QA: How can I start a program with command line arguments?

By Vassili Philippov, September 04, 2001.
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Question

I want a start program with commend line arguments on my Pocket PC. I can write a program for that, but may there is a "Run" dialog like in Windows 95?

Answer

There is a built-in run dialog. Here is a algorithm how to open it. It works OK on my Compaq iPAQ but I doesn't work on my Casio Cassiopeia E125.

Step 1

Open Today program. Press Action hardware button and hold it.

Step 2

Click and hold in the top-right corner of the task bar (Action hardware button should be presses) and wait until a popup menu appears. Then choose Run menu item (Ausfuhren on my German iPAQ).

Step 3

Run dialog will appear.

Run program

If by some reason the above algorithm doesn't work (it doesn't work on my Cassiopeia) you can use simple Run program written using STUtil library.

Download executable for ARM: run_arm.exe (10 Kb)
Download executable for MIPS: run_mips.exe (12 Kb)
Download executable for SH3: run_sh3.exe (10 Kb)
Download executable for Emulator: run_x86em.exe (9 Kb)

You can also download source code (45 Kb). It's a very simple program that just calls CSTUtil::RunExecutable method.

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