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    #1

    Command Line Start Alpha5

    Where do I find the specs for starting Alpha via command line?
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    #2
    RE: Command Line Start Alpha5

    Roger:

    Check the readme on the 4.03 patch.

    Bill
    Bill Hanigsberg

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      #3
      RE: Command Line Start Alpha5

      At a command prompt, type:

      alpha5.exe -?

      A nice little window will pop up and show you all the command-line options. Too bad you can't cut and paste from that window.

      Tom

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        #4
        RE: Command Line Start Alpha5

        OK. Here goes - I hope the "Use HTML" works! The "Command Line Options" should show up below and you should be able to cut and paste them if you want them somewhere else:

        Command Line Options
        Syntax:
        alpha5 ".adb file" [-TITLE="title"] [-ICON-"icon"] [-SPLASH="splash"] [-NOSPLASH] [-INCLUDE="file"]
        Description:
        To start Alpha Five, you can use the following command line options which let you change the window title, change the startup logo, and change the window icon:



        Option
        Description
        Example


        -TITLE="title>
        Change the displayed title for the main Alpha Five window.
        TITLE="Customers"


        -SPLASH="bitmap"
        Change the splash screen bitmap that displays when Alpha Five loads.
        -SPLASH=clock.bmp


        -ICON="icon"
        Change the icon that displays on Alpha Five title bar.
        -ICON=logo.ico


        -NOSPLASH
        Do not display a splash screen when Alpha Five loads.
        -NOSPLASH


        -COMMAND="xbasic"
        Runs the specified Xbasic commands after Alpha Five starts.



        -INCLUDE="file"
        When you have more command line options than can fit on one line, you can create an ascii file with the command line options in the file. Put one option per line. Use this option to specify the name of the ascii file.
        -INCLUDE=start.txt


        -NOMINMAX
        Disable ability to minimize or maximize the Alpha Five main window.
        -NOMINMAX


        -NOSYSMENU
        Open Alpha Five without a system menu on the main Alpha Five window.
        -NOSYSMENU


        -NOSIZE
        Eliminate the size box for the A5 application
        -NOSIZE


        -MINIMIZE
        Start Alpha Five minimized.
        -MINIMIZE


        -MAXIMIZE
        Start Alpha Five maximized.
        -MAXIMIZE


        -HELP or -?
        Display the command line options.
        -HELP


        -A="application"
        Runs an application (card stack). It starts the first (usually HOME) card - the user is not able to choose which card is first.) This is primarily for compatiblity with A5v1.
        -A=StackName




        NOTES:
        1. IMPORTANT: Do not leave any spaces between the option name and the '=' sign. E.g. -TITLE="Invoice", NOT -TITLE = "Invoice"
        2. Although you can start the line with just "alpha5", the system must be able to find the program. If the directory that contains the Alpha5.exe program is not included in the list of directories to be searched when starting a program, then you must include the full path name of the program. EX: c:\A5v4\alpha5.exe .....
        3. The default for the "-icon", "-splash", and "-include" options is the Alpha Five program directory. If any of these items are in another directory, they will also require the full path name.
        Example:
        c:\program files\runtime\alpha.exe c:\rms\rms.adb -nosplash -title="RMS Applications" -icon="c:\rms\data\rms.ico"

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          #5
          RE: Command Line Start Alpha5

          Cal,

          This format is one of the better educational tools I've seen. If A5 could utilize something like this to describe a line of Xbasic so, along with telling beginners not only what the line does, but what each part of the line is, that would be a big boost to many Xbasic novices like me.

          Thanks for your efforts. I really do appreciate your time to do this.

          kenn
          TYVM :) kenn

          Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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            #6
            RE: Command Line Start Alpha5

            Thanks for the credit but the basic layout of that is directly from the version 4.03 'readme.txt' file. I only added a couple other options I got from using the "alpha5.exe -?" commmand and a little bit of additional explanation at the end. So, most of the credit goes to Alpha!

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              #7
              RE: Command Line Start Alpha5

              So, the question is, can Alpha do it again with queries, postings, etc.?? I hope so. It will make my programing life a lot easier.

              kenn
              TYVM :) kenn

              Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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