passing multiple parameters to an application via windows explorer

From: Craig Reynolds (craig_at_wyldphyre.com)
Date: 12/28/04

  • Next message: Marc Rohloff [TeamB]: "Re: passing multiple parameters to an application via windows explorer" 
    Date: 28 Dec 2004 19:01:03 +0800

    OK, this is slightly, off topic, but I haven't been able to find the
    info I'm after by googling, and I figure someone here must have had a
    similar problem.

    I have an application for which I have registered a number of context
    menu entries, one of which executes the following command

    "H:\applcation_path\app_name.exe" /mu "%1"

    The problem I have is that the application switch in question asks the
    user for a destination path to move the selected file(s) to, but the
    command is being run for every item I have selected.

    So if I select 4 things, the question about the destination will appear
    4 times, when it should only appear once. The application itself copes
    with multiple parameters, and testing within delphi by entering
    parameters manually works fine.

    Is it possible to craft a command line command (as above) that would
    cause all of the selected files and folders to be passed just once to
    the application, instead of a call for each file or folder?

    thanks

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