Table 5 lists the command line options available with Data Explorer. Those most commonly used are identified by a bullet (*). Table 6 lists command line options of particular interest to developers.
Command line options always override corresponding environment
variables.
As such, they offer a quick way to temporarily override environment
settings.
If parameters conflict, the last one entered takes
precedence.
Table 5. Data
Explorer Command Line Options
| Option syntax | Function | |
|---|---|---|
|
|
-8bitcmap [private | shared | 0-1]
| Set color-map error threshold
(default: 0.1).
private = -1; stored = 1. |
| * |
-builder
|
Start the Data Explorer Module Builder (instead of Data Explorer).
|
|
|
-cache [on | off]
| Enable executive cache (default: on). |
|
|
-colors filename
| Override DXCOLORS environment variable. |
|
|
-connect host:port
| Start a distributed executive only (no user interface). |
| * |
-data pathlist.
| Override DXDATA environment variable. |
|
|
-directory dirname
| Change directory (cd) to dirname before starting the executive. |
|
|
-display hostname:0
| Set the X-display destination. |
|
|
-dxroot dirname
| Set the Data Explorer root directory (default: /usr/lpp/dx). |
|
|
-echo
| Echo the command lines without executing them. |
|
|
-edit
| Start the user interface in edit mode (default). |
|
|
-exec filename
| Use the specified executive. |
|
|
-execonly
| Start the executive only (no user interface) in remote mode. |
|
|
-execute
| Execute the visual program automatically at start-up. |
|
|
-execute_on_change
| Go into Execute On Change mode at start-up. |
|
|
-full
| Start the full Data Prompter. (See also -file and -prompter.) |
|
|
-file filename
| Start the Data Prompter with header file filename. (See also -full and -prompter.) |
|
|
-help
| Print the abbreviated help message. |
|
|
-highlight [on | off]
| Enable node execution highlighting: (default: on). |
| * |
-host hostname
| Start the executive on machine. hostname. |
| * |
-hwrender [gl | opengl]
| if both GL and OpenGL are supported, set the type of hardware-rendering used. |
| * |
-image
| Start the user interface in image mode. |
|
|
-include pathlist
| Override DXINCLUDE environment variable. |
|
|
-license [runtime | develop |
timed]
| Request that the user interface use only the indicated functional type |
|
|
-local
| Start the executive on the current machine (default). |
|
|
-log [on | off]
| Enable executive and user interface logging (default: off). |
| * |
-macros pathlist
| Set list of directories to be searched for macros. |
|
|
-mdf filename
| Use .mdf file filename in addition to the default mdf file. |
| * |
-memory #Mbytes
| Set the amount of memory the executive uses. |
| * |
-menubar
| Start the user interface in menubar mode. |
|
|
-metric
| Set the graphical user interface to use metric units whenever possible. |
|
|
-modules pathlist
| Set list of directories to be searched for outboard modules. |
| * |
-morehelp
| Print complete Help, including information about other options. |
| * |
-optimize [memory | precision]
| Set the environment variables DXPIXELTYPE and DXDELAYEDCOLORS to optimize memory or precision. (The default is precision.) |
|
|
-outboarddebug
| Enable user to start outboard modules manually. |
| * |
-program filename
| Start the user interface with visual program filename. |
| * |
-prompter
| Start the Data Explorer Data Prompter (but not Data Explorer). |
|
|
-readahead [on | off]
| Enable executive readahead: (default: on). |
| * |
-script
| Run the executive only (i.e., in script mode). |
| * |
-script filename
| Run the executive only (i.e., in script mode) with script filename. |
|
|
-suppress
| Do not open any control panels at start-up (in image or menubar mode only). |
|
|
-timed
| Start Data Explorer using a timed license. |
|
|
-timing [on | off]
| Enable module timing (default: off). |
|
|
-trace [on | off]
| Enable executive trace (default: off). |
|
|
-trialkey
| Automatically determines the information needed to generate a trial key. |
| * |
-tutor
| Start the Data Explorer tutorial. |
| * |
-uionly
| Start the user interface only (no executive). |
|
|
-verbose
| Echo command lines before executing them. |
|
|
-version
| Show version numbers of dxexec and dxui. |
Table 6. Command
Line Options for Developers
|
For more detailed descriptions of functions, see Appendix D. "User Interface Configuration".
| |
| Option syntax | Function |
|---|---|
|
-encode -key <16-digit hex number> <file>
| Encode a .net file. The Visual Program Editor will not display an encoded .net file, and such a file cannot be saved. (However, .cfg configuration files can be saved.) |
|
-key <16-digit hex number> <file>
| Decodes an encoded .net file. |
|
-limitImageOptions
| Remove options from Image window's Options menu. |
|
-noAnchorAtStartup
| Start Data Explorer, but do not put up any windows by default |
|
-noCMapOpenMap
| Remove Open... option from Colormap Editor's File menu. |
|
-noCMapSaveMap
| Remove Save As... option from Colormap Editor's File menu. |
|
-noCMapSetNameOption
| Remove Set Colormap Name... option from Colormap Editor's Options menu. |
|
-noConnectionMenus
| Remove Connection menu from all Windows (intended for use with DXLink applications). |
|
-noConfirmedQuit
| Turn off the "Are you sure you want to quit Data Explorer?" message. |
|
-noDXHelp
| Remove three options from the Help menu of the control panel and the Image window. |
|
-noEditorAccess
| Remove options from the Edit menu of the control panel and the Open Visual Program Editor option from the Image window's Windows menu. |
|
-noEditorOnError
| Turn off default behavior of popping up a VPE when an error occurs. Instead, a dialog box will ask whether a VPE should be opened. |
|
-noExecuteMenus
| Remove Execute menu from all Windows (intended for use with DXLink applications). |
|
-noExitOptions
| Changes"quit" to"Close" (intended for use with DXLink applications). |
|
-noImageLoad
| Remove both Load options from the Image window's File menu. |
|
-noImageMenus
| Remove menus from all Image and Display windows. |
|
-noImagePrinting
| Remove the Print Image... option from the Image Window's File menu. |
|
-noImageRWNetFile
| Remove Open, Save, and Save As... options from the Image Window's File menu. |
|
-noImageSaving
| Remove Save Image... option from the Image Window's File menu. |
|
-noInteractorAttributes
| Remove Set Attributes... option from the Image Window's File menu. |
|
-noInteractorEdits
| Remove four set options from the control panel's Edit menu. |
|
-noInteractorMovement
| Restricts the ability to move interactor instances within a control panel. |
|
-noMessageInfoOption
| Remove the Information Messages toggle button from the Message window's Options menu. |
|
-noMessageWarningOption
| Remove the Warning Messages toggle button from the Message window's Options menu. |
|
-noOpenAllPanels
| Remove Open All Panels... option from the Panels menu of the control panel and from the Windows menu of the Image Window. |
|
-noPanelAccess
| Remove the Panels menu from the control panel and panel options from the Windows menu of the Image Window. |
|
-noPanelEdit
| Remove the Edit menu from the control panel. |
|
-noPanelOptions
| Remove the Option menu from the control panel. |
|
-noPGroupAssignment
| Remove the Execution Group Assignment... option from the Image window's Connection menu. |
|
-noRWConfig
| Remove the Open... and Save As... options from the control panel's File menu. |
|
-noScriptCommand
| Remove the Execute Script Command... option from the Message Window's Options menu. |
|
-restrictionLevel
| Combines options to facilitate building applications for Data Explorer |
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