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Hi

looking at the test scripts Georg Mischler provided it seems the code is
failing
to pass on the standard handles to the created process. The following
method works:

file runproc.py
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'''runproc.py

start a process with three inherited pipes.
Try to write to and read from those.
'''

import win32api
import win32pipe
import win32file
import win32process
import win32security
import win32event
import os

#Constants for stdandard handles
STD_ERR_HANDLE=-12
STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE=-11
STD_INPUT_HANDLE=-10

class Process:
def run(self, cmdline):

# security attributes for pipes
sAttrs = win32security.SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES()
sAttrs.bInheritHandle = 1

# create pipes
hStdin_r,self.hStdin_w=win32pipe.CreatePipe(sAttrs, 0)
self.hStdout_r,hStdout_w=win32pipe.CreatePipe(sAttrs,0)
self.hStderr_r,hStderr_w=win32pipe.CreatePipe(sAttrs, 0)

#associate Standard output to previously open handle
win32api.SetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE,hStdout_w)

# set the info structure for the new process.
StartupInfo = win32process.STARTUPINFO()

# start the process.
hProcess, hThread, dwPid, dwTid=win32process.CreateProcess(
None, #program
cmdline,# command line
sAttrs, # process security attributes
sAttrs, # thread attributes
1, # inherit handles,
win32process.NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
None, # no new environment
None, # current directory (stay where we are)
StartupInfo)
# normally, we would save the pid etc. here...


res, str = win32file.ReadFile(self.hStdout_r,100)
if res == 0: print 'read:', str
else: 'read nothing.'


if __name__ == '__main__':
p = Process()
p.run('..\\python.exe testpipe.py')
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end of runproc.py

file testpipe.py - explicit assignement of standard handles
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import win32api
import win32file

STD_ERR_HANDLE=-12
STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE=-11
STD_INPUT_HANDLE=-10

std_in=win32api.GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE)
std_err=win32api.GetStdHandle(STD_ERR_HANDLE)
std_out=win32api.GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)

win32file.WriteFile(std_out, 'this method works....')

end of testpipe.py
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file testpipe1.py implicit standard handles
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print "this method works as well..."

end of testpipe1.py
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Cheers

Florent Heyworth