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file association and passing path as string with spaces winforms

I am trying to pass arguments to my application so they have file associations and when the file is double clicked my app opens those files. It all works well and does as it should except when the file name has a space in it - then it says file not found - is there a way to fix this. an example would be.
C:\\Test.itj <----opens
C:\\Test 1.itj <---- doesnt open
here is the file association in the app

           try
            {
                AF_FileAssociator assoc = new AF_FileAssociator(".itj");
                string my_Path = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
                // Creates a new file association for the .itj file extension. Data is overwritten if it already exists.
                assoc.Create("FireSight",
                    "Invictus file association",
                    new ProgramIcon(my_Path + "\\Icon.ico"),
                    new ExecApplication(my_Path + "\\FireSight.exe"),
                    new OpenWithList(new string[] { "FireSight.exe" }));
            }
            catch (Exception ex)
            {
                //eat the exception
            }

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And here is where I pass the argument

       static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            MessageBox.Show(args[0]);
            myMainForm = new Form1();
            if (args.Length == 0)
            {
                Application.Run(myMainForm);
                return;
            }
            else
            {
                string path = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[1];
                path = path.Replace('"', '\\');
                path = Path.GetFullPath(path);
                if (File.Exists(path))
                {
                    MessageBox.Show(path);
                    myMainForm.ArgPassed = true;
                    //myMainForm.ReadJobFile(path);
                    myMainForm.strArg = path;
                    Application.Run(myMainForm);
                    
                }
                else
                    MessageBox.Show("path not found");
            }
        }

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Does anyone know a fix for this

n2fc

Just surround the filename with quotes... That will make it include the spaces as part of the filename!

So it becomes:
"C:\Test.itj" <----opens
"C:\Test 1.itj" <---- ALSO opens

r3nder

ASKER

but I am clicking on the filename - it is associated to the app already - how can I surround the file name with quotes?

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r3nder

ASKER

Thanks for the help n2fc
here is the final code block - It is being pulled in as a string[] so a simple foreach and remove the line
"path = path.Replace(' " ', '\\');" an voila :D -thanks

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            string val = string.Empty;
            foreach(var arg in args)
            {
                val += arg + " "; 
            }
            //MessageBox.Show(val);
            myMainForm = new Form1();
            if (args.Length == 0)
            {
                Application.Run(myMainForm);
                return;
            }
            else
            {

                string path = val;//Environment.GetCommandLineArgs()[1];
                path = Path.GetFullPath(path);
                if (File.Exists(path))
                {
                    //MessageBox.Show(path);
                    myMainForm.ArgPassed = true;
                    myMainForm.strArg = path;
                    Application.Run(myMainForm);
                    
                }
                else
                    MessageBox.Show("path not found");
            }
        }

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r3nder

ASKER

thanks n2fc

n2fc

Quite welcome... Glad to help!