Capturing "Route print"

try this code:

originally taken from here:
https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/10105267/Capturing-dos-output.html

after the button is clicked, you have the output of the command in c:\output.txt

unit Unit1;

interface

uses
  Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs, StdCtrls;

type
  TForm1 = class(TForm)
    Button1: TButton;
    procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
  private
    { Private-Deklarationen}
  public
    { Public-Deklarationen}
  end;

var
  Form1: TForm1;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}

type TRunThread = class(TThread)
  private
    processHandle : cardinal;
    processReady  : boolean;
    waitingThread : cardinal;
    procedure Execute; override;
  end;

procedure TRunThread.Execute;
begin
  WaitForSingleObject(processHandle,INFINITE);   // This call does not return, unless copy is stopped
  processReady:=true;                            // Set "processReady" flag for main thread
  PostThreadMessage(waitingThread,WM_NULL,0,0);  // Wake up main thread
                                                 // If you call Application.HandleMessage (see below) in the
                                                 // main thread, the main thread is sleeping the most time in
                                                 // winAPI "waitMessage". So we send a "dummy" message in order
                                                 // to let the main thread return from Application.HandleMessage
end;

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var si : TStartupInfo;
    pi : TProcessInformation;
begin
  caption:='start "route print"...';
  ZeroMemory(@si,sizeOf(si)); si.cb:=sizeOf(si);
  si.dwFlags:=STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW; si.wShowWindow:=SW_HIDE;
  if CreateProcess(nil,'cmd /c route print > c:\output.txt',nil,nil,false,0,nil,nil,si,pi) then begin
    caption:='"route print" started...';
    with TRunThread.Create(true) do         // create the thread object, but do not start it now...
      try
        processHandle:=pi.hProcess;         // tell the thread what process it has to watch
        processReady:=false;                // flag for the loop (see below)
        waitingThread:=GetCurrentThreadID;  // the current threadID for the wakeup message (see above)
        caption:='wait for "route print"...';
        Resume;                             // now all information is prepared; so let's start the thread
        repeat
          Application.HandleMessage;        // message loop
        until Application.Terminated or processReady;  // continue with normal program when either the
                                                       // started process has stopped or our program is closed
        caption:='"route print"...';
      finally Free end;
    CloseHandle(pi.hThread); CloseHandle(pi.hProcess); // Never forget to close handles...
    caption:='ready...';
  end else caption:='could not start "route print" command...';
end;

end.