Passing string path from installation program to exe application

[michaenh]

Hi

Ok. Here is the question:
I want to send a path of an old ini file from my installation program to my exe application.
How can I do that?

One way is to write the path to windows register or to text files that my exe application can pick up. But I do not want to this.

Are there other ways? With ShellExecute and parameter passing maybe?

cheers,
mha

 

[towerbase]

Using the Windows registry would seem to be the obvious solution. Why don't you want to do that?

Andrew

 

[michaenh]

Hi there towerbase..

thanks for your quick look at this thread..

The reason I do not want to use the win registry.. is because our customers had a bit of a problem in our old program with windows registry and permissions...

But when I think its over.. the problem is that in our old program the application read and wrote to windows registry..
but read from windows registry should not cause any problem with permissions.. ?

Every users have permission to read from the windows registry?

The application is meant to be on local comp, network or terminal server..

cheers,
mha

 

[michaenh]

Ok..

problem solved..

You can use ParamStr(index) to retrive parameter passing
ex
ShowMessage(ParamStr(1));

cheers,
mha