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Listing 4: Example of how to use PipedProcess

BOOL RunYourProgExeAndMakeSelect(CString CommandLine,
                                 CString Command)
{

CString Response, tmpString;

CPipedProcess* RunProc = new CPipedProcess();
if(!RunProc -> CreateProc(CommandLine) {
 delete RunProc;
 return FALSE;
}

Command += "\r\n";

if(0 == (RunProc -> ProcessCommand(Command, Response))){ 
YourView -> MessageBox("Unable to process a command", 
                          "Command processing error",
                          MB_ICONEXCLAMATION | MB_OK);
 return FALSE;
}  

//we need to read from pipe until "*****" appears

while( -1 == Response.Find("*****")) {
tmpString.Empty();
 RunProc -> ReadFromPipe(tmpString);
 Response += tmpString;
}

RunProc -> CloseChildProcess();
delete RunProc;
}
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