How to Send key to a console that has no Windows with RedirectStandardOutput enabled?

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Hi, I want to know how to Send key to console that has no Windows with RedirectStandardOutput enabled?
Thanks.

Edit : ( the console I'm using support Input method )
The reason is that I'm making a GUI application that run a console application
and fetch it's output in real-time, and that console support input method ( like pressing P to pause\resume, C to cancel )
If I set the process windows to hidden it does not work, so I used CreateNoWindows to hide it, but unfortunately I cannot send any key to the console application when CreateNoWindows enabled.

Posted 4-Dec-15 23:00pm

Leecherman

Updated 5-Dec-15 3:31am

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Dec-15 5:52am

Why? It does not seem to make any sense.
—SA

Leecherman 5-Dec-15 6:48am

I'm making a GUI application that run a console application
and fetch it's output in real-time, and that console support input method ( like pressing 'P' to pause\resume, 'C' to cancel )
If I set the process windows to hidden it doesn't work, so I used CreateNoWindows to hide it, but unfortunately I cannot send any key to the console application when CreateNoWindows enabled.

phil.o 5-Dec-15 12:32pm

You create a console just to be able to respond to key strokes?

Leecherman 5-Dec-15 14:19pm

I'm using a 3rd party console, not created by me...
and I want to read it's output in real-time and also i want to send keys to it!

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 5-Dec-15 18:54pm

You did not answer my question: why?
—SA

Leecherman 6-Dec-15 4:36am

hmmm, I answered it in my first reply...

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Dec-15 11:53am

That's the whole point. No you did not. When I ask "why" I mean something very different. Not what you think what you have to do. The ultimate goal. Why your application runs a console application, what they do, and so on.
—SA

Leecherman 6-Dec-15 17:19pm

Now I see your point, I designing the GUI for
easy doing a batch sfv\md5 verification\creation using the console application...
and as i mentioned before, the console application is a 3rd party.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 6-Dec-15 21:55pm

I see nothing which would requires so tricky and actually abusive technique as input emulation. But even if you really need it, I can tell you one thing: SendKeys is quite useless.
—SA

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Dave Kreskowiak · Answer 1 · 2015-12-05T10:40:00

Solution 1

Ummm...I may be touching on the obvious, but since you redirected StandardOutput, did you also redirect StandardInput as well? All you have to do is Write the input you want.

Posted 5-Dec-15 10:40am

Dave Kreskowiak