TCustomApplication.GetOptionValue

Return the value of a command-line option.

Declaration

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public function TCustomApplication.GetOptionValue(

const S: String

):String; function TCustomApplication.GetOptionValue(

const C: Char;

const S: String

):String;

S

Long option string

Option value, or empty string.

`C`		Short option character
`S`		Long option string

Option value, or empty string.

GetOptionValue returns the value of an option. Values are specified in the usual GNU option format, either of

--longopt=Value

-c Value

is supported.

The function returns the specified value, or the empty string if none was specified.

Depending on the value of the CaseSensitiveOptions property, the search is performed case sensitive or case insensitive.

Options are identified as command-line parameters which start with OptionChar (by default the dash ('-') character).

FindOptionIndex		Return the index of an option.
HasOption		Check whether an option was specified.
CheckOptions		Check whether all given options on the command-line are valid.
CaseSensitiveOptions		Are options interpreted case sensitive or not
OptionChar		Command-line switch character