Accepting command line argument

[acl03]

I have never used powerbuilder (i've used vb). Is there an easy way to write a program that displays nothing to the end user, accepts a command line argument, and runs a shell command?

Basically, i need the app to run from the command line, and accept a URL as a command line argument, like this:

c:\> myApp.exe [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.yahoo.com[/URL]

I then want the app to take the url (as a string) and execute this windows shell command, opening the URL in Internet Explorer:

"c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe" "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.yahoo.com"[/URL]

Any ideas?



Thanks,
Andrew

 

[reevda]

Try this

run( "c:\program files\internet explorer\iexplore.exe [URL unfurl="true"]http://www.yahoo.com")[/URL]

 

[jcura]

Use the open event in the application object of your PB application. Then read the commandline input variable and make the Run as suggested.