Application Arguements

Hi,
My intentions are to add command line switching. I am trying to see if i could run my application in varoius ways i.e.

App.exe -S - Start the application in XX Mode

app.exe -T30 - Start application with 30 second delay

and that kinda switching.

Thanks
Stuart

Thats not really a question - do you mean how would you do it?

http://www.devx.com/dotnet/Article/10115

Hi, Yeah i realise how i put it sorry for that, i am looking at how to do it.

Will look at the link.

Thanks

If you want to test your app with different command line arguments, you can do that in the IDE.

Go to Project -> YourApp Properties... -> Debug and enter them into the text box.

Hi, thanks for all of the replies. I have looked at the example in the link above but it is for a console application. is there a way of doing it for a windows application

Thanks
Stu

Yes, you can access the arguments using;

Code:

---

        'Test for arguments using
        Dim NumberOfArgs As Integer = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs.Length

        Dim MyApp As String = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs(0)
        Dim FirstArgument As String = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs(1)

---

The first argument is the command, which is the yourapplication.exe part.

The same applies in windows app as console app : the Command object allows access to command line parameters.

As Bulldog says above you can test this by setting them via the Debug tab of your projects properties page.

Hi, you guys are a great help

thanks