unit CmdLine; interface uses Windows, ShellAPI, Forms; function GetDosOutput(CommandLine: string): string; implementation function GetDosOutput(CommandLine: string): string; var SA: TSecurityAttributes; SI: TStartupInfo; PI: TProcessInformation; StdOutPipeRead, StdOutPipeWrite: THandle; WasOK: Boolean; Buffer: array [0 .. 255] of AnsiChar; BytesRead: Cardinal; Handle: Boolean; begin Result := ''; with SA do begin nLength := SizeOf(SA); bInheritHandle := True; lpSecurityDescriptor := nil; end; CreatePipe(StdOutPipeRead, StdOutPipeWrite, @SA, 0); try with SI do begin FillChar(SI, SizeOf(SI), 0); cb := SizeOf(SI); dwFlags := STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW or STARTF_USESTDHANDLES; wShowWindow := SW_HIDE; hStdInput := GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE); // don't redirect stdin hStdOutput := StdOutPipeWrite; hStdError := StdOutPipeWrite; end; Handle := CreateProcess(nil, PChar('cmd /c ' + CommandLine), nil, nil, True, 0, nil, nil, SI, PI); CloseHandle(StdOutPipeWrite); if Handle then try repeat WasOK := ReadFile(StdOutPipeRead, Buffer, 255, BytesRead, nil); if BytesRead > 0 then begin Buffer[BytesRead] := #0; Writeln(Buffer); Result := Result + Buffer; end; Application.ProcessMessages; if Application.Terminated then Break; until not WasOK or (BytesRead = 0); WaitForSingleObject(PI.hProcess, INFINITE); finally CloseHandle(PI.hThread); CloseHandle(PI.hProcess); end; finally CloseHandle(StdOutPipeRead); end; end; end.