vb.net How to pass a string with spaces to the command line

Question

I am trying to call an external program using Process:

    Dim strExe As String = \"E:\\Projects\\Common Files\\mktorrent.exe\"
    Dim p As New Process
             


        

Answer 1

This WORKS:

Dim current_path, current_rulename, cmd1 as STRING

current_path = "C:\this folder\file name.exe"    
current_rulename = "file name.exe"

cmd1 = "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = """ + current_rulename + """ dir = in action = block program = """ + current_path + """"
cmd1 &= " & "
cmd1 &= "netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = """ + current_rulename + """ dir = out action = block program = """ + current_path + """"
cmd1 &= " & pause"

Process.Start("cmd", "/c " + cmd1)

Basically, the variables with spaces need to be enclosed like this:

""" + string_with_spaces + """

Broken into parts:

cmd1 = 
"
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name = 
""" + current_rulename + """
dir=in action=block
program=
""" + current_path + """
"

This code joins two separate commands that use STRINGS with spaces.