MAIN PARAMETERS

[simofranz]

if I pass the parameters of a path in a program compiled in version 1.9, for example:

<test.prg>
FUNCTION main (cParam1,cParam2,cParam3,cParam4,cParam5,cParam6)

>TEST.exe aaa bbb ccc ddd eee "folder 1\folder 2\folder 3"
?cParam6
folder 1\folder 2\folder 3
***right

>TEST.exe aaa bbb ccc ddd eee "folder 1\folder 2\folder 3\"
?cParam6
folder 1\folder 2\folder 3\
***right


If i compile it using xb2.0:

>TEST.exe aaa bbb ccc ddd eee "folder 1\folder 2\folder 3"
?cParam6
folder 1\folder 2\folder 3
***right

>TEST.exe aaa bbb ccc ddd eee "folder 1\folder 2\folder 3\"
?cParam6
folder 1\folder 2\folder 3\"
***wrong -> the CHR(32) character is added to the string


why ?

[brandelh]

It would be nice to give us a PRG for testing, but ok i wrote it myself:

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#include "Gra.ch"
#include "Xbp.ch"
#include "Common.ch"
FUNCTION main (cParam1,cParam2,cParam3,cParam4,cParam5,cParam6)
? version()+chr(9)+version(1)+"."+version(2)+"."+version(3)
?
? cParam6
?
return nil

with the new version, compiled (test.cmd):

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 9:17:49,88
 02.08.2024
 D:\TEMP
 Xbase++ (R) Compiler 2.00.2209 Jul 30 2024
 Copyright (c) Alaska Software. All rights reserved.
 File: test.prg Lines:   12
 File test.prg successfully compiled. 
 Alaska 32-Bit Linker Version 2.00.2209
 Copyright (c) Alaska Software 1997-2024. All rights reserved.
 Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .  
 

I got this correct output:

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D:\TEMP>TEST.exe aaa bbb ccc ddd eee "folder 1\folder 2\folder 3"
Xbase++ (R) Version 2.00 (2.00.2209) 

folder 1\folder 2\folder 3 

D:\TEMP> 

but if I call this, then I have a " at the end too

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TEST.exe aaa bbb ccc ddd eee "folder 1\folder 2\folder 3""

[brandelh]

OK ... I was wrong, you had this \" at the end.

have a look here, thats the reason why:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequence

For example, the single quotation mark character might be expressed as '\'' since writing ''' is not acceptable.

Many modern programming languages specify the doublequote character (") as a delimiter for a string literal.
The backslash escape character typically provides ways to include doublequotes inside a string literal,
such as by modifying the meaning of the doublequote character embedded in the string (\"),
or by modifying the meaning of a sequence of characters including the hexadecimal value of a doublequote character (\x22).
Both sequences encode a literal doublequote (").

Xbase++ should not do this, but it is written in C oder C++

Call the support what they mean

The german version is here:

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape-Sequenz

[brandelh]

But the best way is to test the path inside your app.

1. Killl all " or blanks at the end of the string.
2. If there is no \ at the end, add one

[simofranz]

thanks brandelh
I'll patch it up as you advise me but I think I'll ask technical support to investigate