capture output from dosbox

[hennep]

I want to start a dos program and use the output (both stdout and stderr) in a cbuilder program.
I have seen an example on the net somewhere but I cannot recall where it was.

thanks,

Hennie

 

[2ffat]

The easiest way to to use an editor to create your source code, then compile from the command line. For example, I wrote

#include <iostreams.h>

int main()
{
        cout << &quot;Hello, World&quot; << endl;
        return 0;
}

and saved this as hi.cpp. At the command line I typed

bcc32 hi

and it compiled. Again at the command line, I then ran the program. Of cource, you can include your favorite or necessary compiler options on the command line, use the resource file, or a make file, too. James P. Cottingham

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.

[tab][tab]Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.

 

[hennep]

I think we are talking about different things.

I want to spawn a dos program from within my cbuilder application and capture the output from the dos program.

I tried to run the program like this:

program.exe >output.txt

in the cbuilder application I can open the file output.txt and show it in a control on a form.

BUT, when the program uses both stdout and stderr only half the output is shown on the form.

What I need is some code to avoid the step of redirecting output to an intermediate file.

 

[2ffat]

Opps. I don't know if this is what you are looking for or not:

http://www.bridgespublishing.com/ar..._for_inter-process_communications__Part_1.htm

James P. Cottingham

When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it's longer than any hour. That's relativity.

[tab][tab]Albert Einstein explaining his Theory of Relativity to a group of journalists.

 

[hennep]

http://codeguru.earthweb.com/console/QuickWin.shtml

the QuickWin program does exactly what I want, but I am sure I have seen a a similar thing that was less complex

 

[hennep]

I found a sample that didn't seem to be too complicated. But, its witten in msvc and it does not compile in bcb5
Can somebody tell how to get this to work in a bcb project

http://www.codeguru.com/misc/redirect.shtml