Specifications

CHAPTER 1 Working with InfoMaker
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Starting InfoMaker from the command line
You can start InfoMaker from a command line (or the Windows Run dialog
box) and optionally open one of the following painters or tools:
To start InfoMaker and open a painter or tool, use the following syntax:
directory\im115.exe /P paintername
Opening an object or
creating a new object
You can also add one or more of the following optional switches to the
command line to open a specific object or create a new one.
{/L libraryname} {/O objectname} {/N} {/R} {/RO} {/A arguments}
All of these switches must follow /P paintername, as shown in the examples
after the tables.
Table 1-12: InfoMaker command-line switches
Database painter Library painter
Data Pipeline painter Query painter
File Editor Report painter
Form painter
Parameter Description
directory The fully qualified name of the directory containing InfoMaker
paintername The name of the painter you want to open. The default is the
window that displays when you begin a new InfoMaker session.
The painter name must uniquely identify the painter. You do not
have to enter the entire name. For example, you can enter
q to
open the Query painter and
datab to open the Database painter.
If you enter the full name, omit any spaces in the name (enter
DataPipeline, for example).
The painter name is not case sensitive. To open the file editor, you
could set paintername to
FI or fileeditor.
Switch Description
/L Identifies the library that contains the object you want to open
/O Identifies the object, such as a report, that you want to open
/N Creates a new report
/R Runs the report specified with /O and allows designing
/RO Runs the report specified with /O but does not allow designing
/A Provides retrieval arguments for the report specified with /O