Parsing values through the command prompt

[marcseys]

Hi,

I want to write an application which is working with the values parsed by another application through the command prompt. How do you do that in VB? Working with VB6

Thkx
Marc

marc_seys@belgacom.net

 

[DougP]

Ah yes multiple commands
My favorite.
I use a Pipe to separate them. but they appear to the program as one long string

Say you pass Invoice Number and Date and Amount

Public Function GetCommands(info)
'33455|02/12/01|45.67 Also for testing this I passed a parameter in info
Dim Mystuff As String
Dim FirstPipe, SecondPipe As Integer
‘ Dim PassedInvoice, PasedAmount, PassedDate As String
Mystuff = Command
'Mystuff = info
FirstPipe = InStr(1, Mystuff, "|&quot
SecondPipe = InStr(FirstPipe + 1, Mystuff, "|&quot
‘ you can make these Global variables
PassedInvoice = Left(Mystuff, FirstPipe - 1)
PassedDate = Mid(Mystuff, FirstPipe + 1, SecondPipe - FirstPipe - 1)
PasedAmount = Right(Mystuff, Len(Mystuff) - SecondPipe)

End Function
DougP, MCP

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[RickSpr]

There is also a Split() function that breaks a string into pieces at the delimiter of your choosing. The pieces are returned in a variant array of strings--very convenient! Rick Sprague