Writing a service Q: how to get the parameter from...

[Roger Twomey]

When I start my service I want to pick up a parameter from Start Parameters
box (in the service control screen). I cannot find the proper method to get
this string. It has to be easy but I cannot find the command(s).

Thanks.

[Chris Dunaway]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:11:30 -0400, Roger Twomey wrote:

When I start my service I want to pick up a parameter from Start Parameters
box (in the service control screen). I cannot find the proper method to get
this string. It has to be easy but I cannot find the command(s).

Thanks.

The OnStart method has an args() parameter. Have you looked at that?
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[Roger Twomey]

I have, I can 'sort of' understand this.

It seems the args come through as an array however when the array is created
it appears to parse on more than one character.

So far I have found it splits on both the space and the semi-colon ;

If it splits on more elements (comma, colon, others??) it seems to make
using the string a bit more complicated. Currently I loop through the array
and concatonate string so that I can split it the way I want.

That seems a bit odd to me.

Is that the way it is supposed to work?

<Thank you by the way, I did not notice the args() in the onstart until you
mentioned it.>
"Chris Dunaway" <dunawayc@_lunchmeat_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:11:30 -0400, Roger Twomey wrote:

When I start my service I want to pick up a parameter from Start Parameters box (in the service control screen). I cannot find the proper method to get this string. It has to be easy but I cannot find the command(s).

Thanks.

The OnStart method has an args() parameter. Have you looked at that?
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Chris

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[Chris Dunaway]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:11:30 -0400, Roger Twomey wrote:

When I start my service I want to pick up a parameter from Start Parameters
box (in the service control screen). I cannot find the proper method to get
this string. It has to be easy but I cannot find the command(s).

Thanks.

The OnStart method has an args() parameter. Have you looked at that?
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Chris

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[Roger Twomey]

I have, I can 'sort of' understand this.

It seems the args come through as an array however when the array is created
it appears to parse on more than one character.

So far I have found it splits on both the space and the semi-colon ;

If it splits on more elements (comma, colon, others??) it seems to make
using the string a bit more complicated. Currently I loop through the array
and concatonate string so that I can split it the way I want.

That seems a bit odd to me.

Is that the way it is supposed to work?

<Thank you by the way, I did not notice the args() in the onstart until you
mentioned it.>
"Chris Dunaway" <dunawayc@_lunchmeat_sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:om*****************************@40tude.net...

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 12:11:30 -0400, Roger Twomey wrote:

When I start my service I want to pick up a parameter from Start Parameters box (in the service control screen). I cannot find the proper method to get this string. It has to be easy but I cannot find the command(s).

Thanks.

The OnStart method has an args() parameter. Have you looked at that?
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Chris

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[Chris Dunaway]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:53:29 -0400, Roger Twomey wrote:

So far I have found it splits on both the space and the semi-colon ;

I did not know that it split on the semi colon. I assumed that it split on
a space character. If you have parameters that may include spaces (such as
a filename), you can enclose the paramter in quotation marks and it will be
split properly into the args array.

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[Chris Dunaway]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2004 14:53:29 -0400, Roger Twomey wrote:

So far I have found it splits on both the space and the semi-colon ;

I did not know that it split on the semi colon. I assumed that it split on
a space character. If you have parameters that may include spaces (such as
a filename), you can enclose the paramter in quotation marks and it will be
split properly into the args array.

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Chris

To send me an E-mail, remove the underscores and lunchmeat from my E-Mail
address.