Version 23.5
  • Fixed Terminate in ShellMBS class for Windows to work better.
• Version 23.0
  • Added Tag property to ShellMBS class.
  • Fixed ExitCode for ShellMBS class on Linux.
• Version 21.2
  • Fixed ShellMBS and WindowsProcessMBS classes for Windows to allow PowerShell.exe to run.
• Version 20.1
  • Fixed a bug in ShellMBS class when running applications on Windows with empty ApplicationName.
• Version 19.5
  • Added ProcessHandle and ThreadHandle to ShellMBS and WindowsProcessMBS classes.
• Version 19.2
  • Added ShellMBS class.

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