Capture DOS output after CreateProcess

[davidsc]

I want to run the CreateProcess method in a console session in which I can do some subsequent processing to capture response output coming from a remote computer that is generated after the process I have run using CreateProcess has completed.

The output that follows my CreateProcess command cannot be piped so somehow after my initial command has been completed I would like to capture the output that I see in the console window when I run the process via a batch file.

Are there some special parameter settings I should use for calling CreateProcess in this instance? What could I use to capture the response output? At the moment only ReadConsoleOutput looks useful to me.

[pclement]

You might want to see if the following example helps:

http://vb.mvps.org/samples/project.asp?id=console

[davidsc]

The Console example that you have pointed me to is a totally independent solution as far as I can see. I am needing to get this functionality of which I have spoken into an existing ActiveX component so am uncertain if this example will help but I will take a look at it and see.

[davidsc]

I believe the method I should be using is ReadConsoleOutput. The Karl Peterson example you have pointed me to makes no use of this API at all.

[pclement]

Are you sure you don't need to use ReadConsoleOutputCharacter instead?

http://searchvb.techtarget.com/tip/1...my=%2Fpr%2F4f0