Sub Main() arguments?

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The Mighty Menace - 26 Sep 2005 23:08 GMT

Is it possible to pass arguments to Sub Main() in a VB program?

Rather than writing two nearly identical programs in VB, I want to write
only one whose passed argument (from the command line) tells the program
which of two paths of execution to take.

Dennis C. Fait
Mosherville, Michigan

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Rick Rothstein [MVP - Visual Basic] - 27 Sep 2005 00:57 GMT

> Is it possible to pass arguments to Sub Main() in a VB program?
>
> Rather than writing two nearly identical programs in VB, I want to write
> only one whose passed argument (from the command line) tells the program
> which of two paths of execution to take.

VB supplies a function that will allow you to do what you want.
The function is named Command (look it up in the help files) and
if it empty (that is, "") then no command line argument was
passed. If it is not empty, then the Command function will return
the contents of the command line and you can parse it as needed.

Rick

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The Mighty Menace - 27 Sep 2005 16:31 GMT

Rick,
Thanks for the info. But after I posted this request I did what I should
have done right after searching VB6's help database. That is, do a search on
the Web.

There I found a piece of code that works great at
http://www.devx.com/getHelpOn/10MinuteSolution/20366

Again, thanks.
Dennis

> > Is it possible to pass arguments to Sub Main() in a VB program?
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> Rick

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HKSHK - 29 Sep 2005 15:25 GMT

Hello Dennis,

use the "Command" function.

Best Regards,

HKSHK

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> Dennis C. Fait
> Mosherville, Michigan

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VB Forum / General 2 / September 2005

Sub Main() arguments?