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Hi everyone,

I'm quite new to AutoIT and I'm struggling with how to solve the following problem:

I'm working on a script that will perform a function on all files matching wildcards submitted on the command line, for example:

"MyScript.exe *.pdf" will action on all PDF files. -So far so good. Here is what I can't get my brain wrapped around:

I want to be able to issue a command linue à là this: "MyScript.exe *.pdf *.doc *.xls *.html" and so forth, but I don't want to be limited to a pre-defined numnber of parameters.

I am pretty sure I know how to identify how many parameters have been passed on the command line, but I'm not (yet) able to DO anything with those mulitple parameters.

Thanks

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LagunaScripter,

Command line parameters are put in the special array $CmdLine. The [0] element of this array tells you how many parameters there were and the [1], [2] ..... [n] elements tell you what they were.

In your case ("MyScript.exe *.pdf *.doc *.xls *.html") you would have the following array:

[0] 4

[1] .pdf

[2] .doc

[3] .xls

[4] .html

To access these parameters you use $CmdLine[?] where ? is the index of the element. Perhaps the easiest way (as you say you want to match them) is to use a loop:

For $i = 1 To $CmdLine[0] ; Runs through each parameter in turn
    ; Do what you want with the parameter
    Function($CmdLine[$i])
Next

Please ask if anything is unclear.

M23

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