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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 18:14:42 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: Joshua Brown <hsoj AT geocities DOT com>
CC: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: AspExec, stdio and dos apps
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Joshua Brown wrote:
> 
> I am trying to get the output of a dos app into a string within an
> active server page.  I have the AspExec component, but it relies upon
> the app using "stdio" for its output to be able to grab the string.  The
> app I am using does not apparently use stdio, because the string it
> returns is always empty.  Is there a way I can work around this?  Is
> there a shell app that I can invoke that will turn the output into an
> stdio string?  Any help would be appreciated.

Because of the cross-post, I assume your app is done with DJGPP.

I've heard it said that some (Microsoft) servers require that their
scripts be Windows apps, and DJGPP apps normally are not.  You may be
able to use RSXNTDJ to create a Windows console app; see FAQ section
3.6.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com