Command-Line Parameters

[nevodj 0]

Hi

Can someone help me, i can not get command line parameters to work with AutoIT.

If I write a simple script like:

MsgBox(0,"Parameters", $CmdLine[1])

And convert it to an exe, then run it with any parameter e.g. abc123, it opens the C:\Documents folder?

my script is complete apart from this bit, can someone help!

thanks

[hannes08 35]

Hi nevodj,

if you use paramaters that have spaces / blanks in it you need to quote them.

e.g. script.exe parameter1 "parameter 2"

[nevodj 0]

Thanks Hannes,

i created a basic script as above to test this function.

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MsgBox(0,"Parameters", $CmdLine[1])

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Then compiled it to 'test.exe' on my desktop.

when i run this from the command line using C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\test.exe param1 or C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\test.exe "param1"

it opens the C:\Documents folder?! shouldnt it display a msgbox with "param1" in the lines?

when i run it with no args it comes up "Array variable has incorrect number of subscripts or subscript dimension range exceeded.:"

THe help file on this topic is not very comprehensive.

appreciate your help

[UEZ 1,071]

This should work properly:

Global $parameter
If Not $CmdLine[0] Then
    $parameter = "No parameter(s) was/were entered"
Else
    For $i = 1 To $CmdLine[0]
        $parameter &= $CmdLine[$i] & @LF
    Next
EndIf

MsgBox(0, "Test", "Parameter(s) entered: " & @CRLF  & $parameter)

Br,

UEZ

[nevodj 0]

Thanks UEZ,

If i compile your script to C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\test.exe

and then run it by typing the following in Run - C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\test.exe testparam

It still opens the C:\Documents folder.

What am i doing wrong? If i dont specify any args i get the msgbox saying none specified.

Thanks

[enaiman 14]

Try this: "C:\Documents and Settings\User\Desktop\test.exe" testparam

For some reason, your "Run" is considering the white spaces in the file path as parameter delimiters - by enclosing the path in quotes, you will force it to be recognized as a single entity.

You can test it this way: put your script on c:\ then run it - you'll see that it works.

[nevodj 0]

Ah sweet, thanks heaps enaiman!