Vista $CmdLine

[lhite]

i've just started trying to convert some stuff over to Vista and am having problems with some old AutoIt scripts. right off the bat, $CmdLine doesn't seem to want to work. under XP, if i run something like:

myscript.au3 "one two three" four

i get $CmdLine[0] = 2 and $CmdLine[1] is the string "one two three" (w/out the quotes). exactly as advertised. but under Vista, $CmdLine[0] = 4 and $CmdLine[1] is simply "one". best i can tell Vista is eating the double quotes. and i've tried single quotes, but still $CmdLine returns 4, but then $CmdLine[1] is now "'one". so it doesn't appear to eat the single quotes, but doesn't interpret them the way i want either.

[MHz]

Welcome,

It is working as expected for me under Vista with using AutoIt v3.2.2.0.

Test code

For $i = 1 To $CMDLINE[0]
    MsgBox(0, $i & ' of ' & $CMDLINE[0], $CMDLINE[$i])
Next

Test with "one two three" four returns 2 parameters:

one two three

four

Test with one two three four returns 4 parameters:

one

two

three

four

[lhite]

Welcome,

It is working as expected for me under Vista with using AutoIt v3.2.2.0.

wow, sure doesn't work for me. that's the same AutoIt version i have -- i ran your exact script and got different results. what in the world could be causing this? how are you running your script? i've tried running from a command window, from a desktop shortcut, and from the START SEARCH box -- all with the same, erroneous results. i'm clueless as to where to even begin trying to debug this.

[lod3n]

Does it work any differently when compiled?

[lhite]

Does it work any differently when compiled?

bingo! that's the answer! works one way compiled, another way interpreted.

thanks -- at least now i know the workaround, although it's going to be a pain..... sheez, i wonder how many other ticking bombs there are in this Vista conversion. fun and games...... not.

[lod3n]

You might post about this in Feature Requests. It's probably not a bug per se, but it is a difference between the two OSes.