C# Signature:

/// <summary>
/// Finds the command line arguments within a given path.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="pszPath">Pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to be searched.</param>
/// <returns>
/// Returns a pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the arguments portion of the path if successful.
/// If there are no arguments in the path, the function returns a pointer to the end of the input string.
/// </returns>
[DllImport("shlwapi.dll", EntryPoint = "PathGetArgsW",  SetLastError = true, CharSet= CharSet.Unicode)]
[return:MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]
static extern System.Text.StringBuilder PathGetArgs([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)]string pszPath);

VB.NET Signature

''' <summary>
''' Finds the command line arguments within a given path.
''' </summary>
''' <param name="pszPath">Pointer to a null-terminated string of maximum length MAX_PATH that contains the path to be searched.</param>
''' <returns>
''' Returns a pointer to a null-terminated string that contains the arguments portion of the path if successful.
''' If there are no arguments in the path, the function returns a pointer to the end of the input string.
''' </returns>
<DllImport("shlwapi.dll", EntryPoint:="PathGetArgsW",  SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Unicode)> _
Public Function PathGetArgs(<MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)>pszPath As String) As <MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPTStr)> System.Text.StringBuilder
End Function

VB Signature:

Public Declare Function PathGetArgs Lib "shlwapi" Alias "PathGetArgsA" _
        (ByVal pszPath As String) As Long

User-Defined Types:

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Sample Code:

VB.NET Example

Dim args As New System.Text.StringBuilder(255)

args = Win32.API.Shlwapi.PathGetArgs("c:\abc.exe 1 2 3 4")
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(args.ToString())

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