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Access ER/Studio from Command Line
To execute as a batch file (*.bat file) command, use the -m option and specify the macro you want to run:
Start /wait /min "erstudio" erstudio.exe -m MyMacro.bas
Access ER/Studio from Windows
1 Click Start > Run.
2 Type cmd and press Enter.
Notes
• You can use the Erstudio command to access macros written in ERStudio's Sax Basic Macro editor. Run the
command from the directory where ERStudio.exe is located. The default location is:
...\Embarcadero\ERStudioX.X
• You must specify the macros directory in Options Editor - Application Tab. The default location is:
Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\Embarcadero\ERStudio_X.X\Macros
Windows Vista: C:\ProgramData\Embarcadero\ERStudio_X.X\Macros
• Macros may not be located in a subdirectory. Macros with long names or spaces need to be enclosed in quotes.
• You must include the .bas extension in the command line syntax.
• Any errors that occur during the execution of the macro are written to an error file (.err) in the macros directory in
Options Editor - Directories Tab. The file name includes the date of the error. ER/Studio lists each error with a
timestamp in the file.
• You can use dialogs in macros executed from the command line, but you must write the macro code to handle the
opening of diagrams. Macros that work on the active diagram may not work.
See Also
Related Topics
Creating Event Handlers
ER/Studio supports programmatic event handling. In order to use the events, you must have the option enabled. To do
this, click Tools > Options > Automation Options and then select Create Handlers.
You can also write handlers for update events, see Handling Update Events.
You can customize templates to create database objects, including the following:
• Entity
• Attribute
• Relationship
• Index
• Model
• Submodel
• Domain
• Default
• User Datatype
• Rule
• View
• View Relationship
• Trigger
• Stored Procedure
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