StderrRead reads nothing until application close

[ghetek]

Hey guys, I am trying to automate the process of connecting to the Tor network. Currently they do use a nice GUI called Vidalia but I want to customize and simplify the process. Currently I am working with 2 executables, tor.exe and polipo.exe. Tor was super easy to tap into, just a stdoutread. Unfortunately Polipo would not give anything on the out stream and I had to use StdErr.

The problem

For some reason, while tor easily goes from stream to console, I only get output from Polipo after it has closed. The StdErr stream returns nothing while the application is open and then spits out everything as soon as it closes. has anybody else run into this problem when reading from a console? I have attached my current script but it is still in its infancy stages.

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#include <File.au3>
#include <Constants.au3>
OnAutoItExitRegister("ToolCleanup")
Global $ConnectionState = 0
Global $Hnd_Tor, $Hnd_Polipo, _
  $TorConsole, $PolipoConsole, _
  $Dir_Tor = @ScriptDir & "\Tor", _
  $DirPolipo = @ScriptDir & "\Polipo", _
  $Exe_Tor = $Dir_Tor & "\tor.exe", _
  $Conf_Tor = $Dir_Tor & "\torrc", _
  $Exe_Polipo = $DirPolipo & "\polipo.exe", _
  $Conf_Polipo = $DirPolipo & "\polipo.conf"
TorConfig($Conf_Tor)
While 1
Switch $ConnectionState
  Case 0
   $Hnd_Tor = RunTor($Exe_Tor, $Conf_Tor)
   If $Hnd_Tor <> 0 Then
    $ConnectionState = 1
    ConsoleWrite("Connection State 1 (Tor PID:" & $Hnd_Tor & ")" & @CRLF)
   EndIf
  Case 1
   If StringInStr($TorConsole, "Bootstrapped 100%", 2) Then
    $Hnd_Polipo = RunPolipo($Exe_Polipo, $Conf_Polipo)
    If $Hnd_Polipo <> 0 Then
     $ConnectionState = 2
     ConsoleWrite("Connection State 2 (Polipo PID:" & $Hnd_Polipo & ")" & @CRLF)
    EndIf
   EndIf
EndSwitch
$PolipoConsole = StdErrRead($Hnd_Polipo)
$TorConsole = StdoutRead($Hnd_Tor)
ConsoleWrite($TorConsole)
ConsoleWrite($PolipoConsole)
WEnd
Func RunTor($Exe, $Conf)
Do
  ProcessClose("tor.exe")
Until ProcessExists("Tor.exe") = 0
$hTor = Run('"' & $Exe_Tor & '" -f "' & $Conf_Tor & '"', "", @SW_SHOW, $STDERR_CHILD + $STDOUT_CHILD)
Return $hTor
EndFunc   ;==>RunTor
Func TorConfig($Conf)
Local $aTorConf
_FileReadToArray($Conf, $aTorConf)
For $i = 1 To $aTorConf[0]
  If StringInStr($aTorConf[$i], "DataDirectory", 2) = 1 Then
   $aTorConf[$i] = "DataDirectory " & @ScriptDir & "\Tor\data"
  EndIf
Next
_FileWriteFromArray($Conf, $aTorConf, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>TorConfig
Func RunPolipo($Exe_Polipo, $Conf_Polipo)
Do
  ProcessClose("polipo.exe")
Until ProcessExists("polipo.exe") = 0
$hPolipo = Run('"' & $Exe_Polipo & '" -c "' & $Conf_Polipo & '" ', "", @SW_SHOW, $STDIN_CHILD + $STDERR_CHILD)
Return $hPolipo
EndFunc   ;==>RunPolipo
Func ToolCleanup()
Do
  ProcessClose("polipo.exe")
Until ProcessExists("polipo.exe") = 0
Do
  ProcessClose("tor.exe")
Until ProcessExists("Tor.exe") = 0
EndFunc   ;==>ToolCleanup

Here is a link to someone else with this issue (unresolved)