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Subject: Question to Windows programmers

Author: F. Huber

Date: 14:10:35 06/28/04


Hello experts,

I´ve now implemented an auto-search mode in PopeyeUCI, which is looking for
the shortest solution in a loop (starting with mate in 1).
It is already working without any problems, but one thing is bothering me:
In this loop PopeyeUCI is calling the console application ´Py.exe´ for
each iteration, and so everytime a new console window is appearing (which
shows the search progress of Popeye) - and that doesn´t really look good!

So I would prefer another method:
I would like to open a window (preferable NOT a console window is possible!)
BEFORE this loop, then starting the loop calling ´Py.exe´ (in a hidden status),
and this console progam should show its output in the previously opened window -
IOW all standard output of each iteration of ´Py.exe´ should be re-directed to
this single window and be displayed there!

Although I´ve almost tried every Windows procedure that I´ve found in the
WinAPI help (which might be able to solve this problem), I was not successful
yet - but I´m not really a Windows programmer.

So I hope, that anyone here can help me and give me a solution for this problem.
My programming language is ´Borland Delphi´, but I would probably also
understand
a solution in ´C´ (since the WinAPI calls are almost the same).
But it should be a quite detailed description - a simple "use CreateProcess or
CreateWindow..." would not be sufficient for me, because that´s what I´ve
tried already in the last two days ...

Best regards,
Franz.



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