[Gambas-user] Args - got it wrong?

[Benoît Minisini]

Le 08/03/2018 à 12:12, Rolf-Werner Eilert a écrit :
> Hi folks,
> 
> Did I get this wrong? Using Args[], I can read commandline arguments 
> given to the program during start, right?
> 
> This project is a simple PDF viewer. When I insert this into 
> Form_Open(), it doesn't run properly. The program shall get the name of 
> the file to be openend by the calling application:
> 
>    Select Args.Count
>    Case 0
>      TextLabel1.Text = "Keine Datei angegeben"
>    Case 1
>      PDFDatei = Args[0]
>      If Not Exist(PDFDatei) Then
>        TextLabel1.Text = "??? " & PDFDatei
>        Return
>      Endif
>    Case Else
>      TextLabel1.Text = "Zu viele Argumente angegeben"
>      Return
>    End Select
> 
> - When I give the name of the file, I get the name of the project.
> - When I give no argument (no argument in Project...Arguments), I get 
> the same.
> 
> It always lands under Case 1 and finds there is no file named "PDF Viewer".
> 
> Can you help me here?
> 
> Regards
> Rolf
> 

It's Unix standard : the first argument is always the name used for 
runnning your program. The real first argument is actually second, and 
so on.

-- 
Benoît Minisini