Thanks, Sly
Piping console output to a variable is a very useful approach to my
problem. Printing this output in a window opened for this purpose then
become just one option among many.
Paule
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Borland's Delphi Discussion List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: Executing an external command
> Paule Ecimovic wrote:
>> Could the console window be treated as any other window in an MDI
>> application? I would like to run the output of a DOS command prompt
>> application in one window of a multi-window/multi-dialog-box application.
>> Can a console window be declared in an MDI application as one of the
>> windows
>> or a dialog?
>
> This may help. It shows how to run an external command and get the
> output back in a string. You then display this string however you want.
> No need to create a console window.
>
> http://www.elists.org/pipermail/delphi/2003-November/024712.html
>
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> Sly
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