Using EntireX in the Designer Command-line Mode

For EntireX, the Designer can also be used from a command line. The command entered depends on your operating system.

Under Windows, the command line is available with the starter workbench.bat.
Under Linux, the command line is available with script workbench.bsh.
Under both operating systems, the command line is also available with the command for Eclipse using the Java Runtime.

In all alternatives, a command is followed by a list of file names and a list of options. The file names may contain an asterisk (*) as a wildcard. The options are key-value pairs, where the key starts with a hyphen. The command selects the Wrapper or Extractor to use. The detailed options for each command are described in the respective Wrapper or Extractor section. Using -help as command lists all available commands with a short description. Using -help <command> lists the options of the command.

For a detailed description of each Wrapper or Extractor, see the documentation of this component. Throughout these detailed descriptions we use <workbench> as a general placeholder for the actual starter of the Designer. This can be workbench.bat, workbench.bsh, or the Eclipse starter.

Command Line under Windows
Command Line under Linux
List of all Commands

Command Line under Windows

Enter the following command, replacing <EntireX HOME> with your EntireX installation directory:

<EntireX
                                           HOME>\bin\workbench.bat
                                        <command> [
                                        <file> [
                                        <file> ... ] ]
                                        [<options>]

This is the preferred method to start the EntireX design-time from the command line. Alternatively, you can use

"%ECLIPSE_HOME%\eclipsec" -application
                                        com.softwareag.entirex.ide.eclipse.EntireXCommand -data %WORKSPACE% -nosplash
                                        <command> [
                                        <file> [
                                        <file> ... ] ]
                                        [<options>]

where	`ECLIPSE_HOME`	is the Eclipse installation directory
	`WORKSPACE`	is the Eclipse workspace directory.

Command Line under Linux

Enter the following command:

/<Install_Dir>/EntireX/bin/workbench.bsh
                                        <command> [
                                        <file> [
                                        <file> ... ] ]
                                        [<options>]

eclipse -vm $ECLIPSE_HOME/bin/ -application
                                        com.softwareag.entirex.ide.eclipse.EntireXCommand -data $WORKSPACE -nosplash
                                        <command> [ <file> [ <file> ... ] ] [<options>] -vmargs
                                        -Dentirex.license=/<Install_Dir>/EntireX/common/conf/LKey/exx105.xml

where	`ECLIPSE_HOME`	is the Eclipse installation directory
	`WORKSPACE`	is the Eclipse workspace directory.

List of all Commands

Command	Description	Syntax / Examples
`-c:client`	Generate an RPC client from an IDL file.	Using the C Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-c:server`	Generate an RPC server from an IDL file.	Using the C Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-cobol:client`	Generate a COBOL RPC client from an IDL file.	Using the COBOL Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-cobol:server`	Generate a COBOL RPC server from an IDL file.	Using the COBOL Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-dcom:generate`	Generate the DCOM Wrapper object(s) for the specified IDL file(s).	Using the DCOM Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-deploy:cobol`	Deploy server-side mapping files (Designer file with extension .svm) to the specified environment. See Server Mapping Files for COBOL.	Command-line Mode
`-extract:natural`	Extract the Natural sources or objects from a Natural RPC Server.	Using the IDL Extractor for Natural in Command-line Mode
`-extract:pli`	Extract the PL/I sources from an RPC Extractor Service.	Using the IDL Extractor for PL/I in Command-line Mode
`-extract:wsdl`	Extract an IDL file and an XMM file from a Web service.	Using the IDL Extractor for WSDL in Command-line Mode
`-extract:xml`	Extract an IDL file and an XMM file from an XML Document.	Using the IDL Extractor for XML Document in Command-line Mode
`-extract:xsd`	Extract an IDL file and an XMM file from an XML Schema.	Using the IDL Extractor for XML Schema in Command-line Mode
`-help`	List the short description of all commands.
`-java:all`	Generate all Java source files for the specified IDL file(s).	Using the Java Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-java:allbeancompliant`	Generate all Java source files for the specified IDL file(s). The client object will be JavaBean-compliant.
`-java:client`	Generate the Java client(s) for the specified IDL file(s).
`-java:clientbeancompliant`	Generate the JavaBean-compliant Java client(s) for the specified IDL file(s).
`-java:server`	Generate the Java server(s) for the specified IDL file(s).
`-java:tester`	Generate the Java client(s) and tester(s) for the specified IDL file(s).
`-list:natural`	List the Natural sources or objects from a Natural RPC Server.	Using the IDL Extractor for Natural in Command-line Mode
`-list:pli`	List the PL/I sources on an RPC Extractor Service.	Using the IDL Extractor for PL/I in Command-line Mode
`-map:soap`	Create SOAP-conformant XML mapping for all programs.	Using the XML/SOAP Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-map:xmlattributes`	Create attribute-preferred XML mapping for all programs.
`-map:xmlelements`	Create element-preferred XML mapping for all programs.
`-map:xmlwithxsd`	Create element-preferred XML mapping with XML Schema for all programs.
`-natural:client`	Generate Natural RPC client from the specified IDL file.	Using the Natural Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-natural:server`	Generate Natural RPC server from the specified IDL file.	Using the Natural Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-pli:client`	Generate a PL/I RPC client from the specified IDL file.	Using the PL/I Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-pli:server`	Generate a PL/I RPC server from the specified IDL file.	Using the PL/I Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-version`	Prints the version and exits.
`-wsdl`	Generates WSDL for the specified IDL file(s).	Using the Web Services Wrapper in Command-line Mode
`-xml:sample`	Create sample XML documents for all programs.	Using the XML/SOAP Wrapper in Command-line Mode