topic Re: ArcMap Command Line Arguments in ArcObjects SDK Questions

ArcMap Command Line Arguments

PascalCoulon — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:15:38 GMT

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

Re: ArcMap Command Line Arguments

JeffreyHamblin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:30:08 GMT

If you want to pass these command line arguments for debugging, then in Visual Studio open the project options and select the Debug tab page, where you will find a "Command line arguments" option.

Re: ArcMap Command Line Arguments

AlexanderGray — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:47:51 GMT

The only way I see this working is if you write your own exe that starts ArcMap (by creating the application) and sets the values on the extension after arcmap finished starting.

Re: ArcMap Command Line Arguments

JeffreyHamblin — Sat, 11 Dec 2021 18:06:13 GMT

I see I mis-read the original post and earlier replied with just setting a debugging command line.

If you want access to your own additional arguments passed on ArcMap's command line, then I found something on StackOverflow that might work for you:


string wmiQuery = string.Format("select CommandLine from Win32_Process where Name='{0}'", "ArcMap.exe");
System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher searcher = new System.Management.ManagementObjectSearcher(wmiQuery);
System.Management.ManagementObjectCollection retObjectCollection = searcher.Get();
foreach (System.Management.ManagementObject retObject in retObjectCollection)
    System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(">>>>" + retObject["CommandLine"]);

I tried this and can see a map document path and any additional params passed to ArcMap. How reliable this will be, I do not know.

Note that this can be used to get the command-line for any running process.

Re: ArcMap Command Line Arguments

JeffreyHamblin — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:44:12 GMT

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();

Re: ArcMap Command Line Arguments

PascalCoulon — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:28:51 GMT

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

Re: ArcMap Command Line Arguments

AlexanderGray — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 11:51:54 GMT

thanks jeff that is useful to me too.