Jun 21

Written by: Steve Gray
6/21/2010 8:23 AM 

Here is a VB.NET class that shows how to process arguments for a console app

Create a console app, and in the project properties click on DEBUG, then specify something in the 'Commant Line Arguments' area. For the sample app, you might put 'olap diskspace' and those two items will be processed.

Once you build and deploy the app, you would call the app like this: MYAPP.EXE OLAP DISKSPACE, where OLAP and DISKSPACE are my example arguments

 

Module Module1
    Sub Main(ByVal args() As String)
        'can be called with three args:
        'OLAP - runs the olap scrips
        'DISKSPACE - checks the disk space
        'BACKUP - runs a file copy routine
        Dim a As Int16
        If args.Length = 0 Then
            Exit Sub
        End If
        For a = 0 To args.Length - 1
            Select Case args(a).ToUpper
                Case "OLAP"
                    processOLAP()
                Case "DISKSPACE"
                    processDISKSPACE()
                Case "BACKUP"
                    processDISKSPACE()
            End Select
        Next
    End Sub
    Sub processOLAP()
    End Sub
    Sub processDISKSPACE()
    End Sub
    Sub processBACKUP()
    End Sub