I need my vb application to read the text displayed in a DOS window. The DOS window is created and owned by another non-vb application. I can retrieve the DOS window's handle and have tried using the api function GetWindowText and the Sendmessage function (with the WM_GETTEXT parameter) but these functions just access the window's title. <br><br>I would appreciate any help with this.<br><br>Thanks.
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How can I get my application to read the output from a DOS window.
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You can do this if the other VB app creates a console window (see the Console FAQ in the VB general discussion). If the other VB app simply shells to command.com, the only way I know to do this is using a TSR that writes the contents of video memory (hB800...) to a file that can be read by the VB app. Implementation is well beyond the scope of this forum. <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= plain black box</a><br>
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