Embedding Forms in an ASP.NET Web Page - ASP.NET

A solution to embed any number of forms going to any URL on the web within any ASP.NET page.


A solution that effectively replaces the __doPostBack function, but the converter tool takes an even simpler approach. It hijacks the form post with script coded directly into an anchor tag:

<a href="javascript:theForm.__VIEWSTATE.value='';
theForm.encoding='application/x-www-form-urlencoded';
theForm.action='http://www.myanothersite.com/form2.aspx';
theForm.submit();" name="submit"
>My form submit</a>


References:
http://www.nerdymusings.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=27

Get Image from HTTP URL - .NET, ASP.NET

Overview:
Create image object and save it into file by URL.

Depending on your needs it can be two solutions:


Solution 1 - when you need to make some manipulations with the image object (resize, crop, etc) before saving to disk:
1. get Stream from URL using WebRequest class
2. Create Image object from stream using System.Drawing.Image.FromStream method
3. Make manipulations with image object
3. Save image to file on disk using System.Drawing.Image.Save method


Solution 2 - when you need to get image from Url and just save it to disk as-is.
1. get Stream from URL using WebRequest class
2. Create new file and stream for it
3. Get data from Webrequest's stream in binary format and put this data into file stream.

Below is the full code for each of the solutions


Code for solution 1:

using System.Net;
using System.IO;

public bool getImageByUrl(string url, string filename)
{

WebResponse response = null;
Stream remoteStream = null;
StreamReader readStream = null;
try
{
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
if (request != null)
{
response = request.GetResponse();
if (response != null)
{
remoteStream = response.GetResponseStream();

readStream = new StreamReader(remoteStream);

System.Drawing.Image img = System.Drawing.Image.FromStream(remoteStream);

if (img == null)
return false;

// YOUR CODE HERE: make manipulations with the image object


// save image to disk
img.Save( filename, System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg );
img.Dispose();
}
}
}
finally
{
if (response != null) response.Close();
if (remoteStream != null) remoteStream.Close();
if (readStream != null) readStream.Close();
}

return true;
}


code for solution 2

public static bool saveImageByUrlToDisk(string url, string filename, out string imageType)
{
imageType = "";

WebResponse response = null;
Stream remoteStream = null;
StreamReader readStream = null;
try
{
WebRequest request = WebRequest.Create(url);
if (request != null)
{
response = request.GetResponse();
if (response != null)
{
remoteStream = response.GetResponseStream();


// analyze image type, image extension
string content_type = response.Headers["Content-type"];

imageType = content_type;

if (content_type == "image/jpeg" || content_type == "image/jpg")
{
imageType = "jpg";
}
else if (content_type == "image/png")
{
imageType = "png";
}
else if (content_type == "image/gif")
{
imageType = "gif";
}
else
{
imageType = "";

return false;
}


readStream = new StreamReader(remoteStream);

Stream fw = File.Open(filename, FileMode.Create);

//
byte[] buf = new byte[256];
int count = remoteStream.Read(buf, 0, 256);
while (count > 0)
{
fw.Write(buf, 0, count);

count = remoteStream.Read(buf, 0, 256);
}

fw.Close();
}
}
}
finally
{
if (response != null) response.Close();
if (remoteStream != null) remoteStream.Close();
}

return true;
}

Write Image to Response.OutputStream - ASP.NET

read an image from disk and write it out to the Response.Outputstream.


public void ProcessRequest(HttpContext oContext, string sFileName)
{

string sPath=oContext.Server.MapPath(".");
try
{
if (sFileName.Length <1) { return; }
System.Drawing.Image oImg = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(sPath + sFileName,true);
oImg.Save(oContext.Response.OutputStream,ImageFormat.Jpeg);
oImg.Dispose();
}
catch (Exception e) { oContext.Response.Write(e.Message); }

}

Format strings - .NET

.NET Format String 101

"I see stuff like {0,-8:G2} passed in as a format string. What exactly does that do?" -- Very Confused String Formatter

The above format can be translated into this:

"{[,][:]}"

argument index: This represent which argument goes into the string.

String.Format("first = {0};second = {1}", "apple", "orange");

String.Format("first = {1};second = {0}", "apple", "orange");

gives the following strings:

"first = apple;second = orange"

"first = orange;second = apple"

alignment (optional): This represent the minimal length of the string.

Postive values, the string argument will be right justified and if the string is not long enough, the string will be padded with spaces on the left.

Negative values, the string argument will be left justied and if the string is not long enough, the string will be padded with spaces on the right.

If this value was not specified, we will default to the length of the string argument.

String.Format("{0,-10}", "apple"); //"apple "

String.Format("{0,10}", "apple"); //" apple"

format string (optional): This represent the format code.

Numeric format specifier is available here. (e.g. C, G...etc.)
Datetime format specifier is available here.

Enumeration format specifier is available here.

Custom Numeric format specifier is available here. (e.g. 0. #...etc.)

Custom formatting is kinda hard to understand. The best way I know how to explain something is via code:

int pos = 10;

int neg = -10;

int bigpos = 123456;

int bigneg = -123456;

int zero = 0;

string strInt = "120ab";

String.Format("{0:00000}", pos); //"00010"

String.Format("{0:00000}", neg); //"-00010"

String.Format("{0:00000}", bigpos); //"123456"

String.Format("{0:00000}", bigneg); //"-123456"

String.Format("{0:00000}", zero); //"00000"

String.Format("{0:00000}", strInt); //"120ab"

String.Format("{0:#####}", pos); //"10"

String.Format("{0:#####}", neg); //"-10"

String.Format("{0:#####}", bigpos); //"123456"

String.Format("{0:#####}", bigneg); //"-123456"

String.Format("{0:#####}", zero); //""

String.Format("{0:#####}", strInt); //"120ab"

While playing around with this, I made an interesting observation:

String.Format("{0:X00000}", pos); //"A"

String.Format("{0:X00000}", neg); //"FFFFFFF6"

String.Format("{0:X#####}", pos); //"X10"

String.Format("{0:X#####}", neg); //"-X10"

The "0" specifier works well with other numeric specifier, but the "#" doesn't. Umm... I think the "Custom Numeric Format String" probably deserve a whole post of it's own. Since this is only the "101" post, I'll move on to the next argument in the format string.

zeros (optional): It actually has a different meaning depending on which numeric specifier you use.

int neg = -10;

int pos = 10;

// C or c (Currency): It represent how many decimal place of zeros to show.

String.Format("{0:C4}", pos); //"$10.0000"

String.Format("{0:C4}", neg); //"($10.0000)"

// D or d (Decimal): It represent leading zeros

String.Format("{0:D4}", pos); //"0010"

String.Format("{0:D4}", neg); //"-0010"

// E or e (Exponential): It represent how many decimal places of zeros to show.

String.Format("{0:E4}", pos); //"1.0000E+001"

String.Format("{0:E4}", neg); //"-1.0000E+001"

// F or f (Fixed-point): It represent how many decimal places of zeros to show.

String.Format("{0:F4}", pos); //"10.0000"

String.Format("{0:F4}", neg); //"-10.0000"

// G or g (General): This does nothing

String.Format("{0:G4}", pos); //"10"

String.Format("{0:G4}", neg); //"-10"

// N or n (Number): It represent how many decimal places of zeros to show.

String.Format("{0:N4}", pos); //"10.0000"

String.Format("{0:N4}", neg); //"-10.0000"

// P or p (Percent): It represent how many decimal places of zeros to show.

String.Format("{0:P4}", pos); //"1,000.0000%"

String.Format("{0:P4}", neg); //"-1,000.0000%"

// R or r (Round-Trip): This is invalid, FormatException is thrown.

String.Format("{0:R4}", pos); //FormatException thrown

String.Format("{0:R4}", neg); //FormatException thrown

// X or x (Hex): It represent leading zeros

String.Format("{0:X4}", pos); //"000A"

String.Format("{0:X4}", neg); //"FFFFFFF6"

// nothing: This is invalid, no exception is thrown.

String.Format("{0:4}", pos)); //"4"

String.Format("{0:4}", neg)); //"-4"

In summary, there are four types of behaviour when using this specifier:

Leading Zeros: D, X

Trailing Zeros: C, E, F, N, P

Nothing: G

Invalid: R,

Now, that we've gone through the valid specifiers, you can actually use this in more than just String.Format(). For example, when using this with Byte.ToString():

Byte b = 10;

b.ToString("D4"); //"0010"

b.ToString("X4"); //"000A"

DateTime.ToString, Format

DateTime.ToString() Patterns

All the patterns:

0	MM/dd/yyyy	08/22/2006
1	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy	Tuesday, 22 August 2006
2	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy	HH:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30
3	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy	hh:mm tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 AM
4	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy	H:mm Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30
5	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy	h:mm tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 AM
6	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss	Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07
7	MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm	08/22/2006 06:30
8	MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm tt	08/22/2006 06:30 AM
9	MM/dd/yyyy H:mm	08/22/2006 6:30
10	MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt	08/22/2006 6:30 AM
10	MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt	08/22/2006 6:30 AM
10	MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt	08/22/2006 6:30 AM
11	MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss	08/22/2006 06:30:07
12	MMMM dd	August 22
13	MMMM dd	August 22
14	yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.fffffffK	2006-08-22T06:30:07.7199222-04:00
15	yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss.fffffffK	2006-08-22T06:30:07.7199222-04:00
16	ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'	Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT
17	ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'	Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT
18	yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss	2006-08-22T06:30:07
19	HH:mm	06:30
20	hh:mm tt	06:30 AM
21	H:mm	6:30
22	h:mm tt	6:30 AM
23	HH:mm:ss	06:30:07
24	yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'	2006-08-22 06:30:07Z
25	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss	Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07
26	yyyy MMMM	2006 August
27	yyyy MMMM	2006 August

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'd' ) :

0

MM/dd/yyyy

08/22/2006

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'D' ) :

0

dddd, dd MMMM yyyy

Tuesday, 22 August 2006

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'f' ) :

0	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm	Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30
1	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy hh:mm	tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30 AM
2	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy H:mm	Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30
3	dddd, dd MMMM yyyy h:mm	tt Tuesday, 22 August 2006 6:30 AM

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'F' ) :

0

dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss

Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'g' ) :

0	MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm	08/22/2006 06:30
1	MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm	tt 08/22/2006 06:30 AM
2	MM/dd/yyyy H:mm	08/22/2006 6:30
3	MM/dd/yyyy h:mm tt	08/22/2006 6:30 AM

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'G' ) :

0

MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss

08/22/2006 06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'm' ) :

0

MMMM dd

August 22

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'r' ) :

0

ddd, dd MMM yyyy HH':'mm':'ss 'GMT'

Tue, 22 Aug 2006 06:30:07 GMT

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 's' ) :

0

yyyy'-'MM'-'dd'T'HH':'mm':'ss

2006-08-22T06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'u' ) :

0

yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss'Z'

2006-08-22 06:30:07Z

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'U' ) :

0

dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss

Tuesday, 22 August 2006 06:30:07

The patterns for DateTime.ToString ( 'y' ) :

0	yyyy MMMM 2006 August

Building a custom DateTime.ToString Patterns

The following details the meaning of each pattern character. Not the K and z character.

d	Represents the day of the month as a number from 1 through 31. A single-digit day is formatted without a leading zero
dd	Represents the day of the month as a number from 01 through 31. A single-digit day is formatted with a leading zero
ddd	Represents the abbreviated name of the day of the week (Mon, Tues, Wed etc)
dddd	Represents the full name of the day of the week (Monday, Tuesday etc)
h	12-hour clock hour (e.g. 7)
hh	12-hour clock, with a leading 0 (e.g. 07)
H	24-hour clock hour (e.g. 19)
HH	24-hour clock hour, with a leading 0 (e.g. 19)
m	Minutes
mm	Minutes with a leading zero
M	Month number
MM	Month number with leading zero
MMM	Abbreviated Month Name (e.g. Dec)
MMMM	Full month name (e.g. December)
s	Seconds
ss	Seconds with leading zero
t	Abbreviated AM / PM (e.g. A or P)
tt	AM / PM (e.g. AM or PM
y	Year, no leading zero (e.g. 2001 would be 1)
yy	Year, leadin zero (e.g. 2001 would be 01)
yyy	Year, (e.g. 2001 would be 2001)
yyyy	Year, (e.g. 2001 would be 2001)
K	Represents the time zone information of a date and time value (e.g. +05:00)
z	With DateTime values, represents the signed offset of the local operating system's time zone from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), measured in hours. (e.g. +6)
zz	As z but with leadin zero (e.g. +06)
zzz	With DateTime values, represents the signed offset of the local operating system's time zone from UTC, measured in hours and minutes. (e.g. +06:00)
f	Represents the most significant digit of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the tenths of a second in a date and time value.
ff	Represents the two most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the hundredths of a second in a date and time value.
fff	Represents the three most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the milliseconds in a date and time value.
ffff	Represents the four most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the ten thousandths of a second in a date and time value. While it is possible to display the ten thousandths of a second component of a time value, that value may not be meaningful. The precision of date and time values depends on the resolution of the system clock. On Windows NT 3.5 and later, and Windows Vista operating systems, the clock's resolution is approximately 10-15 milliseconds.
fffff	Represents the five most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the hundred thousandths of a second in a date and time value. While it is possible to display the hundred thousandths of a second component of a time value, that value may not be meaningful. The precision of date and time values depends on the resolution of the system clock. On Windows NT 3.5 and later, and Windows Vista operating systems, the clock's resolution is approximately 10-15 milliseconds.
ffffff	Represents the six most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the millionths of a second in a date and time value. While it is possible to display the millionths of a second component of a time value, that value may not be meaningful. The precision of date and time values depends on the resolution of the system clock. On Windows NT 3.5 and later, and Windows Vista operating systems, the clock's resolution is approximately 10-15 milliseconds.
fffffff	Represents the seven most significant digits of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the ten millionths of a second in a date and time value. While it is possible to display the ten millionths of a second component of a time value, that value may not be meaningful. The precision of date and time values depends on the resolution of the system clock. On Windows NT 3.5 and later, and Windows Vista operating systems, the clock's resolution is approximately 10-15 milliseconds.
F	Represents the most significant digit of the seconds fraction; that is, it represents the tenths of a second in a date and time value. Nothing is displayed if the digit is zero.
:	Represents the time separator defined in the current DateTimeFormatInfo..::.TimeSeparator property. This separator is used to differentiate hours, minutes, and seconds.
/	Represents the date separator defined in the current DateTimeFormatInfo..::.DateSeparator property. This separator is used to differentiate years, months, and days.
"	Represents a quoted string (quotation mark). Displays the literal value of any string between two quotation marks ("). Your application should precede each quotation mark with an escape character (\).
'	Represents a quoted string (apostrophe). Displays the literal value of any string between two apostrophe (') characters.
%c	Represents the result associated with a c custom format specifier, when the custom date and time format string consists solely of that custom format specifier. That is, to use the d, f, F, h, m, s, t, y, z, H, or M custom format specifier by itself, the application should specify %d, %f, %F, %h, %m, %s, %t, %y, %z, %H, or %M. For more information about using a single format specifier, see Using Single Custom Format Specifiers.

References

http://blogs.msdn.com/kathykam/archive/2006/03/29/net-format-string-101-C_2300_-strings.aspx

http://www.geekzilla.co.uk/View00FF7904-B510-468C-A2C8-F859AA20581F.htm

Capture a Screen Shot - .NET (C#)

This code demonstrates how to get a screen shot of the entire desktop, or a particular window, using .NET (and a few API functions).

References:
http://www.developerfusion.com/code/4630/capture-a-screen-shot/

Use font style in datagridview columns

Change font style in datagridview columns for column header or column

for ColumnHeader

this.dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Font =
new Font(this.dataGridView1.ColumnHeadersDefaultCellStyle.Font, FontStyle.Bold);



for column


this.dataGridView1.Columns[0].DefaultCellStyle.Font =
new Font(this.Font, FontStyle.Bold);

Shell execute .NET

Shell execute

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(strpath)


Read more:
Launch and monitor external programs from .NET
Launching an external program.
Start a process and wait until it exits.
Start an invisible process.
Determine when a process exits.
Controlling process input/output.


Launch and monitor external programs from .NET

VB6 let you launch external programs using the Shell command and you could control the launched program's window style with the windowstyle parameter.

lngPID = Shell("c:\...\MyTextFile.txt", vbNormalFocus)

To wait for the external program to terminate you could use the WaitForSingleObject API (view the VB6 sample). In VB.NET you can use the Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility namespace and still call the Shell command but there's a better way.

Launching an external program.

The System.Diagnostics namespace has a Process class you can launch external programs with. You pass in the name of an executable file or a filename with an extension associated with an executable application.

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("c:\...\MyTextFile.txt")

This code returns a Process object:

Dim myProcess As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("c:\...\MyTextFile.txt")
MessageBox.Show(myProcess.ProcessName)

An overloaded Process.Start method takes a ProcessStartInfo parameter that let's you set process initialization values such as the WindowStyle.

Dim psInfo As New System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo ("c:\...\MyTextFile.txt")
psInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
Dim myProcess As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(psInfo)

Or,

Dim myProcess As System.Diagnostics.Process = new System.Diagnostics.Process()
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "c:\...\MyTextFile.txt"
myProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = System.Diagnostics.ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
myProcess.Start

You can also do all of this through the IDE by dragging a Process component unto your form from the Components area of the Toolbar.

Start a process and wait until it exits.

To wait for a launched process to end, call the Process.WaitForExit method. Your application will stop executing until the launched process exits. However, this will cause your application to stop responding to system events, such as the Paint event.

'
' Start a new process (Notepad).
'
Dim myProcess As Process = System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("MyTextFile.txt")
'
' Wait until it ends.
'
myProcess.WaitForExit()

MessageBox.Show("Notepad ended: " & myProcess.ExitTime & "." & _
System.Environment.NewLine & "Exit Code: " & myProcess.ExitCode)
'
' Close the process to free resources.
'
myProcess.Close()

Start an invisible process.

You can start a process and get its output without a visible window. This shows how to changes to the System folder, run the DOS Dir "*.exe" command and send the output to the Output.txt file. The Windows XP command shell interpreter recognizes "&&" as a command separator, thus, you can put multiple commands on a single line. The ">>" operator redirects output into a file.

Dim myProcess As Process = New Process()
Dim s As String
Dim outfile As String = Application.StartupPath & "\Output.txt"
'
' Get the System path.
'
Dim sysFolder As String =
System.Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.System)
'
' Createe the command line.
'
myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe"
myProcess.StartInfo.Arguments = "/C cd " & sysFolder & _
" && dir *.com >> " & Chr(34) & outfile & Chr(34) & " && exit"
'
' Start the process in a hidden window.
'
myProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden
myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
myProcess.Start()
'
' Kill the process if it doesn't finish in one minute.
'
myProcess.WaitForExit(1000)
If Not myProcess.HasExited Then
myProcess.Kill()
End If
'
' Show the results.
'
MessageBox.Show("The 'dir' command window was " & _
"closed at: " & myProcess.ExitTime & "." & System.Environment.NewLine & _
"Exit Code: " & myProcess.ExitCode)

myProcess.Close()

Determine when a process exits.

The Process class can raise an Exited event when a process ends. You must set the Process.EnableRaisingEvents property True and create an event handler.

myProcess.EnableRaisingEvents = True
'
' Add an event handler.
'
AddHandler myProcess.Exited, AddressOf Me.ProcessExited

myProcess.Start()

'
' Event handler.
'
Friend Sub ProcessExited(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs)

Dim myProcess As Process = DirectCast(sender, Process)

MessageBox.Show("The process exited, raising " & _
"the Exited event at: " & myProcess.ExitTime & _
"." & System.Environment.NewLine & "Exit Code: " & myProcess.ExitCode)

myProcess.Close()
End Sub

Note, if the launched process hangs your application will too.

Controlling process input/output.

You may need to send input directly to a launched process and send the output directly back to your program. For programs that use StdIn, StdOut, and StdErr, such as console applications, you can override the defaults and provide a StreamWriter to write input and StreamReaders to read the StdOut and StdErr outputs.

.NET uses the Win32 ShellExecute function to launch processes so when you want to reassign I/O streams, you must set the ProcessStartInfo.UseShellExecute property False before starting the process. Also, you must either specify the full path to the file, or the file location must be in the environment path string or in one of the places Windows searches for files.

Dim myProcess As Process = New Process()
Dim s As String myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe"

myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
myProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = True
myProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
myProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = True
myProcess.Start()

Dim sIn As StreamWriter = myProcess.StandardInput
Dim sOut As StreamReader = myProcess.StandardOutput
Dim sErr As StreamReader = myProcess.StandardError

sIn.AutoFlush = True
sIn.Write("dir c:\windows\system32\*.com" & System.Environment.NewLine)
sIn.Write("exit" & System.Environment.NewLine)
s = sOut.ReadToEnd()

If Not myProcess.HasExited Then
myProcess.Kill()
End If

MessageBox.Show("The 'dir' command window was " & _
closed at: " & myProcess.ExitTime & "." & _
System.Environment.NewLine & "Exit Code: " & myProcess.ExitCode)

sIn.Close()
sOut.Close()
sErr.Close()
myProcess.Close()
MessageBox.Show(s)

For programs that don't use StdIn, you can use the SendKeys method to input keystrokes.

Dim myProcess As Process = New Process()

myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "notepad"
myProcess.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Normal
myProcess.EnableRaisingEvents = True

AddHandler myProcess.Exited, AddressOf Me.SendKeysTestExited
myProcess.Start()
'
' Wait until the program is ready for input.
'
myProcess.WaitForInputIdle(1000)

If myProcess.Responding Then
System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.SendWait( _
"This text was entered using SendKeys.")
Else
myProcess.Kill()
End If