Launch a Process with the WshShell Exec Method

Function ExecCommandLine (ByVal MyCmd,ByVal TimeOut)
  'Execute MyCmd and return the content of the std output stream.
  'The process is terminated if it exceed TimeOut in seconds (approximation)
  'Timeout is effective only if greater then zero.
  Dim WSHShell,Process,LoopCount,ReturnValue
  Set WSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
  Set Process = WSHShell.Exec("cmd /c " & MyCmd)
  LoopCount = 0
  Do 'Control loop
    wscript.Sleep 100
   If TimeOut > 0 Then LoopCount = LoopCount + 1
  Loop Until (Process.Status <> 0) Or (LoopCount > TimeOut * 10)
  If Process.Status = 0 Then 'Timeout occured
    Process.Terminate 
    ReturnValue = "[Process terminated after timeout!]" & VbCrLf 
  Else
    ReturnValue = "[Process completed]" & VbCrLf  
  End If
  ExecCommandLine = ReturnValue &  Process.StdOut.ReadAll
  Set WSHShell = Nothing
  Set Process = Nothing
End Function