.NET C# GUI application Command line

Question

I am trying to use the command line arguments in a GUI (.NET + WPF) C# application. I've read that in VB.NET exists something like My.Application.CommandLineArgs but I haven´t found the C# equivalent.

I have hacked the Main function in the application class to include the string[] argv parameter and pass it to the application class constructor but i don't think that will be the correct way to access the command line parameters.

What is the correct way to access it in a C# GUI WPF application?

Answer 1

Declaring argv in Main is fine, and is quite commonly used. Environment.GetCommandLineArgs allows access to them at any time (declaring argv etc. is optional). Environment.CommandLine is a lower level function which gets the raw commandline prior to its being parsed (and the exe name getting transformed etc.).

Answer 2

You need to call Environment.GetCommandLineArgs(), this will give you the command line parameters.