Initialize form with a string as input parameter

Question

My c# program is a text editor which needs file name as an input parameter. In other words, I would like to start the c# EXE from a BAT file specifying which file to open. For example: "call C:\Temp\MyDotNetApp File1", where 'File1' is the input parameter for the program in C#.

Is this possible in C#? I can't find any tutorial on internet.

My code:

namespace CSVEditor{
     public partial class Form1 : Form { 
     public static string TAG = "";
     public static string FileLinnk = "";
}

public Form1()
    {
        InitializeComponent();          
    }
private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        //Input file to read
        File = "File1";// <----- This needs to be the input parameeter from BAT file.

        //
        FileLink = @"c:\temp" + File + ".csv";

        ReadCSV(FileLink);
    }

Cheers.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.environment.getcommandlineargs(v=vs.110).aspx — BugFinder, Jan 26 '18 at 10:07
the problem is not passing the string to the form, but you need to read the parameters .. read the link I posted — BugFinder, Jan 26 '18 at 10:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 26 '18 at 10:09

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Just use Environment.GetCommandLineArgs;

string[] args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();

answered Jan 26 '18 at 10:09

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As stated in the duplicate: https://stackoverflow.com/a/18448925/2598770 – Rand Random Jan 26 '18 at 10:10
You don't want to do this in the form itself, because then you can't use it to edit arbitrary files (e.g. File -> Open...). – CodeCaster Jan 26 '18 at 10:11
Thanks, this works for me: https://stackoverflow.com/a/37457463/5918997 – Andy Jan 26 '18 at 12:24

Initialize form with a string as input parameter

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