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Re: Execute DOS application

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From: Bob Gonder
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 23:20
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Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote:
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>"George" <george@nospam.org> wrote in message
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>>    StartupInfo.hStdInput = reinterpret_cast <HANDLE> (STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
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>That is not the correct way to assign the STDIN handle.  If you man to use
>the standard handle, then you should be using GetStdHandle() instead:
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>    StartupInfo.hStdInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);

OTOH, since his original request was to process this

 dosprog.exe --parameter --test --test2 < file.txt

Wouldn't he open file.txt, and pass the handle in hStdInput ?
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