Read output of command line child process MFC

[ktsangop]

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.

[Ancient Dragon]

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

[ktsangop]

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.