Actinic can be started from a command line (or from 'Start | Run' in Windows) by running the 'Catalog.exe' executable. For example:
"C:\Program Files\Actinic v8\Catalog.exe"
You can also add switches to the end of the command line to carry out specific tasks. For example
"C:\Program Files\Actinic v8\Catalog.exe" /d
will initiate a download. The full commands available are as follows:
· /p - will initiate a preview
· /u - will initiate an upload
· /d - will initiate a download
· /x - will initiate an export
· /q - will close Actinic
· /s - will change the Actinic site (see Licensing Multiple Actinic Sites)
· /n <username> - will supply a username if you need to log onto the application
· /w <password> - will supply a password if you need to log onto the application
The commands can be used in combination. For example:
"C:\Program Files\Actinic v8\Catalog.exe" /d /x
will initiate a download followed by an export. And this:
"C:\Program Files\Actinic v8\Catalog.exe" /d /u
will initiate a download followed immediately by an upload (very useful for updating the statuses of your products - see Monitoring Stock).
Note: To
properly execute these actions automatically, a number of dialogs are suppressed
or automatically confirmed. These are:
/u - progress dialog for upload is
OKed automatically
/d - progress dialog for download is OKed
automatically
/x - export warning about overwriting files is suppressed, and
warning about no outstanding exports is suppressed
However, should any
other warning or error messages appear, they must be manually dealt with.
In addition, you can use these to start Actinic with specific sites loaded. For example:
"C:\Program Files\Actinic v8\Catalog.exe" /s Site1
will start the software with the 'Site1' site loaded and
"C:\Program Files\Actinic v8\Catalog.exe" /s "New Site" /u
will load a site called 'New Site' and do an upload.
Note: You need quotes around the site name if there is a space in it.