Hello,

I'm quite new to C++, and am using it in the command line.

My problem is, to call an .exe file with a parameter you would do this:

c:\>program.exe file.txt

to pass a text file to it.

Is it possible for a C++ application to retrieve the data in that parameter?

Thanks and sorry if this is a simple question.

-Snib
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yes, you can pick up the parameters thus:

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{

// argc will tell you how many arguments were on the command line
// *argv is an array of pointers to those arguments.

}

argv[0] points to the name of the program so

C:\>Myprog.exe one two three

argc = 3
argv[0] = "Myprog.exe"
argv[1] = "one"
argv[2] = "two"
argv[3] = "three"

OK ?



Georges

Thanks very very much, will try this when I can!!

-Snib
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