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   <h1 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService" class="text-break">
 Class DriverService  <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L36"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h1>

   <div class="facts text-secondary">
     <dl><dt>Namespace</dt><dd><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.html">OpenQA</a>.<a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.html">Selenium</a></dd></dl>
   <dl><dt>Assembly</dt><dd>WebDriver.dll</dd></dl>
   </div>

   <div class="markdown summary"><p>Exposes the service provided by a native WebDriver server executable.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public abstract class DriverService : ICommandServer, IDisposable</code></pre>
   </div>


   <dl class="typelist inheritance">
     <dt>Inheritance</dt>
     <dd>
       <div><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object">object</a></div>
       <div><span class="xref">DriverService</span></div>
     </dd>
   </dl>

   <dl class="typelist implements">
     <dt>Implements</dt>
     <dd>
       <div><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.Remote.ICommandServer.html">ICommandServer</a></div>
       <div><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.idisposable">IDisposable</a></div>
     </dd>
   </dl>

   <dl class="typelist derived">
     <dt>Derived</dt>
     <dd>
       <div><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.Chromium.ChromiumDriverService.html">ChromiumDriverService</a></div>
       <div><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.Firefox.FirefoxDriverService.html">FirefoxDriverService</a></div>
       <div><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.IE.InternetExplorerDriverService.html">InternetExplorerDriverService</a></div>
       <div><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.Safari.SafariDriverService.html">SafariDriverService</a></div>
     </dd>
   </dl>

   <dl class="typelist inheritedMembers">
     <dt>Inherited Members</dt>
     <dd>
     <div>
       <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.tostring">object.ToString()</a>
     </div>
     <div>
       <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.equals#system-object-equals(system-object)">object.Equals(object)</a>
     </div>
     <div>
       <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.equals#system-object-equals(system-object-system-object)">object.Equals(object, object)</a>
     </div>
     <div>
       <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.referenceequals">object.ReferenceEquals(object, object)</a>
     </div>
     <div>
       <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gethashcode">object.GetHashCode()</a>
     </div>
     <div>
       <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.gettype">object.GetType()</a>
     </div>
     <div>
       <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object.memberwiseclone">object.MemberwiseClone()</a>
     </div>
   </dd></dl>


   <h2 class="section" id="constructors">Constructors
 </h2>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService__ctor_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.#ctor*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService__ctor_System_String_System_Int32_System_String_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.#ctor(System.String,System.Int32,System.String)">
   DriverService(string?, int, string?)
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Initializes a new instance of the <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.html">DriverService</a> class.</p>
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   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected DriverService(string? servicePath, int port, string? driverServiceExecutableName)</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>servicePath</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The full path to the directory containing the executable providing the service to drive the browser.</p>
 </dd>
     <dt><code>port</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The port on which the driver executable should listen.</p>
 </dd>
     <dt><code>driverServiceExecutableName</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The file name of the driver service executable.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section">Exceptions</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.argumentexception">ArgumentException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>If the path specified is <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/keywords/null">null</a> or an empty string.</p>
 </dd>
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverServiceNotFoundException.html">DriverServiceNotFoundException</a></dt>
     <dd><p>If the specified driver service executable does not exist in the specified directory.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <h2 class="section" id="properties">Properties
 </h2>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_CommandLineArguments_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.CommandLineArguments*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_CommandLineArguments" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.CommandLineArguments">
   CommandLineArguments
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   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the command-line arguments for the driver service.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual string CommandLineArguments { get; }</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_DriverServiceExecutableName_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.DriverServiceExecutableName*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_DriverServiceExecutableName" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.DriverServiceExecutableName">
   DriverServiceExecutableName
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L150"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets the executable file name of the driver service.</p>
 </div>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public string? DriverServiceExecutableName { get; set; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_DriverServicePath_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.DriverServicePath*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_DriverServicePath" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.DriverServicePath">
   DriverServicePath
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L155"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets the path of the driver service.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public string? DriverServicePath { get; set; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_EnableProcessRedirection_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.EnableProcessRedirection*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_EnableProcessRedirection" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.EnableProcessRedirection">
   EnableProcessRedirection
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L179"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a value indicating whether process redirection is enforced regardless of other settings.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual bool EnableProcessRedirection { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_EnableProcessRedirection_remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>Set this property to <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool">true</a> to force all process output and error streams to
 be redirected, even if redirection is not required by default behavior. This can be useful in scenarios where
 capturing process output is necessary for logging or analysis.</p>
 </div>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_HasShutdown_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.HasShutdown*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_HasShutdown" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.HasShutdown">
   HasShutdown
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L171"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a value indicating whether the service has a shutdown API that can be called to terminate
 it gracefully before forcing a termination.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual bool HasShutdown { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_HideCommandPromptWindow_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.HideCommandPromptWindow*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_HideCommandPromptWindow" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.HideCommandPromptWindow">
   HideCommandPromptWindow
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L115"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets a value indicating whether the command prompt window of the service should be hidden.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public bool HideCommandPromptWindow { get; set; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_HostName_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.HostName*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_HostName" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.HostName">
   HostName
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L92"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets the host name of the service. Defaults to &quot;localhost.&quot;</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public string HostName { get; set; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.string">string</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h4 class="section" id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_HostName_remarks">Remarks</h4>
   <div class="markdown level1 remarks"><p>Most driver service executables do not allow connections from remote
 (non-local) machines. This property can be used as a workaround so
 that an IP address (like &quot;127.0.0.1&quot; or &quot;::1&quot;) can be used instead.</p>
 </div>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_InitializationTimeout_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.InitializationTimeout*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_InitializationTimeout" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.InitializationTimeout">
   InitializationTimeout
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L145"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets a value indicating the time to wait for an initial connection before timing out.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public TimeSpan InitializationTimeout { get; set; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.timespan">TimeSpan</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_IsInitialized_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.IsInitialized*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_IsInitialized" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.IsInitialized">
   IsInitialized
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L184"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a value indicating whether the service is responding to HTTP requests.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual bool IsInitialized { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_IsRunning_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.IsRunning*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_IsRunning" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.IsRunning">
   IsRunning
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L109"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a value indicating whether the service is running.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public bool IsRunning { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_Port_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.Port*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_Port" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.Port">
   Port
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L97"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets the port of the service.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public int Port { get; set; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_ProcessId_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.ProcessId*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_ProcessId" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.ProcessId">
   ProcessId
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L120"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the process ID of the running driver service executable. Returns 0 if the process is not running.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public int ProcessId { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.int32">int</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_ServiceUrl_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.ServiceUrl*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_ServiceUrl" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.ServiceUrl">
   ServiceUrl
   <a class="header-action link-secondary" title="View source" href="https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/blob/trunk/dotnet/src/webdriver/DriverService.cs/#L75"><i class="bi bi-code-slash"></i></a>
   </h3>

   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets the Uri of the service.</p>
 </div>
   <div class="markdown level1 conceptual"></div>

   <div class="codewrapper">
     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public Uri ServiceUrl { get; }</code></pre>
   </div>


   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.uri">Uri</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_SuppressInitialDiagnosticInformation_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.SuppressInitialDiagnosticInformation*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_SuppressInitialDiagnosticInformation" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.SuppressInitialDiagnosticInformation">
   SuppressInitialDiagnosticInformation
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets or sets a value indicating whether the initial diagnostic information is suppressed
 when starting the driver server executable. Defaults to <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool">false</a>, meaning
 diagnostic information should be shown by the driver server executable.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public bool SuppressInitialDiagnosticInformation { get; set; }</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_TerminationTimeout_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.TerminationTimeout*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_TerminationTimeout" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.TerminationTimeout">
   TerminationTimeout
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Gets a value indicating the time to wait for the service to terminate before forcing it to terminate.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual TimeSpan TerminationTimeout { get; }</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Property Value</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.timespan">TimeSpan</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h2 class="section" id="methods">Methods
 </h2>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_Dispose_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.Dispose*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_Dispose" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.Dispose">
   Dispose()
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Releases all resources associated with this <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.html">DriverService</a>.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public void Dispose()</code></pre>
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   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_Dispose_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.Dispose*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_Dispose_System_Boolean_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.Dispose(System.Boolean)">
   Dispose(bool)
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Releases all resources associated with this <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.html">DriverService</a>.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>disposing</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.boolean">bool</a></dt>
     <dd><p><a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool">true</a> if the Dispose method was explicitly called; otherwise, <a href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/builtin-types/bool">false</a>.</p>
 </dd>
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   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_GetDefaultDriverOptions_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.GetDefaultDriverOptions*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_GetDefaultDriverOptions" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.GetDefaultDriverOptions">
   GetDefaultDriverOptions()
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>The browser options instance that corresponds to the driver service</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected abstract DriverOptions GetDefaultDriverOptions()</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Returns</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverOptions.html">DriverOptions</a></dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_OnDriverProcessDataReceived_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.OnDriverProcessDataReceived*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_OnDriverProcessDataReceived_System_Object_System_Diagnostics_DataReceivedEventArgs_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.OnDriverProcessDataReceived(System.Object,System.Diagnostics.DataReceivedEventArgs)">
   OnDriverProcessDataReceived(object, DataReceivedEventArgs)
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Handles the output and error data received from the driver process.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual void OnDriverProcessDataReceived(object sender, DataReceivedEventArgs args)</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>sender</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.object">object</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The sender of the event.</p>
 </dd>
     <dt><code>args</code> <a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.diagnostics.datareceivedeventargs">DataReceivedEventArgs</a></dt>
     <dd><p>The data received event arguments.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


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   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_OnDriverProcessStarted_OpenQA_Selenium_DriverProcessStartedEventArgs_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.OnDriverProcessStarted(OpenQA.Selenium.DriverProcessStartedEventArgs)">
   OnDriverProcessStarted(DriverProcessStartedEventArgs)
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Raises the <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.html#OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_DriverProcessStarted">DriverProcessStarted</a> event.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual void OnDriverProcessStarted(DriverProcessStartedEventArgs eventArgs)</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>eventArgs</code> <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverProcessStartedEventArgs.html">DriverProcessStartedEventArgs</a></dt>
     <dd><p>A <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverProcessStartedEventArgs.html">DriverProcessStartedEventArgs</a> that contains the event data.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_OnDriverProcessStarting_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.OnDriverProcessStarting*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_OnDriverProcessStarting_OpenQA_Selenium_DriverProcessStartingEventArgs_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.OnDriverProcessStarting(OpenQA.Selenium.DriverProcessStartingEventArgs)">
   OnDriverProcessStarting(DriverProcessStartingEventArgs)
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Raises the <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.html#OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_DriverProcessStarting">DriverProcessStarting</a> event.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">protected virtual void OnDriverProcessStarting(DriverProcessStartingEventArgs eventArgs)</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Parameters</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><code>eventArgs</code> <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverProcessStartingEventArgs.html">DriverProcessStartingEventArgs</a></dt>
     <dd><p>A <a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverProcessStartingEventArgs.html">DriverProcessStartingEventArgs</a> that contains the event data.</p>
 </dd>
   </dl>


   <a id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_Start_" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.Start*"></a>

   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_Start" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.Start">
   Start()
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Starts the DriverService if it is not already running.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public void Start()</code></pre>
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   <h2 class="section" id="events">Events
 </h2>


   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_DriverProcessStarted" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.DriverProcessStarted">
   DriverProcessStarted
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Occurs when the driver process has completely started.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public event EventHandler&lt;DriverProcessStartedEventArgs&gt;? DriverProcessStarted</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Event Type</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.eventhandler-1">EventHandler</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverProcessStartedEventArgs.html">DriverProcessStartedEventArgs</a>&gt;</dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


   <h3 id="OpenQA_Selenium_DriverService_DriverProcessStarting" data-uid="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverService.DriverProcessStarting">
   DriverProcessStarting
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   <div class="markdown level1 summary"><p>Occurs when the driver process is starting.</p>
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     <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public event EventHandler&lt;DriverProcessStartingEventArgs&gt;? DriverProcessStarting</code></pre>
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   <h4 class="section">Event Type</h4>
   <dl class="parameters">
     <dt><a class="xref" href="https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/api/system.eventhandler-1">EventHandler</a>&lt;<a class="xref" href="OpenQA.Selenium.DriverProcessStartingEventArgs.html">DriverProcessStartingEventArgs</a>&gt;</dt>
     <dd></dd>
   </dl>


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