Hi C K;

  Can you give us a lot more details about the "Other" program's composition & how it processes?

Regards... Chris 

Is the program being run also PowerBuilder? If PowerBuilder, is it the same version/build as the IDE?

Heloo,

My program, (window application in C#)

Thanks,

Chava

       static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            if (args.Count() > 1)
            {
                if (args[1].ToLower() == "new")
                {
                    Application.Run(new AddTask());
                }
            }

            string[] lines = System.IO.File.ReadAllLines(@"H:\משימות שונות\task.txt", System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("windows-1255"));
            
            string comment = "/*" + args[0] + " - " + DateTime.Today.ToShortDateString() + " - " + lines[0] + "*/";

            SendKeys.SendWait(comment);
            SendKeys.SendWait("{Enter}");
        }

        public AddTask()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void textBox1_KeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
        {
            if (e.KeyCode == Keys.Enter)
            {
                System.IO.File.WriteAllText(@"H:\משימות שונות\task.txt", textBox1.Text , System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding("windows-1255"));
                Close();
            }
        }

Hello,

When I run command:

G:\Comment\Comments.exe DeveloperName is runs OK:

But if I run the following command, the PB crashes:

G:\Comment\Comments.exe Chava new

* As I sent, the program sent a response to edit PowerBuilder code

When I send the second parameter "new", the form opens, to insert a new task (which will be in the comment.

Hi, Chava -

Because you are wanting to supply two space-delimited arguments, try encapsulating both arguments in double-quotes:

    G:\Comment\Comments.exe "Chava new"

Best regards, John

Hi C K;

   Looks like all your command line App is trying to do is add comments to the PB IDE where you are coding.

   I am not sure how your C# code crashing PB but, I have had a "Commenter" feature working a long time ago and it also including with more features ...

   FYI: http://chrispollach.blogspot.com/2023/10/commenter.html

PS: All written in PB BTW.  ;-)

HTH

Regards ... Chris 

You could create an IDE wizard instead of an external program.

I did a presentation about this at Elevate 2019, you can download it from here:

https://www.topwizprogramming.com/tools.html

Scroll down to 'IDE Wizards' and click the link to download the zip file.