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vb.netwcfprocesswaitforexit

How to use Process.WaitForExit

I'm calling a 3rd part app which 'sometimes' works in VB.NET (it's a self-hosted WCF). But sometimes the 3rd party app will hang forever, so I've added a 90-second timer to it. Problem is, how do I know if the thing timed out?

Code looks like this:

Dim MyProcess as System.Diagnostics.Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(MyInfo)
MyProcess.WaitForExit(90000)

What I'd like to do is something like this

If MyProcess.ExceededTimeout Then
    MyFunction = False
Else
    MyFunction = True
End If

Any ideas?

Thanks,

Jason

Solution

  • Check the method return value - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ty0d8k56.aspx - if the call timed out, it will return False.