Win32 API command line arguments parsing

Question

I'm writing Win32 console application, which can be started with optional arguments like this:

app.exe /argName1:"argValue" /argName2:"argValue"

Do I have to parse it manually (to be able to determine, which arguments are present) from argc/argv variables, or does Win32 API contain some arguments parser?

Answer 1

There is no Win32 support for parsing command-line arguments.

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Parsing C++ Command-Line Arguments
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