Application Arguements

[01hanstu]

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

[keystone_paul]

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

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

[01hanstu]

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

[Bulldog]

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.

[01hanstu]

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

[Bulldog]

Yes, you can access the arguments using;

        '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.

[keystone_paul]

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.

[01hanstu]

Hi, you guys are a great help

thanks