Launch Program with Parameters

Question

How do I write a very simple program that uses the command line to navigate to a program in the user's Program Files directory, then launches the .exe with a parameter? For example:

"C:\etc\Program Files\ProgramFolder\Program.exe C:\etc\desktop\file.spp C\etc\desktop\file.txt"

This launches a program with a certain project file and a .txt file along with it.

Solution 1

You can use the ProcessStartInfo.Arguments property to specify the string of arguments for your program:

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();        
startInfo.FileName = @"C:\etc\Program Files\ProgramFolder\Program.exe";
startInfo.Arguments = @"C:\etc\desktop\file.spp C:\etc\desktop\file.txt";
Process.Start(startInfo);

Solution 2

Just create a new text file, name it "go.cmd" and put the following in there:

"C:\etc\Program Files\ProgramFolder\Program.exe C:\etc\desktop\file.spp C\etc\desktop\file.txt"

Voila, you have your program!

Comments

[David Heffernan]

I don't understand. All known desktop OS allow you to launch programs and pass command line arguments. Please, what is your question?

[mark]

oh i'm sorry, seemed to have left out a big piece of information(sorry). i need this program to prompt the user, asking what files they want to pass as parameters, then actually putting it into the command line