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Want to Use Command-Line Switches in EXE
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>Is it possible to have our own command-line switches in an EXE (similar to how VFP6.exe works), without using the CONFIG.FPW file? In other words, I would like to run a program such as this: MYPROG.EXE -oMyOption
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>The "-o" switch could be any character, as necessary. I'd like the EXE to be able to parse the command-line options.
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>Thanks!
>Michael Reynolds

Include a LPARAMETERS statement in the main .PRG of your .EXE. All things that are passed to your code from the startup line (that's not handled already by VFP) will be passed to your .EXE as a string. If nothing is passed to you, the parameter will be a logical .F. or EMPTY() value.
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP

foxcentral.net
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