Hi Im using VisualBasic6 and have the following to execute an external program and wait for it's execution: Dim wScr as Object Set wScr = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") Call wScr.Run("myprogram.exe", 1, true) "myprogram.exe" generates some output to a file, and also some error-messages in the console window (DOS). How do I capture this output? I want the program to be able to execute on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. Is there a good idéa to use "WScript.Shell"? Or should I call the external program in another way or anything that maybe makes it safer to be able to execute on the above systems? Regards Andreas

I do the same to run external console application and capture output to show it in log window(Code is in C# though)

wshShell = new WshShellClass();oExec = wshShell.Exec( cmdStr ); string Str = null; while ( oExec.Status == 0 ) { 	try { 		Str = oExec.StdOut.ReadLine(); 		// output Str string to wherever i'd like	} 	catch {} } 

Thanks, but Im coding in VisualBasic6.
(Not VB.Net)