Reading command line arguments in VB

hi all,

i wanted to know how do we read command line arguments in VB program.

regards,
rashmi

The arguments get put into a variable called $Command, just check if something is in there:

If Command <> "" then
msgbox "Arguments: " & Command
else
msgbox "No arguments passed"
end if

I'm working on a project where I have to accept arguments in my VB code as well. The problem is this: I need the argument, which is a user name, to be used in a file path. For example:

Public Sub Form_Load()
Call Args
Dim strFileName1 As String
strFileName1 = "C:\iFtpSvc\Hms-ftppro\users\" & CmdArgs & "\" & CmdArgs & ".txt"
Open strFileName1 For Input As 1
Call PrintReport
End Sub

Public Sub Args()
Dim CmdArgs As String
CmdArgs = Command$
'MsgBox CmdArgs
End Sub

When I have the code put the argument in the message box, it works correctly. However, when I try to insert the user name argument in the file path, it does not work. Can anyone help??
If this is not clear enough, please let me know so I can clarify.
Thanks!

your not returning the CmdArgs in the sub

before ending the sub put this

Args = CmdArgs

Thanks for your reply, Anacrusis, but it's still not working. I added Args = CmdArgs to the Sub and then changed the Sub to a Function. I get a file not found error because the app can't read the path. Any other suggestions??
Thanks!

Going with what Anacrusis told you to do. Also ensure that the returned string value is what is being used and not the CmdArgs variable which is only defined locally in the Args function. May also want to do a trim to ensure no extra whitespace that may throw off the search for path.

Public Sub Form_Load()
Dim strFileName1 As String
strFileName1 = "C:\iFtpSvc\Hms-ftppro\users\" & Args.Trim() & ".txt"
Open strFileName1 For Input As 1
Call PrintReport
End Sub

Noticed you had CmdArgs in two places for the file name, so you may have to update your Args function to return an array of strings. Do manipulation of the string values you want in Args function and return to String array in Form_Load(). Then you can say:

strFileName1 = "C:\iFtpSvc\Hms-ftppro\users\" & strArgs(1) & "\" & strArgs(2) & ".txt"

Or you can just manipulate the path in args to be the full path after users, so only you need to put is:
strFileName1 = "C:\iFtpSvc\Hms-ftppro\users\" & Args

Hope that makes sense.