Executable options

[FrancisC]

I am trying to create an application the would respond to 'switches'. At run time if I run: 'MyApp /a' would execute something different from 'MyApp /b'.

Obviously, this can be done (an please forgive my lack of technical terms...), but I have no idea how.

Anybody knows ?

Thanks.

[Joacim Andersson]

If you use the Command function it will return all arguments passed to the application.

Private Sub Form_Load()
    Select Case LCase$(Command)
        Case "/a"
            'do whatever
        Case "/b"
            'do something else
    End Select
End Sub

Good luck!

[parksie]

That works until the end-user puts too many arguments on. You need to use Split() on Command, so that you get a list of all the arguments.

[FrancisC]

It works great ! Thanks...