Starting win32 app with a variable

[Malcav]

Hi
I have unfortunatly inherited a large amount of code at work. and need to add the ability to start the program with a variable which will then load a persons information rather than selecting from alist. My experience is in c and c#.net not vc++ so I am slightly at a loss. cant even find the void main() {}
Sorry for such a vague noob question but I am at a loss.

 

[Miros]

1) If you're using Visual Studio, there is a "search files" icon that will let you search all the files in the project directory with one click. It looks like tiny binoculars.

2) Yes, you have to find main(argc, argv) and check to see if a parameter was passed.

 

[Malcav]

Ok so I have stepped through the code and found that:
BOOL CProwin01App::InitInstance()
is the first thing in the code I have that runs. and in the assosiated h file there is the declaration of the class CProwin01App.

 

[OlafBogus]

InitInstance is called by WinMain and the parameter list is accessable via

CWinApp::m_lpCmdLine

use

this->m_lpCmdLine

from inside your InitInstance function.