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Asked: 2026-06-11T04:19:47+00:00

I’m writing an command line application which will take a lot of input from

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I’m writing an command line application which will take a lot of input from the user. Example input should contain:

  • Connection strings to RDB/Cube
  • parameters used for queries
  • queries
  • XPath stings
  • Some boolean valued parameters
  • paths for WebService items

I’m wondering what is the best approach to pass them all to the program. I’m sure that queries, XPaths and parameters should be stored in a file, but should they be contained in a single file? What about the rest, is it better to pass them as a command line parameters or should I prepare a file for them as well?

What is the best/most common approach for this kind of situation?

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  1. Editorial Team

    When i did this kind of application I started from usual command line parameters and added ability to load parameter values from file like:

     app.exe -ConnectionString "...." -Query file(query.xml) -AnotherQuery "SELECT * FROM Table"

    So you can let user to decide where to store different parameters.

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