Read output of command line child process MFC

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ktsangop 23 Junior Poster in Training

13 Years Ago

Can anyone please give me a guideline on how to code the following?

I have an MFC application which should call on a timer basis a python script from command line and read the ouput of that command line.

I thought of using CreateProcess, but i have no clue of how am i going to read the output of the python script which is sent to the command line buffer.

Is there any standard way of doing this?

Thanks in advance.

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Ancient Dragon 5,243 Achieved Level 70

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I think pipes will work for you. Here are a few links you might want to read.

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ktsangop 23 Junior Poster in Training · Answer 1 · 2011-03-09T15:41:17+00:00

Thanks!
As always using the right keyword in a google search can do magic!

I've found a nice function that executes a command line and returns the output to a CString using CreateProcess and pipes.

Link:
http://snipplr.com/view/35935/mfc-run-command-such-as-ping-127001-and-get-stdout-in-a-cstring/

Credits to the author.