Hello Everybody,

How can I get the command-line arguments pass to my QB 4.5 program (if any!)
? Some sample code would be nice.

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On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 14:41:09 +0200, "D De Villiers"

print COMMAND$

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On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 14:41:09 +0200, "D De Villiers"

In QuickBasic 4.5, the whole command tail (everything on the command
line after the program name) is available from function COMMAND$ (this
is an unusual function; no parameters).  Depending on what you want to
put in the command tail, you may need to use INSTR() and MID$() to
dissect the string you get.  The EXAMPLES directory includes a QB
translation of the C function strtok(), which scans a space-delimited
string and puts each word in a seperate string.

Note that COMMAND$ is properly set only when a compiled program runs
outside the IDE.  To test code using this function inside the IDE,
make sure you have "Full menus" checked in the Options menu and use
"Modify COMMAND$" in the Run menu to enter a simulated command tail.

REM     get the command line
        cline$ = COMMAND$ + " "
        i = 0
        WHILE cline$ <> ""
                p = INSTR(cline$, " ")
                arg$(i) = RTRIM$(LEFT$(cline$, p))
                cline$ = RIGHT$(cline$, (LEN(cline$) - p))
                i = i + 1
        WEND

returns the command parms in arg$(x), one parm to each element.

Mike-

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Thank You! For all your replies :) Mike your code is very handy (give me
that Java feeling!)

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I early post a comprehensive answer about that so check it out at

http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=96et38%24560%241%40news1.sunrise.ch

       Andreas