I want to pass a string to a MFC app through the command line

[nytyme]

i want to write an application so that i can pass a string to application using the command line.
MyApp.exe "Hello Wold"

i may be misunderstanding it, but the MFC command line parsing appears to only look at specific flags.
CCommandLineInfo cmdInfo;
ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);
ParseCommandLine() calls ParseParam which is expecting these flags: /p, /pt, /dde, /Automation, and /Embedding

how do i use my own stuff?
thanks,
NyTyme

 

[ahoodin]

In application Class InitInstance Member function:

if( m_lpCmdLine[0] != NULL)
strcpy( ccmd_line_arg, m_lpCmdLine);


You can get the command line switches.

THE CMyApp::m_lpCmdLine member var contains the command line switches.

HTH,
Asher

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[nytyme]

Thank you for the code, I'm sure I will need it later.
However I'm not sure it gives me what I want.

I want the equivalent of argc and argv in a console application or lpCmdLine and nCmdShow in WinApp32.

The method you gave me returns the whole CommandLine string, but its still has the problem of expecting these flags: /p, /pt, /dde, /Automation, and /Embedding
case in point:
from the command line i type "MyApp.exe Hello" and i get
"C:\hello" was not found
from the command line i type "MyApp.exe MyApp.exe Hello" and the application launches... showing me "MyApp.exe Hello".

the application calling MyApp.exe is only going to send "hello" to MyApp.exe. I need to know how to do this. Do I have to change a MFC Function? I thought I read somewhere that I might have to.

Thanks again,
NyTyme

 

[fheyn]

ahoodin is right.
write your own ParseCommandLine() and parse through m_lpCmdLine

 

[nytyme]

Ah, it took me a bit, but I caught your meaning.
Thanks Ahoodin

if( m_lpCmdLine[0] != NULL)
strcpy( ccmd_line_arg, m_lpCmdLine);

works, but i had to comment out this stuff first:
CCommandLineInfo cmdInfo;
ParseCommandLine(cmdInfo);

really simple solution, thanks alot

have a good one.
NyTyme