[solved] Shell parameters

ccbryan63

Hi folks. I am calling from Navision out to a program that I wrote in VB.NET. The VB program takes 2 parameters. The VB code that accepts the parameters is as follows:

Dim MyStartupArguments()
MyStartupArguments = System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs

When I call it from Start > Run with the following syntax it works perfectly.

e:\Costing_VBdotNET3\Costing.exe SHEET 10-3025

When the VB app starts in this way, the MyStartupArguments array looks like this:

MyStartupArguments(0) = 'e:\Costing_VBdotNET3\Costing.exe'
MyStartupArguments(1) = 'SHEET'
MyStartupArguments(2) = '10-3025'

However I am having trouble getting it to run from Navision with this syntax:

TypeVar := 'SHEET' ;
Item := '10-3025' ;
SHELL('e:\Costing_VBdotNET3\Costing.exe', TypeVar, Item);

I keep getting a VB error telling me that "index is outside the bounds of the array" and referencing the line "MyStartupArguments = System.Environment.GetCommandLineArgs." Since the MyStartupArguments array is not of any predefined length, how is this happening? I can only think that Navision presents its parameters differently... in columns rather than rows? Any ideas?

Thanks,
Chandler

kriki

Try

TypeVar := 'SHEET' ;
Item := '10-3025' ;
SHELL(STRSUBSTNO('e:\Costing_VBdotNET3\Costing.exe "%1" "%2"', TypeVar, Item));

1) The " around the variables makes sure the parameter is send to the exe as 1 parameter in case it has characters that would divide it.
2) I remember there was some bug with the SHELL of an older version of Navision, but I don't remember until which version. But 3.10 is in it.

You can also use this instead of SHELL : http://www.mibuso.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12417

ccbryan63

Thank you Kriki! Worked first time. Sorry for the double post.

Chandler