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Hi,

Is there a way to invoke ExamDiff Pro from the command line so that it is hidden and does not take up the foreground? I am working on a .net application that invokes ExamDiff Pro from the command-line by creating and executing a batch file. I have no problem hidding the batch file during execution, but once the batch file calls ExamDiff the foreground is brefiely taken away from my app. I call ExamDiff for several files so it becomes very annoying when the foreground rapidly changes. Here is the current command I use to call ExamDiff:

ExamDiff /html /o:" & quote & g_workingDirectory & "\test.html" & quote <file1> <file2>

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I presume you see flashes of the console window. I'm pretty sure that you can invoke a program and pass a flag to hide its window. For example, you could use ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden to pass in ProcessStartInfo.WindowStyle to Process.Run. Have you tried this?

The console window is hidden (I do use Process.WindowStyle.Hidden). However, the console calls ExamDiff and that's where my problem lies. I can see ExamDiff flicker on the Windows Taskbar. I hope I am explaining it correctly. Thanks for the help.

Try using ExamDiff.exe in the command line, not ExamDiff (which would translate into ExamDiff.com, that in turn calls ExamDiff.exe).

Thanks for the information. I have tried the command with ExamDiff.exe as well, but to no avail.

I don't know what else to suggest. Perhaps tweaking process creation flags is still possible.