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Command
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Usage
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API
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abandon
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Abandons the current transaction
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backupToDB:dir:
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Creates a copy of the repository (not including uncommitted
transactions) while being logged in. Useful when automating a version management
scheme. The first argument is the new repository name, and the second argument
is the relative or absolute directory of the copied repository. If the
repository name is an empty string, "", the copied repository maintains its old
name in manager.ab and is not added to artbase.roo.
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commit
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Commits the current transaction
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condenseDatabase
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Compacts the repository by removing old versions of objects (cf.
maintainDatabase).
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condenseVersions
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Condenses duplicate graph snapshots in version history. Requires
that this is the only user logged in.
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createProject:
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Creates a new project in the repository, or does nothing if it
exists already. To be able to use the new project, you must first commit, and
then set it as the default project with setProject:
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currentDir:
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Sets the MetaEdit+ working directory to be the directory in the
argument. Argument is a string representing a directory name, or a file name
within a directory. The file or directory must exist. Cannot be used when logged
in. When reading metaedit.ini from this new directory, only those settings
explicitly mentioned in the ini file will be changed.
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document:into:
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Documents Graph types in a human-readable and diffable textual
format. For each Graph type matching the first wildcard argument, creates a
subdirectory of the same name below the base directory specified in the second
argument. Into each directory it outputs metamodel.txt, a comprehensive yet
readable textual representation of the Graph type, the Graph types’
generators as *.rep files and symbols (including library symbols) as *.mxs
files.
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documentGraphsInto:
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For each Graph in a project open in this transaction, runs its
_vcsGraphSnapshot generator to output a text snapshot to the directory named in
the argument. The directory is created if necessary, and the file encoding is
UTF-8. Filenames are .txt, formed from the graph name, oid and type name
separated with underscores.
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exportName:type:file:
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Exports a set of graphs into a file. The first argument is a
wildcard to match graph names, the second argument is a wildcard to match graph
type names, and the third is a filename with extension .mxm or .mec. The graphs
matching will be exported as from Graph Manager.
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evalCode:
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Supplies the evaluation code for MetaEdit+ on startup. The
evaluation code is remembered so it can be used automatically as needed, rather
than prompting the user for it with a dialog. Note that this command should
precede the login command on the command line. The code is requested during
first login; supplying the code in other situations will have no effect and is
harmless.
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fileInPatch:
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Imports the named program, type or model patch (.mep, met, .mec,
.mxt, .mxs, .mxm). Note you must be logged in for all but .mep
patches.
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fileInPatches
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Imports .mep program patches. Patches are named in a patches.txt
file in the current directory or patches subdirectory. If there is no
patches.txt file, all .mep patches from the patches subdirectory are taken in
alphabetical order.
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forAll:run:
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For all graphs matching the first wildcard argument, run the
named generator.
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forName:type:run:
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For all graphs matching the first wildcard argument, and whose
types match the second wildcard argument, run the named generator.
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login
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Logs in to repository ‘db’ (or ‘demo’,
if that exists and ‘db’ does not) as user ‘user’ with
password ‘user’
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loginDB:user:password:
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Logs in to the given repository, as the given user with the
given password. Note that the first parameter is the repository name rather than
the repository directory name. If the password is * the user will be prompted
with a dialog (even for ‘user’ and ‘sysadmin’ where the
password is the same as the user name).
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loginNewDB:dir:user:password:
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Creates and logs in to a new database with the given name and
directory, as the named sysadmin user with the given password.
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logoutAndExit
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Logs out and exits: use abandon or commit first to avoid
dialogs
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maintainDatabase
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condenseDatabase + condenseVersions + repository garbage
collect. This also converts a multi-user repository ready for single user
use.
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minimalUI
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Suppress certain MetaEdit+ windows and menu elements to minimize
the user-visible UI elements. The windows to be hidden are the MetaEdit+ main
window, the Generator Output Browser and the API Tool (the API tool itself still
exists, it just not shown). When minimalUI is set, closing the last MetaEdit+
window will not automatically log out or exit MetaEdit+.
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obsolete:
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Mark all types created by the given user name as removed: useful
mostly with types imported from a generated MXT file. Object types' icons will
be replaced by a red X, and their identifier will be prefixed with bold XXX. The
prefix and icon to be used can be customized by saving them as the content and
icon of a Graph generator __obsolete().
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openAllProjects
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Opens all the projects in the repository.
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quit
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Quits MetaEdit+ abruptly: no logout is performed. Use with
care.
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resetVersionHistory
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Removes the entire version history of all users. The removal
will become permanent on commit. Requires that this is the only user logged
in.
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saveWSDL:
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Save the WSDL to the file specified as argument. The settings
for hostname and port will be taken from the API Tool most recently started via
the API, or the defaults if none.
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setProject:
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Opens the named project and sets it as the default
project
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Starts the API with default settings (hostname as localhost,
port 6390 and event logging turned off).
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startAPIHostname:port:logEvents:
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Starts the API with the given parameters.
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stopAPI
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Stops and closes all API Tools that have been started through
the command-line mechanism (i.e. command-line, internal...execute, or API call).
Will not affect manually started API Tools.
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