while developing a small depacker shell, I encounter Probs with redirecting
output of a shell started DOS-App to a file. It seems imposible to get it
done with the following code:
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Private Sub btnZipTest_Click()
    Dim RetVal
    Dim i As Integer

    strUnzip = "pkunzip -t " & strArchivName & " >e:\hallo\report.txt"
     RetVal = Shell(strUnzip, 1)    ' Extract Files
    AppActivate RetVal, True

End Sub
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The code works so far, opens a shell and tests an archive with pkunzip, but
does not create a file "report.txt" in the chosen directory.
When opening a shell and typing "pkunzip -t test.zip >report.txt", the file
is created - why not while opening the Shell under VB?!

Anyone a better idea on how to get the output of pkunzip to a file, or
better - into a TextBox?

Any help appreciated!

If you want to use redirection of the console output, you
need to shell to the command processor:
      "c:\windows\command.com " or Environ$("comspec")

Or,  try writing a batch file and shelling that.

For the hat trick, if you want to get the <STDOUT> into
a text box then go here:
http://{*filter*}net.pair.com/    and download the "clipboarddos"
utilites. The program "clipcopy" will allow  redirection via pipe to
the clipboard. Then you can use the clipboard.settext method
from VB to fill the textbox.

HTH, Mark