VB in a DOS Batch file

[Mark Sreeves]

I am writing a fairly trival program which will run in a batch file (in a DOS window so vb run files are available)


How do I output text to the dos window(stdout) and is it possible to put errors to stderr?

Next, is it possible to seperate stdout and stderr in a batchfile like you can in a UNIX Shell Script



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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

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A BMW Group Company

[smalig]

You can redirect a standard output to the file and then read and display the output data from the Visual Basic application.

Write the .bat file

d:\test.bat
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dosapp.exe > d:\results.txt
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Call from VB

Shell ("d:\test.bat")

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[Mark Sreeves]

No, non, nein ....

That's not what I meant!

What I wanted to do was run a VB app in a batch file outputting to stdout (the dos window) so the output could then be re-directed.

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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

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A BMW Group Company

[DiGiTaIErRoR]

in the bat file put something like:
C:\MyProg.exe, stdout(where stdout is an operation the program will keep)
then in the prog put:

appactivate "ms-dos prompt"
sendkeys "keys sent to the DOS window"

Hope this helps!

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DiGiTaIErRoR

[Mark Sreeves]

Here is a C++ program

#include <iostream.h>
void main()
{

	cout << "Hello World" << endl;

}

When compiled and executed in a DOS window, "Hello World" is displayed on the command line.

How can I do the same in VB?




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Mark Sreeves
Analyst Programmer

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A BMW Group Company

[Clunietp]

This probably won't help, but what the hell
http://www.vb-world.net/articles/console/