Command Arguments and processing questions.

[Dubya]

Hello Everyone,

I have this little app, that I would like to configure two modes of
operation by using command line arguments. If the app is started with no
arguments, the Main UserForm shows up, if the app is started with an argument
of -q it runs in Quiet Mode. Where a form pops up, runs the process I need
run without user intervention and then closes. I'm having a problem when the
app runs with -q, it starts the Quiet Mode form... but doesn't process any of
the code for the next steps I need run. Can someone help me out. I have
posted pertinent code snippets below.

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Module ProgramCode
Public Sub Main(ByVal CmdArgs() As String)
If (CmdArgs Is Nothing) OrElse (CmdArgs.Length = 0) Then
Application.Run(New frmMain)
ElseIf CmdArgs(0).Trim.ToLower = "-q" Then
Application.Run()
Dim quietForm As New frmQuiet
quietForm.QuietModeProcess()
End If
End Sub
End Module
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Public Class frmQuiet
Inherits System.Windows.Forms.Form
Const applicationName = "OFAC File Generator"

#Region " Windows Form Designer generated code "
#End Region

Public Sub QuietModeProcess()
MsgBox("Now Procecssing Quiet Mode Steps", MsgBoxStyle.Information,
applicationName)
End Sub

End Class

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[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Dubya <jw*****@gmail.com> wrote:

I have this little app, that I would like to configure two modes of
operation by using command line arguments. If the app is started with no
arguments, the Main UserForm shows up, if the app is started with an argument
of -q it runs in Quiet Mode. Where a form pops up, runs the process I need
run without user intervention and then closes. I'm having a problem when the
app runs with -q, it starts the Quiet Mode form... but doesn't process any of
the code for the next steps I need run. Can someone help me out. I have
posted pertinent code snippets below.

You're calling Application.Run(), which will block until either Exit or
ExitThread is called. I very much doubt that that's what you want it to
do. Why are you calling it at all?

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[Dubya]

I am using the Application.Run because if I use frmQuiet.Show to show the
form, the application quickly starts and shows the form, does no processing
and closes. I am a newer programmer and probably haven't architected this
quite right.

Any suggestions?

--
Freedom isn't free... but the United States Marine Corps will pay most of
your share !!! Semper Fi!!
"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:

Dubya <jw*****@gmail.com> wrote:

I have this little app, that I would like to configure two modes of
operation by using command line arguments. If the app is started with no
arguments, the Main UserForm shows up, if the app is started with an argument
of -q it runs in Quiet Mode. Where a form pops up, runs the process I need
run without user intervention and then closes. I'm having a problem when the
app runs with -q, it starts the Quiet Mode form... but doesn't process any of
the code for the next steps I need run. Can someone help me out. I have
posted pertinent code snippets below.

You're calling Application.Run(), which will block until either Exit or
ExitThread is called. I very much doubt that that's what you want it to
do. Why are you calling it at all?

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
If replying to the group, please do not mail me too

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Dubya <jw*****@gmail.com> wrote:

I am using the Application.Run because if I use frmQuiet.Show to show the
form, the application quickly starts and shows the form, does no processing
and closes. I am a newer programmer and probably haven't architected this
quite right.

Any suggestions?

Well, you haven't shown where you expect the actual processing to occur
in quiet mode. Do you need to show a UI at all? Why not just run the
processing and then quit?

--
Jon Skeet - <sk***@pobox.com>
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet
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