make DOORs run in Background instead of actually opening-up the application

I have written a dxl script to export modules in excel format. I am executing this script using a .bat file.

@echo off

if "%~1"=="" (
echo This script needs to be started with a DOORS Module

goto :real_end

)

"C:\Program Files\IBM\Rational\DOORS\9.3\bin\doors.exe" -u USERNAME -password PASSWORD -f "%TEMP%" -D "current = read(\"%~1\", true); #include <export_batch.dxl>"

:real_end

But this is opening the GUI which i don't want as i have to export multiple number of modules one by one. I want to run the script as a background process.

I have replaced -D with -b ; but it did not work. Kindly suggest.

Thanks,
SystemAdmin - Fri Feb 15 01:19:02 EST 2013

Re: make DOORs run in Background instead of actually opening-up the application
SystemAdmin - Fri Feb 15 03:56:06 EST 2013

Re: make DOORs run in Background instead of actually opening-up the application
SystemAdmin - Fri Feb 15 08:48:33 EST 2013

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. I have already tried with this option. But this is throwing an error message.

My script exports the modules and saves them at specified location in excel format. For this i have modified the inbuilt excel.dxl file a little bit. But each time it opens DOORS and then the intended modules and then it exports it. I don't want this thing to happen. So i need some way so that it can do all these things without really opening the GUI. As i am very new to dxl, i am not able to sort this out in spite of much trials. Here is my script.
 

bool confirm (string s) { print "Confirmed: " s "\n"; return true }
 
void ack (string s) {print "Acknowledge: " s "\n" }
 
void acknowledge (string s) {print "Acknowledge: " s "\n"  }
 
void infoBox (string s) {print "Info: " s "\n" }
 
void info (string s) {print "Info: " s "\n" }
 
 
 
DB theDiag = null
 
 
// Now override block and show, to only do realize
 
void show  (DB x) { realize x; theDiag = x }
 
void block (DB x) { realize x; theDiag = x }
 
 
 
if (null current Module) {
 
print "A current module is needed for export."
 
halt
 
}
 
 
// we need braces, since -D will be executed at top level and we will get name
 
// clashes for variable defined in excel.dxl and the other includes of it.
 
{
 
 
// now include the excel.dxl -> this will pop up the dialog, but not halt execution
 
// due to the overrides above
 
Module mod = current Module
load(view "Standard view")
 
 
#include <standard/export/office/excel_modified.dxl>
 
set(mainChoice, 4)
 
doExcel theDiag
 
saveFileAsModuleName
 
//closeExcel
 
// get rid of the dialog
 
if (!null theDiag) destroy theDiag
}
 
 
// close DOORS
 
exit_

As mentioned above i have modified the excel.dxl file to include few functions. I have added saveFileAsModuleName() to save the exported excel file in the specified location with its respective module name.

bool saveFileAsModuleName() {
   if(fileOpen) {
      string filename=name(current Module)
      string baseFileString = "C:\\DOORS_Auto\\" filename ".xls"
 
      // delete the old file
      deleteFile(baseFileString);
 
      clear(args);
      put(args, "FileName", baseFileString);
 
      excelVersion = getRegistry(excelVersionKey, null);
 
      if (excelVersion == "Excel.Application.12") {        // If Excel version is 2007
        put(args, "FileFormat", "56" );     // Save file as Excel 97-2003 .xls format
      }
      
      if(!checkResult(oleMethod(objWorkbook, "SaveAs", args))) {
         errorBox("File SaveAs failed.");
         return(false);
      }
      
      return(true);
   }
   
   errorBox("File not open");
   return(false);
}

Is there any way that i can execute my script in background without any error and it still gives me intended result. Please help.

Thanks,

Re: make DOORs run in Background instead of actually opening-up the application
llandale - Fri Feb 15 14:07:04 EST 2013

bool confirm (string s) { print "Confirmed: " s "\n"; return true }
 
void ack (string s) {print "Acknowledge: " s "\n" }
 
void acknowledge (string s) {print "Acknowledge: " s "\n"  }
 
void infoBox (string s) {print "Info: " s "\n" }
 
void info (string s) {print "Info: " s "\n" }
 
 
 
DB theDiag = null
 
 
// Now override block and show, to only do realize
 
void show  (DB x) { realize x; theDiag = x }
 
void block (DB x) { realize x; theDiag = x }
 
 
 
if (null current Module) {
 
print "A current module is needed for export."
 
halt
 
}
 
 
// we need braces, since -D will be executed at top level and we will get name
 
// clashes for variable defined in excel.dxl and the other includes of it.
 
{
 
 
// now include the excel.dxl -> this will pop up the dialog, but not halt execution
 
// due to the overrides above
 
Module mod = current Module
load(view "Standard view")
 
 
#include <standard/export/office/excel_modified.dxl>
 
set(mainChoice, 4)
 
doExcel theDiag
 
saveFileAsModuleName
 
//closeExcel
 
// get rid of the dialog
 
if (!null theDiag) destroy theDiag
}
 
 
// close DOORS
 
exit_

bool saveFileAsModuleName() {
   if(fileOpen) {
      string filename=name(current Module)
      string baseFileString = "C:\\DOORS_Auto\\" filename ".xls"
 
      // delete the old file
      deleteFile(baseFileString);
 
      clear(args);
      put(args, "FileName", baseFileString);
 
      excelVersion = getRegistry(excelVersionKey, null);
 
      if (excelVersion == "Excel.Application.12") {        // If Excel version is 2007
        put(args, "FileFormat", "56" );     // Save file as Excel 97-2003 .xls format
      }
      
      if(!checkResult(oleMethod(objWorkbook, "SaveAs", args))) {
         errorBox("File SaveAs failed.");
         return(false);
      }
      
      return(true);
   }
   
   errorBox("File not open");
   return(false);
}

There is no GUI loaded in batch mode, so you cannot use dialog boxes. Your batch code will have to know what to do exactly; no doubt coding which module you want to export, opening it, exporting, closeing and exiting.

Be sure to open the module invisibly:

• Module mod = read(Name, false)

better yet, load the standard view:

• Module mod = read(Name, false, true)

If you want a single DXL to run both on-demand and also in batch, you can do something like this:

db = create("Export")
set DBEs
apply(db, "Export", applyDoTheWork)
 
if (batchMode()) //
then  applyDoTheWork(db)  // the primary callback
else  {realize(db); show(db)}

-Louie

Re: make DOORs run in Background instead of actually opening-up the application
SystemAdmin - Mon Feb 18 01:53:07 EST 2013

db = create("Export")
set DBEs
apply(db, "Export", applyDoTheWork)
 
if (batchMode()) //
then  applyDoTheWork(db)  // the primary callback
else  {realize(db); show(db)}