Overloading WinMain while using MFC

[ndholt]

The program I am trying to write will be started twice, the first time with a "-R", the next without. In WinMain, I need to trap the "registration" call to the program, and exit with a Task Id.

I have created the project with the MFC App Wizard, so how would I now override the WinMain function to test the Command Line Parameters?

All help appreciated.

Thanks

[CornedBee]

You can't override a already defined function.
I'd say put your stuff in CMyApp::InitInstance() and exit after you processed it - this way, no window is created.

[ndholt]

Thanks for that. Unfortunately, the Framework doesn't seem to pass the commandline argument out of WinMain, and I need to parse that to determine which action to take.

If the project wasn't using the communal WinMain I would edit the existing routine to add the additional code.

Development has not progressed so far that I couldn't scrap what I have done and start again, but my experience with VC++ goes as far as the App Wizards and the Class Wizard - hence the reason I started with the MFC App Wizard Exe. If you could offer any further suggestions they woud be most appreciated.

Thanks,

Nick

[CornedBee]

Your CWinApp object (the class of which InitInstance is a member) has a member named m_lpCommandLine. This is the command line.