function RunWaitAndCaptureOutput(CommandLine: string; var Output: string): DWord;
const BufSize = 1024;
var
  buf : array[0..BufSize - 1] of char;

  si : STARTUPINFO;
  sa : SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES;
  sd : SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR; //security information for pipes
  pi : PROCESS_INFORMATION;

  // newstdin,
  newstdout,
    read_stdout : THandle;
  // write_stdin:THandle; //pipe handles

  bytes_read : cardinal;
  bytes_available : cardinal;

  procedure ZeroBuffer;
  begin
    FillChar(Buf, SizeOf(Buf), 0);
  end;

  procedure RaiseError(str: string);
  var n : DWord;
  begin
    n := GetLastError;
    raise EReadError.CreateFmt('%s: %d/0x%x -%s', [Str, n, n, SysErrorMessage(n)]);
    //raise ERedirectorError.CreateFmt('%s: %d/0x%x -%s',[Str,n,n,SysErrorMessage(n)]);
  end;

  procedure GetData;
  begin

    PeekNamedPipe(read_stdout, @buf, BufSize - 1, @bytes_read, @bytes_available, nil);

    //check to see if there is any data to read from stdout
    if (bytes_read <> 0) then
      begin
        ZeroBuffer;
        if (bytes_available > BufSize - 1)
          then
          while (bytes_read >= BufSize - 1) do
            begin
              ReadFile(read_stdout, buf, BufSize - 1, bytes_read, nil); //read the stdout pipe
              Output := Output + Buf;
              ZeroBuffer;
            end
        else
          begin
            ReadFile(read_stdout, buf, BufSize - 1, bytes_read, nil);
            Output := Output + Buf;
          end;
      end;
  end;

begin
  Output := '';
  Result := 255; // indicate some error

  if IsWindowsNT then //initialize security descriptor (Windows NT)
    begin
      InitializeSecurityDescriptor(@sd, SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR_REVISION);
      SetSecurityDescriptorDacl(@sd, true, nil, False);
      sa.lpSecurityDescriptor := @sd;
    end
  else
    sa.lpSecurityDescriptor := nil;

  sa.nLength := sizeof(SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES);
  sa.bInheritHandle := true; //allow inheritable handles

  (*
  if not(CreatePipe(newstdin,write_stdin,@sa,0))  //create stdin pipe
    then RaiseError('CreatePipe');
  *)

  if not (CreatePipe(read_stdout, newstdout, @sa, 0)) then
    begin
      // CloseHandle(newstdin);
      // CloseHandle(write_stdin);
      RaiseError('CreatePipe');
    end;

  GetStartupInfo(si); //set startupinfo for the spawned process

  {
  The dwFlags member tells CreateProcess how to make the process.
  STARTF_USESTDHANDLES validates the hStd* members. STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
  validates the wShowWindow member.
  }

  si.dwFlags := STARTF_USESTDHANDLES or STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
  si.wShowWindow := SW_HIDE;
  si.hStdOutput := newstdout;
  si.hStdError := newstdout; //set the new handles for the child process
  // si.hStdInput:=newstdin;

  //spawn the child process
  if not (CreateProcess(nil, PChar(CommandLine), nil, nil, TRUE, CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,
    nil, nil, si, pi))
    then
    begin
        // CloseHandle(newstdin);
      CloseHandle(newstdout);
      CloseHandle(read_stdout);
        // CloseHandle(write_stdin);
      RaiseError('CreateProcess');
    end;

  ZeroBuffer;
  while True do
    begin
      GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, Result); //while the process is running
      if (Result <> STILL_ACTIVE) then break;

      GetData;
    end;

  GetData;

  CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
  CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);

  // CloseHandle(newstdin); //clean stuff up
  CloseHandle(newstdout);
  CloseHandle(read_stdout);
  // CloseHandle(write_stdin);
end;