Simple Visual Basic Question

[TiziteLayinLow]

i want to be able to run like "project1.exe -15".. just run the exe with a parameter like in DOS can this be accomplished in VB and if so how? ive never tried this before so i dont know how to do it..

any help is appreciated

 

[AtTheGates]

Command$ in your main will return a string with the aruguments.

 

[TiziteLayinLow]

sorry man im kinda new to vb.. can you elaburate? (sp?)

 

[Ichinisan]

Originally posted by: TiziteLayinLow
...elaborate? (sp?)

Assuming that you are using VB6; MsgBox Command$ will show you the entire command that launched the current running process. It is a string, so you'll have to use standard string functions to seperate the parameters and parse them individually. I recommend using chr(32) (space), "/", and "-" as delimiters for command switches. That "$" is a remnant of ancient BASIC compilers which required such names to identify string variables.

 

[AtTheGates]

Here a quick example based on the project1.exe -15 you listed. This assumes that the argument after the app name is a number that needs to have some operation preformed on it. Example turns the string argument into an Integer and the multiplies by 10.