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Passing a Startup Parameter
- Thread starter capone67
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Ken --
Parameters can be passed into a VB application from the command line. You can do this either by starting your program from the Windows run dialog, or you can alter the "Target" property in the Windows shortcut.
For example, the Target property in the shortcut for one of my applications looks something like this:
C:\MyFolder\MyApp.exe /PROD
In the above line , the "/PROD" is a command line parameter -- it gets passed as a string into MyApp.exe at run time. You can have more than one parameter, but your app only captures a single string from the command line. You must parse the command line parameter string yourself.
Use the Command$() function to capture the command line parameter string -- just put the following code in your app's Main() subroutine:
Dim sRunTimeParameters As String
sRuntimeParameters = Command$()
Hope this helps -- WB
Parameters can be passed into a VB application from the command line. You can do this either by starting your program from the Windows run dialog, or you can alter the "Target" property in the Windows shortcut.
For example, the Target property in the shortcut for one of my applications looks something like this:
C:\MyFolder\MyApp.exe /PROD
In the above line , the "/PROD" is a command line parameter -- it gets passed as a string into MyApp.exe at run time. You can have more than one parameter, but your app only captures a single string from the command line. You must parse the command line parameter string yourself.
Use the Command$() function to capture the command line parameter string -- just put the following code in your app's Main() subroutine:
Dim sRunTimeParameters As String
sRuntimeParameters = Command$()
Hope this helps -- WB
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