how to run more than one command prompt commands in c# code

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Hello,

in my .net application i wanted to programatically invoke the cisco vpn connection for that i wanted to run multiple command prompt commands in c# code
i have to run 3 commands like this-
1-cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Cisco Systems\VPN Client
2-vpnclient connect user USERNAME pwd PASSWORD "VPNNAME"
3-vpnclient disconnect

starting i want to run first two commands then after that 3rd one, can we do this in a single process or how it is . i tried by putting two commands together by seperated by & in a process startinfo arguments, but getting error like "unable to connect to remote machine"
Please help

Regards
Ginnas

Posted 1-Nov-13 21:16pm

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**Zoltán Zörgő** · Answer 1 · 2013-11-01T21:50:00

You don't need step 1, since on a process start, you can supply working directory. For how to start an external process, look here: http://www.dotnetperls.com/process-start[^] (more details on MSDN[^]). You don't need command prompt for that, just start your processes. As these end when finished, simply check for errors.
But you could use the Cisco VPN api[^] instead of this approach. It would be more elegant. I don't know about a c# wrapper but you might find some on the web. But since you need only a few calls, you could make your own p/invoke declarations for those methods.