How to use Command line arguments in Visual Basic 1

[cdelaney]

I need to know how to open a Visual Basic application and when opened run a function depending on the command line argument specified.<br>
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Like this<br>
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file.exe -on<br>
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Any help appreciated<br>
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Curtis

 

[DougP]

there is a word in VB called &quot;Command&quot;<br>
Any parameters apssed to your app with be in that Variable<br>
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here is a very simplistic example<br>
Public Function GetComdLin()<br>
MyCommand = Command<br>
Debug.Print MyCommand<br>
If MyCommand = &quot;-on&quot; Then<br>
' do something<br>
GetComdLin = MyCommand<br>
End If<br>
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End Function<br>
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I would start with that and use &quot;IF&quot; statements to test for different &quot;passed&quot; values such as -on in your case<br>
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you have the syntax correct for calling it i.e. file.exe -on<br>
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Just put this in your Form Load event.<br>
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Private Sub Form_Load()<br>
x = GetComdLin<br>
End Sub<br>
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