passing parameters

[kewldudehere]

Hi i need to write a C# application that runs daily and takes 2 parameters. How to do this?Ho wto write a c# program that accepts parameters at runtime. I need to supply parametrs in command prompt. Can anybody help me?

[bplacker]

a little more clarification would be nice.

but yes, it is possible to pass parameters to a function at the command prompt as far as I know.

[kewldudehere]

Hi,

I need to run the program in command prompt with two parameters.
Create the .exe for my application(say order.exe) and run it in command prompt as..

order parameter 1 parameter 2.

How to read these passed parameters in the program?

[bplacker]

well as soon as the user hit enter, you could say console.readline(), and get the two parameters and pass them to a function or use them in that 'program', whichever you want.

[kewldudehere]

Finally after much googling..i got it..i used the string args and .exe.config file....Thanks for ur help

[kewldudehere]

string filepath="";
if( args[0].ToUpper() == "TST" && args[1].ToUpper() == "ATS")
filepath=ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["TST_ATS"];
//////////////////
i have this tag in the config file..
<add key="TST_ATS" value=@"c:\order\ats_attributeld.txt"/>
///////////////////////
I get this exception when i execute the above code with the two parameters TST ATS
'System.ArgumentNullException

filepath is being null...its not getting the path from the config file.

Any help??????????

[GRDev]

This is the code for to read the file in c#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Configuration;
using System.IO;


namespace getfiles
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
string filepath = "";
if (args[0].ToUpper() == "TST" && args[1].ToUpper() == "ATS")
filepath = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["TST_ATS"];
Console.WriteLine("yours Text File Name:= "+filepath);
StreamReader strRead = new StreamReader(filepath);
string line = strRead.ReadLine();
Console.WriteLine("--------Data in the file------");
Console.WriteLine();
while (line != null)
{
Console.WriteLine(line);
line = strRead.ReadLine();
}
strRead.Close();





Console.ReadLine();
}
}
}



///this is the app.config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="TST_ATS" value="C:\MSDN\read.txt"/>
</appSettings>
</configuration>


//// how to execut
getfiles.exe TST ATS