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Re: Open cmd.exe from shortcut, execute command

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From: vortic
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 06:14
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"Remy Lebeau (TeamB)" <no.spam@no.spam.com> wrote in message >
> "vortic" >> I open Cmd.exe instead of the app directly, as I like to run 
> it through
>> a command window because the app auto closes and I like to look
>> at the output.
>
> If you use CreateProcess() to run the console application directly, you 
> can
> capture the output and display it in your own program.  CreateProcess()
> allows you to assign your own handles for STDIN/STDOUT/STDERR.  So your
> program could use CreatePipe() to create handles for STDOUT and STDERR, 
> and
> then use ReadFile() to receive any data the console application outputs.
>

Perfect. This is exactly what I really want anyway. I'll give this a  shot.

Thanks Remy 
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