How do I read the standard output from a child process in VB6?

Question

When creating a process in VB6 (related to this question:), I'm using the following struct:

Private Type STARTUPINFO
      cb As Long
      lpReserved As String
      lpDesktop As String
      lpTitle As String
      dwX As Long
      dwY As Long
      dwXSize As Long
      dwYSize As Long
      dwXCountChars As Long
      dwYCountChars As Long
      dwFillAttribute As Long
      dwFlags As Long
      wShowWindow As Integer
      cbReserved2 As Integer
      lpReserved2 As Long
      hStdInput As Long
      hStdOutput As Long
      hStdError As Long
   End Type

Before I start my process, what needs to happen to STARTUPINFO.hStdOutput in order for my VB6 app to read the output of my hosted process?

Thanks!!

Answer 1

Microsoft gives here an example on how to do it.

Answer 2

See AttachConsole(ATTACH_PARENT_PROCESS)

Answer 3

Following up this other question by the OP, I post an alternative method to execute a command and get hold of stdout:

' References: "Windows Script Host Shell Object Model" '

Public Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" Alias "Sleep" ( _
  ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)

Function ExecuteCommand(cmd As String, ExpectedResult as Long) As String
  Dim shell As New IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshShell
  Dim exec As IWshRuntimeLibrary.WshExec

  Set exec = shell.Exec(cmd)
  While exec.Status = 0
     Sleep 100
  Wend

  If exec.ExitCode = ExpectedResult Then
    ExecuteCommand = exec.StdOut.ReadAll
  Else
    ExecuteCommand = vbNullString     ' or whatever '
  End
End Function