Binaryworld - WriteToStdOutput - Write to standard output stream ... [ VB -> Files & Folder ]

Option Explicit

Private Declare Function GetStdHandle Lib "kernel32" (ByVal nStdHandle As Long) _
  As Long
Private Declare Function WriteFile Lib "kernel32" (ByVal hFile As Long, _
  lpBuffer As Any, ByVal nNumberOfBytesToWrite As Long, _
  lpNumberOfBytesWritten As Long, lpOverlapped As Any) As Long

Private Const STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE = -11&

' write to standard output channel
'
' NOTE: this routine works only in compiled applications

Sub WriteToStdOutput(ByVal Text As String)
  Dim hStdOut As Long
  Dim ret As Long
  Dim bytesWritten As Long

  ' get the handle of standard output
  hStdOut = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE)

  ' write to standard output
  ret = WriteFile(hStdOut, ByVal Text, Len(Text), bytesWritten, ByVal 0&)

  ' deal with errors
  If ret = 0 Then
    Err.Raise 1001, , "Unable to write to standard output"
  ElseIf bytesWritten < Len(Text) Then
    Err.Raise 1002, , "Incomplete write operation"
  End If
End Sub