I'd like to do something like retText = wshShell.run("ping xyz.com"), with
the output of the job returned, not the return code.

My program is currently redirecting the output to a text file, and then
reading the text file. Is there a better way?

BTW... Do you know if it's possible to do this on a web page? This is for an
intranet, so security isn't a problem.

You can use any COM object inside IE hosted script provided you want to deal with the hassles of the
IE enforced security model regarding "unsafe ActiveX...". Whether the user allows this is strictly
up to them. There is no way to do this silently without some prior acknowledgement and permission
from the end user.  Even the lowest "canned" security settings prompt for use of unsafe components.

Or you can simply use HTAs instead - as simple as saving the file with .hta instead of .htm as the
extension. .hta files are hosted by mshta.exe rather than iexplore.exe, and have a security model
comparable to a conventional Windows desktop application. Of course accepting and executing an HTA
is also up to the end user...

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Michael Harris
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