Best way to read from powershell script?

[tcox8]

Hello,

Currently I am running a script that calls a powershell script. To read the results of that I am reading StdOut. I am parsing things accordingly but unfortunately it doesn't parse correctly all the time and I end up missing parts of the string or other problems. My question then is, what is the best results for reading what is returned when running a powershell script or something similar?

[water]

Example how I use PS to create a mailbox and write all messages from StdOut and StdErr to a log file:

$sCMD = "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -command . <command goes here>"
    $pid = Run($sCMD, @SystemDir, @SW_HIDE, $STDIN_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD + $STDERR_CHILD)
    StdinWrite($pid, @CRLF)
    StdinWrite($pid)
    ; Process STDOUT
    $sSTDOUT = ""
    While 1
        $sOutput = StdoutRead($pid)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
        If $sOutput <> "" Then $sSTDOUT = $sSTDOUT & @CRLF & $sOutput
    WEnd
    ; Process STDERR
    $sSTDERR = ""
    While 1
        $sOutput = StderrRead($pid)
        If @error Then ExitLoop
        If $sOutput <> "" Then $sSTDERR = $sSTDERR & @CRLF & $sOutput
    WEnd

 

[tcox8]

Thanks for the help! My problem was that I was attempting to process each line from StdoutRead as it was happening. What worked for me was to do like what is in the example in the help file (of course!) and use $sOutput &= StdoutRead($pid). Now I just parse the $sOuput after the While Loop. Problem solved!

[junkew]

Alternative to build a listener and make client in autoit

https://learn-powershell.net/2014/02/22/building-a-tcp-server-using-powershell/