Question Capturing text from cmd.exe

[WG1]

How can I capture text from cmd.exe window? Tried GetWindowText, but this only returns the title.

 

[jmcilhinney]

Did you open it yourself?

 

[WG1]

Did you open it yourself?

Used process start and can get text if standard output is redirected, however can't interact with cmd.exe afterwards. In a nutshell, need to enter a command, wait for response, then enter another command based on response. Cmd.exe is executing an external app.

 

[JohnH]

To enter command you can redirect standard input. ProcessStartInfo.RedirectStandardInput Property (System.Diagnostics)

Cmd.exe is executing an external app.

Perhaps you should start that instead of through cmd.exe.

 

[WG1]

Perhaps you should start that instead of through cmd.exe.

External app is executed by cmd.exe only.

 

[jmcilhinney]

Automate Command Prompt Window (CMD), Redirect Output to Application [2003/2005]

 

[JohnH]

External app is executed by cmd.exe only.

You're saying it's an internal command of the cmd.exe shell, such as DIR etc? Any standalone .exe you can start directly with Process.