parameter passing to EXE file and reading the parameter inside the EXE

[gnandag]

How to make a EXE file to accept the parameter values passed from the command line and how to read back the passed parameter values

help required urgently

[Killer42]

How to make a EXE file to accept the parameter values passed from the command line and how to read back the passed parameter values

help required urgently

Try looking at the value in Command$

[albertw]

Try looking at the value in Command$

hi

or

Argument=Command()

[gnandag]

hi

or

Argument=Command()

can u provide any live working sample please

[albertw]

can u provide any live working sample please

hi there

place following in your Form_Load()
call the Form : Form1
place a textbox (select multiline=true) calles Text1
drag a textfile on top of the program's icon (after compiling an exe)

 
Private Sub Form_Load()
On Error GoTo fail
'see if the program was opened with an argument...
FileName = Command()
If Not FileName = vbNullString Then
    Open FileName For Input As #1
        Line Input #1, p
        Form1.Text1.Text = p
        While Not EOF(1)
        Line Input #1, p
        Form1.Text1.Text = Form1.Text1.Text & vbCrLf & p
        Wend
    Close #1
End If
End Sub
 
 

[albertw]

hi there

place following in your Form_Load()
call the Form : Form1
place a textbox (select multiline=true) calles Text1
drag a textfile on top of the program's icon (after compiling an exe)

 
Private Sub Form_Load()
On Error GoTo fail
'see if the program was opened with an argument...
FileName = Command()
If Not FileName = vbNullString Then
    Open FileName For Input As #1
        Line Input #1, p
        Form1.Text1.Text = p
        While Not EOF(1)
        Line Input #1, p
        Form1.Text1.Text = Form1.Text1.Text & vbCrLf & p
        Wend
    Close #1
End If
End Sub
 
 

need to put

Fail:

just before End Sub !