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Can you pass parameters to a vb program???

Is it possible to pass parameters to a vb program from DOS? Like, can you do the following:

program test1.psd newtest.psd

where program is the exe, test1.psd is the original file, and newtest.psd is the new file created by the program.

Also, is it possible to create a vb program that does not have a GUI?

P.S. Sorry about the lack of points. I've used them all up.

abhinavm

yes you can pass parameters to vb programs. you can use Global variable 'Command' which contains the command line parameters passed to your program.
Answer of second question is also yes, you can have VB program without GUI. write your code in standard modlue and make Sub Main as startuo in project properties. You have to write a procedure main which will be called first when you run the app. from main you can call other functions

hobster

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Your second answer is correct.

Can you provide more details for the first answer? Below is some simple code that opens an Excel file and saves it to a different name. How would I change the code so I can do the following from the command prompt:

program test.xls newtest.xls

Thank you.

Option Explicit

Sub Main()
Run
End Sub

Private Sub Run()

Dim xlApp As Object
Dim spreadsheet As Object

Set xlApp = CreateObject("excel.Application")
Set spreadsheet = CreateObject("Excel.Sheet")

spreadsheet.Application.Visible = True

Set spreadsheet = xlApp.OpenAs("N:\temp\ole\test.xls")
spreadsheet.SaveAs "N:\temp\ole\newtest.xls"

spreadsheet.Application.Quit

spreadsheet.Close

xlApp.Quit

End Sub

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