parsing commandline arguments of WinMain

If argument contains blanks, client must use "" for such argument:

yourProgram "C:\Program Files\Dir\File1.txt" "C:\Program Files\Dir\File2.txt"

This is general rule for all command parsers. Without this there is no way to detect number of parameters.

The norm is to enclose the file paths with "" - for example :

    command "/path/to first/file 1" "/path/to second/file 2"

Those will be passed as :

    argument 1 : /path/to first/file 1
    argument 2 : /path/to second/file 2

thanks Infinity08,

But, how to parse argument1 and argument2? can I use some string manipulation function?

You can use whatever you want, but this is the basic idea :

    char *cmdLine = (char*) lpCmdLine;
    char args[128][128] = { 0 };
    int i = 0;
    while (*cmdLine) {
      if (*cmdLine == ' ') {
        cmdLine++;
      }
      else {
        char *end = 0;
        if (*cmdLine == '\"') {
          cmdLine++;
          end = strchr(cmdLine, '\"');
        }
        else {
          end = strchr(cmdLine, ' ');
        }
        if (end) {
          strncpy(args[i], cmdLine, end - cmdLine);
          args[i][end - cmdLine] = '\0';
          cmdLine = end + 1;
          i++;
        }
        else {
          /* ERROR - treat it !! */
        }
      }
    }

Note that this is just for you to get an idea of how you COULD do it. This is ny no means complete code !!!
If more than 128 args are passed or if one arg is more than 127 characters long, this code will create problems !!
The above code is not validated, and is just written off the top of my head, so there might still be other problems with it !

References for the strcpy() and strchr() functions I used :

http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/cstring/strcpy.html
http://www.cplusplus.com/ref/cstring/strchr.html

Maybe you want that (it is tested):

#include <string>
#include <vector>
using namespace std;

int parseCmdLine(const char* szcmdline, vector<string> arguments)
{
    string cmdline = szcmdline;
    cmdline += ' ';   // add a final space for easier parsing
    bool bQuotes = false;
    int lpos = 0;
    int i = 0;
    for (i = 0; i < cmdline.length(); ++i)
    {
          char c = cmdline[i];
          switch(c)
          {
          case '"':   // note it is  '  "  '
                bQuotes = !bQuotes;   break;
          case ' ':
                if (bQuotes)
                     break;   // ignore space if within quotes
                if (i > lpos)
                     arguments.push_back(cmdline.substr(lpos, i - lpos));
                lpos = i+1;
          }
    }
    return arguments.size();
}

You can use it in your WinMain like

    vector<string> arguments;
    int nArgs = parseCmdLine( lpCmdLine, arguments );

    for (int i = 0; i < nArgs; ++i)
          cout << arguments[i] <<  endl;

Regards, Alex

thanks everyone!
 sorry, i cudnt reply in time. i donno why, but i am not receiving notifications from ee for the new comments posted!