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Article #7768Re: 2 questions: _argv and radio buttons
From: Bill Ferro
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 1990 22:47
Date: Thu, 27 Dec 1990 22:47
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ssvvss@mixcom.UUCP (Synetics Software) writes: >M.S. documentation says I can access the command line arguments by >declaring "extern char *_argv[]" (actually it's __argv with 2 underscores, >_argv with 1 underscore is not defined). When I do this, I get garbage >when I access the array, although __argc seems to be set correctly. >Is there a trick to getting this to work? I'd prefer to access argv >rather than parsing lpCmdLine which gets passed to WinMain. I found that Windows "extern char *__argv[]" is actually a pointer to the real argv. In my case, in WinMain, I call a MAIN procedure. The code goes something like this: extern char *__argv[]; extern char __argc; ... main(__argc,(char **)*__argv); ... Hope this helps.... -bf -- Bill Ferro UUCP: mit-eddie!progress!billf Progress Software Corp. Internet: billf@progress.com 5 Oak Park Bedford, MA 01730
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!linus!progress!billf From: billf@progress.COM (Bill Ferro) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: 2 questions: _argv and radio buttons Message-ID: <1990Dec27.224724.8404@progress.com> Date: 27 Dec 90 22:47:24 GMT References: <136@mixcom.UUCP> Sender: news@progress.com (The News User) Organization: Progress Software Corp., Bedford, MA Lines: 27 Nntp-Posting-Host: billf