windows - vb.net creating an application that can be called by arguments -

i'm creating addin application autodesk inventor. addin has purpose have designtools increase productivity.

(this tool in particular perform copy design info.)

i have written tool in standalone application , worked, added autodesk inventor addin , didn't work anymore.

so searched around bit , found should keep standalone application , call addin.

this call addin i'm doing think, there bunch of methods on msdn page but, guess need

sub openwitharguments()     ' url's not considered documents. can opened     ' passing them arguments.      process.start("iexplore.exe", "www.northwindtraders.com")      ' start web page using browser associated .html , .asp files.     process.start("iexplore.exe", "c:\mypath\myfile.htm")     process.start("iexplore.exe", "c:\mypath\myfile.asp") end sub 'openwitharguments 

but how create copydesign.exe can accept arguments when call it?

you have 2 options (that know of) :

option 1

use main method argument.

somewhere in code there main method, i.e. first method called when application starts. should :

sub main()   ... end sub 

you can decide method should receive arguments :

sub main(byval cmdargs() string)   each arg string in cmdargs     'do stuff arg     debug.writeline("argument : " & arg)   next end sub 

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option 2

use commanline property of environment

sub main()         dim arguments string() = environment.getcommandlineargs()   each arg string in arguments     'do stuff arg     debug.writeline("argument : " & arg)   next end sub 

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edit

be aware first argument receive path executable... have 1 more argument needed...