Run DBDump from the command prompt

You use DBDump to extract tag information from an InTouch application. You can run DBDump from the command prompt. You must stop WindowMaker before running DBDump.

Commas are required between DBDump command parameters. Parameters are position dependent. If you want to omit a parameter between included parameters, you must include a comma for the missing parameter. The following example shows the syntax of the DBDump command when you run it from the command prompt:

DBDump AppPath,CsvPath,GroupTypes,OverwriteCsvFile, MessageBoxes

Parameters

AppPath

Defines the path to the InTouch application.

CsvPath

Defines the path to the export file containing tag definitions from the Tagname Dictionary of the InTouch application.

GroupTypes

Specifies whether tags are grouped in the DBDump export file by InTouch tag types. 1 indicates the tag database names should be sorted by tag group type. 0 indicates the tag names are not to be sorted by type.

OverwriteCsvFile

Specifies if the export file should be overwritten. 1 indicates the export file should be overwritten. 0 indicates the export file should not be overwritten.

MessageBoxes

Specifies whether messages appear when the DBDump utility exports the contents of the application's Tagname Dictionary. 1 indicates the message boxes are to be displayed. 0 indicates message boxes are not to be displayed.

Example

Suppose the InTouch application is located in the C:\MyInTouchApps\App001 folder and you want to write the contents of the tag database to the C:\TagDumps\App001.csv file. You do not want any message boxes to appear, and you want to overwrite the target export file if it exists. The command is:

DBDump C:\MyInTouchApps\App001,C:\TagDumps\App001.Csv,1,1,0