Question

I am using gnokii to send out SMSes.

My VB Codes:

Dim xCmd As String
xCmd = "cmd.exe /c echo msgcontent "| c:\gnokii\gnokii.exe --sendsms 12345678"
Shell(xCmd)

Points to note:

1. I did try to redirect the output to a .txt file but the .txt file appears to be empty. Besides, the program may have to send out multiple SMSes every second, so creating a .txt is not feasible.

2. Process.Start() is not feasible because I have to check if gnokii.exe is running.

3. I need the output to check if the SMS is sent successfully.

4. I tried using (codes below), but it didn’t work either; no output was shown.

   Function exe(ByVal fileName, ByVal args)

   Dim p As Process = New Process
   Dim output As String
   
   With p
       .StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
       .StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
       .StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
       .StartInfo.FileName = fileName
       .StartInfo.Arguments = args
       .Start()
       output = .StandardOutput.ReadToEnd
   End With
   
   Return output
   

   End Function

Answer 1

To send output to a .txt file, (the best solution I can find)

REPLACE

xCmd = "cmd.exe /c echo msgcontent "| c:\gnokii\gnokii.exe --sendsms 12345678 > file.txt"

WITH

xCmd = "cmd.exe /c echo msgcontent "| c:\gnokii\gnokii.exe --sendsms 12345678 2> file.txt"