there is no command line option to export a complete form (AFAIK).

Best is to write a small homebrewed utility component which exports uniface components and started with

.../idf.exe /TST myexporter

It's a bit tricky because you can not pass parameters via the commandline,
but there are other well developed ways to do so since a couple of years.

Uli

Hi...

Every night a small Uniface 9.4.01 application to export those components (forms, services...) modified / compiled
during the day is automatically executed in my dev system... although probably this is not the best way... we have
a daily export of our last modifications...

Have a look to the $ude statement, $ude allows to export / import components, models, variables... my  small
application  uses a ini file that allows me to define what is going to be exported...

Regards
Javier

Be sure to have "?" at the end of the command line c:\\...\\bin\\idf.exe /asn.... "?" 1) /rma /imp to import repository objects 2) /rma /cpy /whr /append to export data from IDF ti Files. To export repo's object doesn't exists a specific uniface feature. You'd better develop a form using $UDE or ICOMP and execute it with /TST from command line

adding a ? in the commandline is not recommended for automatic or scheduled execution.

The "?" will open a modal window for interaction.

Uli

Hi But doesnt that need manual intervention , if it doesnt need manual intervention can you please provide more detail on that .

I need something like this only

if you do not have special settings which require manual log-in to the database or so, you can launch it with straight from a batch.

.../idf.exe /TST mycomponent

Even under these considerations, a special ASN file etc. will help.

Uli

for the testing purpose I created a simple program which creates trx of only one file , and when we run it from IDF it doesn run successfully and creates a .trx file

but when i use below dos command it doesnt seems to be working because as u mentioned it will not accept parameters

"C:\\usys8404gui\\bin\\idf.exe" /tst  backup /asn="C:\\usys8404gui\\adm\\gui.asn"                       ; backup is the program name.

is there other way to run this ?

at first, /tst backup should be the END of the command line, put the /asn= clause in front of the /tst to make it work:

"C:\\usys8404gui\\bin\\idf.exe" /asn="C:\\usys8404gui\\adm\\gui.asn" /tst  backup                       ; backup is the program name

To supply parameters, one option is to write it in a flat file and use fileload to process the information

So your batch to backup component myform may look like:

echo myform > backup.inp
"C:\\usys8404gui\\bin\\idf.exe" /asn="C:\\usys8404gui\\adm\\gui.asn" /tst  backup                       ; backup is the program name

You can even implement a little script-processor this way doing all kind of idf-internal automation.

echo backup=myform > backup.inp
echo backup-single=myform* >> backup.inp
echo compile-with-list=myform* >> backup.inp
"C:\\usys8404gui\\bin\\idf.exe" /asn="C:\\usys8404gui\\adm\\gui.asn" /tst  backup                       ; backup is the program name

It's EASY

Uli

.... just to demonstrate the concept:

Trigger <LPMX> from Form: UME_SCRIPTDEMO

             
              ; demo of a simple scriptengine implemented in UNIFACE 8.4.06
              ; processes data line by line
              ; command and arguments are separated by "=" (any character can do this)
              ; demo implemented by ulrichmerkel@web.de
******        entry do_dispatch
              params
                 string p_fieldname   : IN
                 string p_triggerabbr : IN
              endparams
     1-1         selectcase ("%%$concat(p_fieldname,"-",p_triggerabbr)%%%")
     2-1            case 'p1-dtlf'
     3-1               call GEN_INPUTFILE()
     4-1               call GET_INPUTFILE(X_FILETEXT)
     5-1               call PROCESS_SCRIPT(X_FILETEXT)
     6-1         endselectcase
     7        end ; do_dispatch
******        entry PROCESS_SCRIPT
              params
                 string p_scripttext : IN
              endparams
              variables
                 string v_text_as_list, v_single_line, v_line_as_list, v_command, v_arg2
              endvariables
     1           v_text_as_list = $replace(p_scripttext,1,"%%^","·;",-1) ; replace CRNL with listseparator
     2-1         while (v_text_as_list != "")   ; a loop per input line
     3-1            getitem v_single_line,v_text_as_list,1
     4-1            delitem v_text_as_list,1
     5-1            call ADD2PROTOCOL("%%$concat("%%^a single line reads as","--",v_single_line)%%%")
     6-2            if (v_single_line != "")
     7-2               v_line_as_list = $replace(v_single_line,1,"=","·;",-1) ; replace "=" with listseparator
     8-2               getitem v_command,v_line_as_list,1
     9-2               delitem v_line_as_list,1
    10-2               call ADD2PROTOCOL("%%$concat("we have a command:",v_command,"and arguments: ",v_line_as_list)%%%")
    11-3               selectcase (v_command)
    12-3                  case 'dumpit'  ; in single quotes, so upper/lower case are found
    13-3                     call ADD2PROTOCOL("encountered the DUMPIT command, comes without arguments")
    14-3                  case 'showarg2'  ; in single quotes, so upper/lower case are found
    15-3                     getitem v_arg2,v_line_as_list,2
    16-3                     call ADD2PROTOCOL("%%$concat("encountered SHOWARG2, 2nd argument is:",v_arg2)%%%")
    17-3                  elsecase
    18-3                     call ADD2PROTOCOL("%%$concat("!!!!! command NOT IMPLEMENTED yet:",v_command)%%%")
    19-3               endselectcase
    20-2            endif
    21-1         endwhile
    22        end ; PROCESS_SCRIPT
******        entry GEN_INPUTFILE
     1        filedump $filetext,"UME_SCRIPTDEMO.INP"
     2        filetext:BLOCKDATA ~
              showarg2=arg1=arg2
              dumpit
              just_a_unknown_command
              ~
     3        end ; GEN_INPUTFILE
******        entry GET_INPUTFILE
              params
                 string p_loadfield : OUT
              endparams
     1        fileload "UME_SCRIPTDEMO.INP",p_loadfield
     2        end ; GET_INPUTFILE
******        entry ADD2PROTOCOL
              params
                 string p_text : IN
              endparams
     1           X_PROTOCOL = $concat(X_PROTOCOL,p_text,"%%^")
     2        end ; ADD2PROTOCOL