Softdelete without link confirmation

Hello.  I created a script which sometimes needs to soft delete multiple modules.  This script is runs as an automated task (DOORS is started with the -D switch) each night so there is no user interaction.  The problem is that when links are involved a message pops asking to confirm the module deletion, and then the script just hangs there until someone comes in the morning and manually confirms the deletion.

Is there a way to have the script skip the confirmation dialog?  I did try starting the script in batch mode (with the -b switch) but the script will not work without the GUI present.

Thanks.

Re: Softdelete without link confirmation
kourosh - Wed Apr 08 12:53:20 EDT 2015

I could not reproduce this. It worked fine for me. This is how I did it:

Run DOORS in batch mode with following command:
C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.6\bin>doors.exe -b "C:\Users\Administrator\Desktop\softDeleteMods.dxl" -u Administrator -P password

This is what my softDeleteMods.dxl looks like:
Item i
ModName_ mref
Folder f = folder("/linked mods")

for i in f do
{
    mref = module(fullName i)
    softDelete(mref)
}
 

Re: Softdelete without link confirmation
ronwis - Wed Apr 08 13:20:09 EDT 2015

I guess I should have been more specific.  Yes, the confirmation dialog won't show up in batch mode, but I cannot run my script in batch mode due to other reasons.  I need to run with the GUI by using the -D startup switch.

I am thinking that maybe the only thing to do is to have the script open each module and one-by-one delete all incoming links before trying to softDelete the module.  If anyone has a better solution I'd love to hear it.

Re: Softdelete without link confirmation
kourosh - Wed Apr 08 13:33:36 EDT 2015

Unfortunately, I think that is your only option if you want to actually delete the module.