Passing an option to an EXE from an EXE

**Michael A. Covington** · Nov 15 '05, 01:44 PM

Re: Passing an option to an EXE from an EXE

Remember the syntax of strings in C#. I think you want to type this:

System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt(
"\"c:\\Prog ram FIles\\Program\ \Sample.exe\" /option:\"doSome thing\"");

That is, put \ before every \ or " that occurs within a string.

"Takuya Matsumoto" <adminCAPS_FOR_ SPAM_AND_VIRUS_ PROTECTION@saka ecorp.co.jp> wrote in message news:%23c%23v54 3lDHA.3688@TK2M SFTNGP11.phx.gb l...[color=blue]
> Greetings to all,
>
> I really appreciate the support from this community and I've made some
> advancements, but again I'm hitting a wall...
>
> I'm trying to write a program in C# that passes an option to another EXE so
> that the second program knows what to do.
> I belive the syntax is like below, but the problem arises when I add the
> option; it does not find the exe file.
>
> System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt("c:\program files\program\s ample.exe"
> /option:"doSomet hing");
>
> As a test, I tried "Run" option of Windows as below:
> "c:\program files\program\s ample.exe" /option:"doSomet hing"
> and this works fine.
>
> I'm puzzled as to what the problem is.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks very much for your help!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Takuya
>[/color]

**Takuya Matsumoto** · Nov 15 '05, 01:44 PM

Re: Passing an option to an EXE from an EXE

> Remember the syntax of strings in C#. I think you want to type this:[color=blue]
>
> System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt(
> "\"c:\\Prog ram FIles\\Program\ \Sample.exe\" /option:\"doSome thing\"");
>
> That is, put \ before every \ or " that occurs within a string.[/color]

Woops, my typing mistake.
I had actually done so.

Cheers,

Takuya

**Ryan LaNeve** · Nov 15 '05, 01:44 PM

Re: Passing an option to an EXE from an EXE

<irrelevant newsgroups removed>
"Takuya Matsumoto" <adminCAPS_FOR_ SPAM_AND_VIRUS_ PROTECTION@saka ecorp.co.jp>
wrote in message news:%23c%23v54 3lDHA.3688@TK2M SFTNGP11.phx.gb l...[color=blue]
> Greetings to all,
>
> <snipped>
>
> I'm trying to write a program in C# that passes an option to another EXE[/color]
so[color=blue]
> that the second program knows what to do.
> I belive the syntax is like below, but the problem arises when I add the
> option; it does not find the exe file.
>
> System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt("c:\program files\program\s ample.exe"
> /option:"doSomet hing");
>
> <snipped>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Takuya[/color]

The Process class' "Start" method has an override specifically for supplying
arguments to the executable being started. In your case, the syntax would
be:
System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt("C:\\Progra m Files\\Program\ \Sample.exe",
"/option:\"doSome thing\"");

Good luck.
--
Ryan LaNeve, MCSD.NET

http://weblogs.asp.net/rlaneve

**Romain TAILLANDIER** · Nov 15 '05, 01:45 PM

Re: Passing an option to an EXE from an EXE

hi,

i think you can also put an @ before your string, then the echap char would
be automatic.
@"c:\program files\program\s ample.exe" would work i suppose.

ROM

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ecrit dans le message de news: #XUSq$3lDHA.201 2@TK2MSFTNGP12. phx.gbl...
Remember the syntax of strings in C#. I think you want to type this:

System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt(
"\"c:\\Prog ram FIles\\Program\ \Sample.exe\" /option:\"doSome thing\"");

That is, put \ before every \ or " that occurs within a string.

"Takuya Matsumoto" <adminCAPS_FOR_ SPAM_AND_VIRUS_ PROTECTION@saka ecorp.co.jp>
wrote in message news:%23c%23v54 3lDHA.3688@TK2M SFTNGP11.phx.gb l...[color=blue]
> Greetings to all,
>
> I really appreciate the support from this community and I've made some
> advancements, but again I'm hitting a wall...
>
> I'm trying to write a program in C# that passes an option to another EXE[/color]
so[color=blue]
> that the second program knows what to do.
> I belive the syntax is like below, but the problem arises when I add the
> option; it does not find the exe file.
>
> System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt("c:\program files\program\s ample.exe"
> /option:"doSomet hing");
>
> As a test, I tried "Run" option of Windows as below:
> "c:\program files\program\s ample.exe" /option:"doSomet hing"
> and this works fine.
>
> I'm puzzled as to what the problem is.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks very much for your help!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Takuya
>[/color]

**Phil Swartzell** · Nov 15 '05, 01:45 PM

Re: Passing an option to an EXE from an EXE

I don't have it in front of me, but I was pretty sure that there is an
overload for process.start that allows you to pass a command line argument.
It's not all passed as one string. The overloads second parameter is an
object array if I remember correctly.

Phil

"Takuya Matsumoto" <adminCAPS_FOR_ SPAM_AND_VIRUS_ PROTECTION@saka ecorp.co.jp>
wrote in message news:%23c%23v54 3lDHA.3688@TK2M SFTNGP11.phx.gb l...[color=blue]
> Greetings to all,
>
> I really appreciate the support from this community and I've made some
> advancements, but again I'm hitting a wall...
>
> I'm trying to write a program in C# that passes an option to another EXE[/color]
so[color=blue]
> that the second program knows what to do.
> I belive the syntax is like below, but the problem arises when I add the
> option; it does not find the exe file.
>
> System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt("c:\program files\program\s ample.exe"
> /option:"doSomet hing");
>
> As a test, I tried "Run" option of Windows as below:
> "c:\program files\program\s ample.exe" /option:"doSomet hing"
> and this works fine.
>
> I'm puzzled as to what the problem is.
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks very much for your help!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Takuya
>[/color]

**Takuya Matsumoto** · Nov 15 '05, 01:47 PM

Re: Passing an option to an EXE from an EXE

Yes, Phil!
It worked perfectly.
Thanks very much for your help!
Cheers,
Takuya

"Phil Swartzell" <pswartzell1@co mcast.net> wrote in message
news:%23BoPGh9l DHA.2444@TK2MSF TNGP09.phx.gbl. ..[color=blue]
> I don't have it in front of me, but I was pretty sure that there is an
> overload for process.start that allows you to pass a command line[/color]
argument.[color=blue]
> It's not all passed as one string. The overloads second parameter is an
> object array if I remember correctly.
>
> Phil
>
> "Takuya Matsumoto"[/color]
<adminCAPS_FOR_ SPAM_AND_VIRUS_ PROTECTION@saka ecorp.co.jp>[color=blue]
> wrote in message news:%23c%23v54 3lDHA.3688@TK2M SFTNGP11.phx.gb l...[color=green]
> > Greetings to all,
> >
> > I really appreciate the support from this community and I've made some
> > advancements, but again I'm hitting a wall...
> >
> > I'm trying to write a program in C# that passes an option to another EXE[/color]
> so[color=green]
> > that the second program knows what to do.
> > I belive the syntax is like below, but the problem arises when I add the
> > option; it does not find the exe file.
> >
> > System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt("c:\program files\program\s ample.exe"
> > /option:"doSomet hing");
> >
> > As a test, I tried "Run" option of Windows as below:
> > "c:\program files\program\s ample.exe" /option:"doSomet hing"
> > and this works fine.
> >
> > I'm puzzled as to what the problem is.
> > What am I doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks very much for your help!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Takuya
> >[/color]
>
>[/color]

**Takuya Matsumoto** · Nov 15 '05, 01:47 PM

Re: Passing an option to an EXE from an EXE

Thanks Ryan,

It worked great the way you specified it.
Cheers,

Takuya

"Ryan LaNeve" <ryan@nolaneves pam.com> wrote in message
news:uvIIA34lDH A.2244@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> <irrelevant newsgroups removed>
> "Takuya Matsumoto"[/color]
<adminCAPS_FOR_ SPAM_AND_VIRUS_ PROTECTION@saka ecorp.co.jp>[color=blue]
> wrote in message news:%23c%23v54 3lDHA.3688@TK2M SFTNGP11.phx.gb l...[color=green]
> > Greetings to all,
> >
> > <snipped>
> >
> > I'm trying to write a program in C# that passes an option to another EXE[/color]
> so[color=green]
> > that the second program knows what to do.
> > I belive the syntax is like below, but the problem arises when I add the
> > option; it does not find the exe file.
> >
> > System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt("c:\program files\program\s ample.exe"
> > /option:"doSomet hing");
> >
> > <snipped>
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Takuya[/color]
>
> The Process class' "Start" method has an override specifically for[/color]
supplying[color=blue]
> arguments to the executable being started. In your case, the syntax would
> be:
> System.Diagnost ics.Process.Sta rt("C:\\Progra m Files\\Program\ \Sample.exe",
> "/option:\"doSome thing\"");
>
> Good luck.
> --
> Ryan LaNeve, MCSD.NET
> http://weblogs.asp.net/rlaneve
>
>[/color]

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