C#: I want to pass messages like a file path to my forms application like a console application, how would I do that?

C#: I want to pass messages like a file path to my forms application like a console application, how would I do that?

I was told I needed to find my main method to add string[] args, but I wouldn't know which one that would be in Windows Forms. Which would my main method be in C# windows forms application?

From stackoverflow

• If you want to get access to the command line parameters, use Environment.CommandLine

  string args = Environment.CommandLine;
  

  You can do this whether or not you have a main method with string[] args in your code.

• There's one Main(), which is inside Program.cs. But in WinForms app Environment.GetCommandLineArgs() will be a better option.

• in your public constructor, use the following:

  string[] args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();

  this will give you a string array of the arguments.

• Ok, string[] args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs() is a better option. But I will keep the following answer as an alternative to it.

  Look for a file called Program.cs containing the following code fragment...

  static class Program
  {
      /// <summary>
      /// The main entry point for the application.
      /// </summary>
      [STAThread]
      static void Main()
      {
          Application.EnableVisualStyles();
          Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
          Application.Run(new Form1());
      }
  }
  

  and change that to

  static class Program
  {
  
      public static string[] CommandLineArgs { get; private set;}
  
      /// <summary>
      /// The main entry point for the application.
      /// </summary>
      [STAThread]
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
          CommandLineArgs = args;
          Application.EnableVisualStyles();
          Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
          Application.Run(new Form1());
      }
  }
  

  Then access the command line args from your form ...

  Program.CommandLineArgs
  

• Your Main() method is located in Program.cs file, typically like this:

  [STAThread]
  static void Main()
  {
    Application.EnableVisualStyles();
    Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
    Application.Run(new Form1());
  }
  

  You should modify the Main() to the following:

  static void Main(string[] args)
  

  You'll have access to the arguments passed.

  Also, you could access the arguments using Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()

• hey guise when i do so with my application i get the following string "D:\MyData~1\MyMain~1.pfb" and it supposed to be like that "D:\My Data\My Main Phone Book.pbf" and i don't know why pls any bodyhas asolution to this

  Matt Ellen : Hi falcon eyes, you need to ask this as a separate question - i.e. as its own question. be sure to give an example of the code you're running and the output you're getting.