Exe with arguments

swatantra singh

hi everybody, I am suppose to create a exe. This particular exe will be used by java developers so what i need to do is to build this exe in such a way that when i run that exe from command prompt with argument it should execute and the o/p or results to be in a file. For some processing i need yo use ocx so i am not able to use the console type of application. I use this windows application project type. Note: I know how to use a ocx n reading and writing to a file. I just need some code snippet of how to create such a exe that will take argument and execute Eg: ExeName arguments.

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swatantra singh19y ago
thanks thanks............ how foolish i was... :-)
Scott Lysle19y ago
Whether it is a Windows Application or console application, to process the command lines you handle it in the Program.cs file in the Main function. The Main function accepts a string array as an argument list and you loop through the array just like you would any array to retrieve the values passed in. This string array can be populated from the command line.

static void Main(string[] args)
{
     for(int i=0; i     {
          string filePath;
          filePath = args[i].ToString();

          // do something with the filePath (or whatever was passed in)...

You can also collect the command line arguments using Environment.GetCommandLineArgs() if you need the args elsewhere in the application.