actually, re-reading your post (and knowing nothing about the app you`re trying to direct) i have to say its probably not possible; at least, not if the app itself doesnt let you do it...in that case no VB program will help you (well, unless you write something to grab the window, and OCR the text into an ascii file or something).

I`ve got a similar sort of a problem at the mo - a .exe i run wants user input...i just want it to do the work and quit with no user intervention...i`ve given up on that... perhaps its time for you to find a different program to do the same thing, or write one yourself, if possible. Is there definately not an option in the program itself to do this ? (try /h /? -h -? etc to get help from it).

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