ArcMap Command Line Arguments

Question

Hello There,

Is there a way in .Net (c#) to get access to command line argument passed to ArcMap on starting the application. I use an extension and I wish to run ArcMap the following way:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\Bin\ArcMap.exe test.xmd param2 param3".

Pascal

AlexanderGray · Answer

thanks jeff that is useful to me too.

PascalCoulon · Answer

Jeff,

Thanks very much for your latest reply. I can confirm that it will work; thought ArcMap expect the path to a valid MXD as the first parameter.

Cheers,

Pascal

JeffreyHamblin · Answer

After looking into this more, I think this is a better solution than the WMI version I posted.

This will get the command-line arguments for the current process, which will allow your extension to get ArcMap's:

string[] args = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();