Redirect consol output from "DOS-windows" program 1

[Totte]

I have a programmer for PIC (WISP628) which works like a charm. The software to transfer the datas through the serial port is however running as a "DOS-application" (no GUI) and it's a bit tiresome as several parameters need to be set and the status needs to be shown.

I therefor plan to make a "front-end" for it and thought on how to transfer the printed text (printing while doing it's stuff) so it does not print on the "DOS-window" but rather send the text to my front-end.

One way is to redirect the output to a temp-file and later read that file, show the content and erase the file but it feels like a 2'nd grade solution.

So: is there a way to redirect messages from the console window (from a specific program) to "my program" and thus allowing me to work with that?

Totte
Keep making it perfect and it will end up broken.

 

[BuilderSpec]

Do you have the source code for the DOS program ? if not you could re-write the app so your windows program does the actual serial comms instead of the DOS one ?



Hope this helps!

Regards

BuilderSpec

 

[Totte]

It's available....but it's not my application. Well really it's not a DOS-program, it's just a text based without GUI but it's compiled to run under XP.

The thing is that it would be easier just to use the finished program with a applicable front-end than to alter the whole damn thing to run with a "proper" GUI-program. By making a front-end i can just download the new version of the program and continoue as nothing has happend.

But OK, until i have an answer or another possibility i will redirect the text to a file and check the return-value to determine if i have to show the contents or not.

Totte
Keep making it perfect and it will end up broken.

 

[2ffat]

You could use pipes just like you would with a text file except set up your program to accept pipes.



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[hennep]

Totte,

You probably "forgot" to search for the solution on the Micro$oft site

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/q190/3/51.asp&NoWebContent=1

 

[Totte]

Thanks man! I sorta avoid M$ but i have to port it to BCB6, now i know the question & answer, so it's really only to connect the dots in sequence.

Totte
Keep making it perfect and it will end up broken.