Dim sOut As System.IO.StreamReader

Dim sOut as streamreader

Public Class Form1

    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        Dim myProcess As Process = New Process()
        Dim s As String
        myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd.exe"
        myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = False
        myProcess.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = True
        myProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardInput = True
        myProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = True
        myProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardError = True
        myProcess.Start()
        Dim sIn As System.IO.StreamWriter = myProcess.StandardInput
        sIn.AutoFlush = True

        Dim sOut As System.IO.StreamReader = myProcess.StandardOutput
        Dim sErr As System.IO.StreamReader = myProcess.StandardError

        sIn.Write("ping.exe" & System.Environment.NewLine)
        sIn.Write("exit" & System.Environment.NewLine)
        s = sOut.ReadToEnd()
        If Not myProcess.HasExited Then
            myProcess.Kill()
        End If

        sIn.Close()
        sOut.Close()
        sErr.Close()
        myProcess.Close()
        MessageBox.Show(s)

    End Sub
End Class

Imports System.IO
//you can imports any namespaces here with the Imports keyword

Class Foo //could be module Foo 
//Random programming goes here
End Class

using System.IO;

class Foo{
//blah blah
}