Advanced? Not Advanced? Anyone?

Okay here is what I want to achieve, I want to be able to write in DOS from my program that I am creating. I've execed it with:

Code:

Code:

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....
char szPath[] = "C:\\WINDOWS\\system32\\cmd.exe";
....
            {   
        HINSTANCE hRet = ShellExecute(
        HWND_DESKTOP, //Parent window
        "open",      //Operation to perform
        szPath,      //Path to program
        NULL,        //Parameters
        NULL,        //Default directory
        SW_SHOW);    //How to open
  }
....

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Now I want my program to enter commands in DOS or text or anything. Is this very complicated? Moderatly Complicated? Could someone help me?

By the way this is a crosspost from cpp-home.com because I just want to let both sets of regulars have a crack and my problem.

You'd be better off with CreateProcess and the plethora of options it offers to make this easier (giving you handles to the streams etc..)

Try this...I found it usefull when I wanted to control a console - http://www.codeproject.com/dialog/quickwin.asp

Are you referring to inter-process communication?

Check out MSDN.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...NoWebContent=1

Kuphryn

If I were you, I would consider just passing commands direct to the DOS progs and forget going through command/cmd. DOS is a shell (used to be pure until WinME?) and is an operating system. The DOS u use today is an emulator of the original. It called programs to run in memory upon user-based input or batches. Theres another idea...write a batch file and call it from your proggy...
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**scratch that, I thought you were only interested in passing to DOS. Do a CreateProc and get it over. Difficulty Rating: Low/Moderate