The original post by Jaric yesterday is as follows:

Communicating with DOS window

Is there some way that I can communicate with a dos window? I can send instructions to it via AppActivation & SendKey, but I would like to know if it is possible to obtain the response the command gets. For example. Say I send the command 'm' for make file. Now the DOS will ask for a file name. How do I obtain that that is what it wants off of that line. Any pointers in the right direction would be wonderful. Thank you in advance.

I am very much interested in information on this topic. Thanks
Boothman