Question

I’m trying to pass arguments/parameters from a batch file to a simple C# Console.Writeline(args[0]) program.

My program’s exe file has a two-word name with a space and that’s the problem! The whole thing only works when I rename the exe file to a whole word and write start SchoolBook.exe OMG and the arg[0] then becomes equal to “OMG”.
But in any other case the program won’t start.

• If I leave it start School Book.exe OMG it says “Windows cannot find “School”.. “
• If I put double quotes: start "School Book.exe" OMG it says “Windows cannot find “OMG”.. “
• If I put single quotes it can’t find “School”
• I tried putting a ‘-‘ before the OMG, putting quotes around the OMG, even putting %1% before it NO! Nothing works..
  Any help?

Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

I just created an empty command application “School Book” which when built produces the executable School Book.exe.

My pretty empty implementation:

class Program
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        if (args.Length > 0)
        {
            MessageBox.Show(args[0]);
        }
        else
        {
            MessageBox.Show(args[0]);
        }
    }
}

In my command box I can execute the program like this:

Debug>start "" "School Book.exe" OMG

Now a messagebox pops up with “OMG”