I have an executable that I have been running like so

$num = `$prog_path/prog.exe $srvname $state $fault`

The prog.exe returns a number that I want to catch in $num.
I would like to use Win32::Process::Create. The reason is that I would like to utilise the $ProcessObj->Wait($timeout) feature and kill the process if it times out. My problem... I have no idea how to get the number that the prog.exe returns back to $num.
This is what I have tried.

$num = Win32::Process::Create($ProcessObj, $prog_path/prog.exe, prog $
+srvname $state $fault,0,DETACHED_PROCESS);

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The above code WITHOUT the $num = runs the program as a seperate process, but I need the number that is returned...

any ideas..?

Many Thanks
Sean
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In reply to Win32 Process Output by AcidHawk

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