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its most likely a protection of the password entry.
   you do not need to use the Io Stream to collect keyboard data.
  try looking at the keybd_event. look that up in the WIn32 Help.


Murray McCulloch wrote:
> I'm trying to control CVS from a GUI application. I have no trouble
> executing cvs.exe and collecting its output, but I've had no luck
> trying to send input to it when it prompts for a password (cvs logon
> command).
> 
> I'm creating a pipe and setting the hStdInput field of TStartupInfo to
> the read end before I create the process. Same thing with hStdOut and
> hStdIn (using a second pipe of course). Peeking at the stdout pipe, I
> see CVS's password prompt. But when I try to write to the stdin pipe,
> I get an invalid handle error. I've tried WriteFile(), WriteConsole()
> and WriteConsoleInput().
> 
> Another hint that something is wrong is that the CVS process seems to
> run away - CPU goes to 100% and the process doesn't end until I kill
> it. It's no surprise that it doesn't end, since it's waiting for
> input, but why the 100% CPU time?
> 
> I thought this might be something to do with the cvs.exe itself -- I
> read somewhere that not all programs are written in a way that they
> will allow you to redirect standard input. So I tried to write a
> simple console app of my own to test the theory, but I couldn't even
> get my own app to redirect output, let alone input. (It was a simple
> writeln/readln thing -- I guess I needed to do more?)
> 
> I've read tons of threads about redirecting output and input of
> console programs and tried everything I've read, but I cannot get
> cvs.exe to accept my input. If anyone has any thoughts about what I
> might be doing wrong, or happens to know if CVS just won't allow this
> (and if so, is there a work-around?), your replies would be greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> I've had the same results from both CVSNT and the bona fide CVS Win32
> binary.
> 
> Cheers,
> MM

Thank you Jamie, that worked. :)

MM

Jamie <jamie_5_not_valid_after_5@charter.net> wrote in message news:<100sarbqjm7sv80@corp.supernews.com>...
> its most likely a protection of the password entry.
>    you do not need to use the Io Stream to collect keyboard data.
>   try looking at the keybd_event. look that up in the WIn32 Help.