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Get outout info from dos command

I'm running a dos script which runs an exe and passes in several parameters like so:

export.exe outputvideo camera1 file1

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The out put on the dos command window is

Export Success or
Error video found!!

I need to know when it fails to retrieve video so I can log it.

How am I able to detect that the output is e.g. "Error video found"??

I have tried printing out the ERRORLEVEL but it is always 0.

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Bill Bach

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Wanting2LearnMan

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Thanks BillBach,

I have tested it and find that it's not finding a string that I want.
For example when I run the exe like so:

cbe.exe export-video %1 %time1% %time2% %2.ps
echo errorLevel: %ERRORLEVEL%

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and it runs successfully the following is output:

export-video CAM:8 FROM:2012-09-20:15:11:27 TO:2012-09-20:15:11:28 FILE:10SecsAg
o.ps
Connected to IP:192.168.1.13 on Port:22609
Login Successful
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errorLevel: 0

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But when I run it again this time looking for "Login Succesful" (as a test)

cbe.exe export-video %1 %time1% %time2% %2.ps | FIND "Login Successful"
echo errorLevel: %ERRORLEVEL%

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The following is the output:

Login Successful
errorLevel: 0

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Do you know why the | FIND isn't working???

Thanks

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Wanting2LearnMan

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Thanks I'll get to it,

So why is the following text not displayed when I use the | FIND??

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Thanks

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Wanting2LearnMan

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re: Where does CBE.EXE come from, is it something I can download and try?
This is an internal exe that uses our own libraries so I'm sorry I cannot upload it.

Thanks

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