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Chelseajcole
Chelseajcole

Reputation: 547

How to pass multiple strings to command line argument in another application in c#?

I have to trigger another application after user done with my GUI. In order to trigger another application, i have to pass some command line argument to start that application. Let's say I have to pass below arguments:

c:\Program File\application.exe -name text -cmdfile c:\text\open.txt

The application.exe is a parameter that i want to pass to another applcation.

Before, that application set those argument in Visual Studio -> Properties -> Debug as "c:\Program File\application.exe" -name text -cmdfile c:\text\open.txt

As i understand, every space in above string consider as an argument except the one inside double quotes, so "c:\Program File\application.exe" is the first argument, -name is the second and text is the third. However, if i am using ProcessStartInfo.Argument property, if I set "c:\Program File\application.exe" -name text -cmdfile c:\text\open.txt, it first of all give an error, and than I add double quotes at the end of string, another application consider c:\Program as first argument and File\application.exe as second argument.

How can I avoid space as the separator for arguments? How can I pass the whole string as the same format setup in Visual Studio -> Properties -> Debug as "c:\Program File\application.exe" -name text -cmdfile c:\text\open.txt using ProcessStartInfo.Argument property?

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(); startInfo.Arguments = "c:\Program File\application.exe" -name text -cmdfile c:\text\open.txt

(error)

if

startInfo.Arguments = "c:\Program File\application.exe -name text -cmdfile c:\text\open.txt"

it takes c:\Program as first argument and File\application.exe as second argument.

How can I figure this out? Any experience on that? Thank you in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6259

Answers (1)

Daniel Kelley
Daniel Kelley

Reputation: 7737

Your question is a little unclear. Do you want to start application.exe, or are you passing that as a parameter?

If you are starting it you can use:

var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo(@"c:\Program File\application.exe");
startInfo.Arguments = @"-name text -cmdfile c:\text\open.txt";
Process.Start(startInfo);

If you are trying to start another process and want to pass application.exe as a parameter with the other parameters you could try:

var startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("application2.exe");
startInfo.Arguments = @"""c:\Program File\application.exe"" -name text -cmdfile c:\text\open.txt";
Process.Start(startInfo);

Upvotes: 2

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