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Re: Redirecting input and output from a console

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Jul 04, 2005
• 649 views

Abram Ring wrote:
> 
> 
> I am creating a GUI interface for a Latin Dictionary programmed in Ada.  Since
> I don't
> know Ada, I want to use the compiled EXE of the dictionary program.
> My program currently allows the user to select words in a Latin text to look
> up and
> then calls the dictionary in a console window.  This creates two problems
> which I would
> like to address:
> 1) The black background and default font of the console window do not mesh
> with the
> smoother Richtext window I load the Latin text in.  2) The dictionary has to
> be reloaded
> for every word by calling "words.exe wordtolookup".
> I would like to be able to load the dictionary in the background and have the
> dictionary
> output redirected into a message box or (even better) richtext box, and it
> would also
> be nice to be able to redirect input for the console.
> Then I could just have the dictionary running and simulate keyboard entry to
> look up
> a word rather than reloading it from the command line each time.
> 
> Any help with redirecting would be appreciated; I am using Euph 2.5 and
> win32lib.
> 
> 
> Abram Ring
> 

Hi there,

Does the exe you are now working with allow say this:

  Lookup.exe "chair"

(and then display the result in the console) ?

Or, better yet, is the exe written in Euphoria where the input/output
methods can be changed to suite and then re-bind'ed ?


Take care,
Al

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