Question

How would I read custom variables end of my application path? I am not sure exactly what they are called, but for example in in the shortcut path of Google Chrome you can add settings to the end of the path such as:

“C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe –Custom-setting“

How would I read these arguments after my application has started?

Answer 1

They are arguments that you are passing to the application. For example take the following application:

static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (args == null)
{
    Console.WriteLine("args is null"); // Check for null array
}
else
{
    Console.Write("args length is ");
    Console.WriteLine(args.Length); // Write array length
    for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++) // Loop through array
    {
    string argument = args[i];
    Console.Write("args index ");
    Console.Write(i); // Write index
    Console.Write(" is [");
    Console.Write(argument); // Write string
    Console.WriteLine("]");
    }
}
Console.ReadLine();

If you ran the following from the command line:

"C:\ConsoleApplication1.exe" a b c

The program would display:

args length is 3
args index 0 is [a]
args index 1 is [b]
args index 2 is [c]

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