Welcome

OptionParser is a set of classes to handle parsing command line parameters given to a Xojo application. OptionParser handles all three application types:

  1. Desktop
  2. Console
  3. Web

Downloading

To download the latest release of OptionParser visit the Releases page on GitHub.

To download the latest bleeding edge development version, please fork/clone the GitHub repository xojo-option-parser.

Getting Started

To get started, simply include the .xojo_xml_code files in your project, populate the OptionParser with a few Option's and call .Parse(args):

Dim opt As New OptionParser
opt.AddOption New Option("v", "verbose", "Enable verbose output", Option.OptionType.Boolean)
opt.AddOption New Option("f", "file", "File to parse", Option.OptionType.File)
opt.Parse(args) // System.CommandLine for GUI/Web

If opt.BooleanValue("verbose") Then // could access as "v" as well
  Print "Verbosity is on!"
End If

Dim fh As FolderItem = opt.FileValue("file")
// Do work with fh

How to Help

When using OptionParser in your own applications, if you run into a bug:

  1. At bare minimum, submit a bug report at github/jcowgar/xojo-option-parser/issues.
  2. Better yet, fork the repo, fix the bug and submit a pull request, github/jcowgar/xojo-option-parser/fork.
  3. Best, fork the repo, add a unit test exposing the bug, fix the bug, and then submit a pull request (see #2).