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---+ APPX Client Command Line Options The following command line options can be appended to the "Target:" line of the Appx Desktop Client shortcut. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -mode=(local|remote|both) default=both <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Controls which login panels are shown, and also determines which type of login to do if the login dialog box is skipped. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -pathname={path & filename of the local appx.exe file} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Defaults the location and name of the APPX server executable when running APPX locally. This also is used when skipping the login dialog box and the</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> -mode=local </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">is set. </span> <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -port={server port number} default=8060 <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Defaults the remote server port number on the login dialog and also used when doing a remote login with the login dialog box skipped. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -host={server hostname} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Defaults the remote host field on the remote login pane of the login dialog box. It is also used when the login dialog box is skipped. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -user={server OS userID} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Defaults the userID on the remote login pane of the login dialog box. It is also used when skipping the login box. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -password={server OS password} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Defaults the password field on the remote pane of the login dialog box. This is also used when the login dialog is skipped. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -look=(java|windows|motif) default=windows <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Defaults the look and feel setting on the "options" pane of the login dialog box. This setting is also used when the login dialog is skipped. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -application={APPX server Application ID} or -a={APPX server Application ID} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Instructs the server to startup in a particular application ID. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -database={APPX server Database ID} or -d={APPX server Database ID} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Instructs the server to start in a particular database. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -ptype={APPX server process type} or -t={APPX server processtype} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Instructs the server to use this process type as the startup process type. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -process={APPX server process name} or -p={APPX server process name} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Instructs the APPX server to use this as the startup process name. <table align="center" bgcolor="#ffff80" style="width: 500px;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> *Restrictions on startup processes:* An Application ID and process type must always be included when specifying a process name. If an Application ID is included without specifying a process type/name, the startup menu for the application will be used. <p align="left" dir="ltr">If no Application ID is specified, the startup application and menu for the database will be used. If no Database ID is specified, the startup database defined for the user within System Administration is used. If the startup database is also unspecified, the APPX main menu is used.</p> <p align="left" dir="ltr">The valid process types are Menu, Job, Input, Output, Update, Inquiry, Query, Status, and Subroutine.</p> <p align="left" dir="ltr">Use underscores (_) in place of any embedded spaces within parameters, and DO NOT enclose parameters in quotation marks.<br />(e.g., -p=Accounts_Payable).</p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> <p align="left" dir="ltr">-fg=(black|blue|cyan|darkGray|gray|green|lightGray| <br /> magenta|orange|pink|red|white|yellow|#rrggbb)</p> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Sets the default text foreground color. You can select one of the predefined colors, or define your own with the</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> #rrggbb </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">setting where you replace</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> rr </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">with the amount of RED in Hex, and the same with the</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> gg </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">and</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> bb </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">values. Defaults to Black.</span> <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -bg=(black|blue|cyan|....see.-fg....) <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Sets the default text background color. See "fg" for more info. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -boldFg=(black|blue|cyan|....see.-fg....) <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Sets the default text foreground text color for bold text. See "fg" for more info. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -editBg=(black|blue|cyan|....see.-fg....) <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Sets the default text foreground text color for edit fields. See "fg" for more info. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -rows={window size in rows} default=21 <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Defaults the initial screen size in rows. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -cols={window size in columns} default=80 <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Defaults the initial screen size in columns. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -bmode=(tile|expand) default=tile <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Define how background tiles are painted in the Java window. The "tile" setting uses the tile image over and over again to fill the window. The "expand" setting resizes the image to just fill the space inside the window. Used with the</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> -tile#= </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">setting. </span> <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -splash={url to an image} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Used as a background image in the main client window during the login process. How it is painted is determined by the</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> -bmode= </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">setting. </span> <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -smode=(tile|expand) default=expand <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Defines how the splash image is painted in the Java window. The "tile" setting uses the tile image over and over again to fill the window. The "expand" setting resizes the image to just fill the space inside the window. Used with the -splash= setting. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -tile#={url to an image} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Defines an array of images that the client will use to fill window backgrounds. </span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;">-tile1= </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">defines the base wallpaper image. </span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;">-tile2= defines </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">the wallpaper for all windows one up from the base window.</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> -tile3= </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">sets the pattern for all windows two up from the base window, etc. You can define as many or few as you like. The client will cycle back to the first image if you have more windows layered on the screen that for which it has tile images. Used with the</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> -bmode= </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">setting.</span> <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -title= "{contents of titlebar}" <blockquote dir="ltr"> Defines text to be displayed in the titlebar, in place of standard contents. In the title text, you can use the following special tags to have the client insert special data into the title: * $(host) * $(user) * $(pathname) * $(pid) * $(port) Example: -title="Pete's APPX Client, server PID is $(pid)"</blockquote> <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -shell={command line to start a document} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Overrides the default command line used to "start" a document. Starting a document is telling windows to open a document and having windows use the association to decide what program to use. This defaults to</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> start {document} </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">which does may not work on NT. NT may require this to be set to start a command shell like</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> "cmd.exe /c start". </span> <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -font=(fixed|prop) default=fixed <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Toggles between fixed (courier) font and proportional font on all screens where font is not specified. <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> </span> -initialFontSize={value} default=14 <blockquote dir="ltr"> This will set the startup font size for the client. </blockquote> -widgetFontAdjust={value} default=0 <blockquote dir="ltr"> This will adjust fonts used on all designed widgets by this amount. It can be set to a positive or negative integer. The value will be added to the font size used by all widgets. So, if a workstation runs the client and the default widget font size comes in at a value of 14, setting the argument to -1 would cause all widgets to display with a font size of 13. </blockquote> -hideMenu <span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span> Hides the Java Client menu bar. <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> -hideToolbar <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> Hides the Java Client tool bar. <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span> -optkey={character} <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">Resets the key used as the option key. The default is the single-back-quote</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> ` </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">character. To set the option key to the</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> ~ </span><span style="font-size: x-small;">character, use</span><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-small;"> -optkey=~</span> ---++ Comments: _Read what other users have said about this page or add your own comments._ --- <br />%COMMENT%
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