Use command line arguments as variables

[MarkVR]

After I have compiled my exe I will be running it in a command window. What I want to achieve is almost the same as the now.exe if you know it.

c:\>now.exe Hello

Will return the date and time plus the "Hello". ie (09:30 - 14/04/08 Hello) in the command window. So I want my script/exe to look at the command line I type to run it and then set the argument "Hello" or what ever to a variable so that the exe will be able to use it.

Thanks in advance

[DarkMatter]

This will cover it as long as you have only one parameter:

If $CmdLine[0] > 0 Then
    $Var = $CmdLine[1]
EndIf

[henry1]

Hi MarkVR,

c:\>now.exe Hello

Will return the date and time plus the "Hello". ie (09:30 - 14/04/08 Hello) in the command window.

Try this:

If $CmdLine[0] > 0 Then
    $var = $CmdLine[1]
    ConsoleWrite(@HOUR & ":" & @MIN & " - " & @MDAY & "/" & @MON & "/" & StringRight(@YEAR, 2) & " " & $var)
    Exit
EndIf

[MarkVR]

This will cover it as long as you have only one parameter:

If $CmdLine[0] > 0 Then
    $Var = $CmdLine[1]
EndIf

Thank you

And thx Henry

Edited April 14, 2008 by MarkVR

[MarkVR]

Ahh ok the consolewrite does not seem to work. This is how I did it thanks again for the input:

If $CmdLine[0] > 0 Then

$argument = $CmdLine[1]

EndIf

$Date = _DateTimeFormat( _NowCalc(),2)

$Time = @HOUR&":"&@MIN

$Output = $Date& " - "& $Time

run(@ComSpec &" /k echo " &$Output &" - " & $argument)

[henry1]

Try to add this on the beginning:

#AutoIt3Wrapper_Change2CUI=y

Edit:

Also, what do you mean "does not seem to work"? Can you explain the issue? Is there an error generate when you perform compile?

Edited April 14, 2008 by henry1