Doors in batch mode opens new command window

When I run Doors in batch mode from a command prompt it exits immediately and opens a new command window where the output is printed. This won't work for a headless run from a continuous integration server. I need the output from Doors in batch mode on standard out and/or standard error.

This is how I execute Doors:

doors.exe -user XXXX -password YYYY -batch script.dxl

How can I have the output from Doors to standard out and/or standard error in my original command window?
autotom - Tue Sep 07 01:41:15 EDT 2010

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
autotom - Tue Sep 07 08:19:00 EDT 2010

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
SystemAdmin - Tue Sep 07 08:44:10 EDT 2010

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
autotom - Tue Sep 07 08:59:55 EDT 2010

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
llandale - Wed Sep 08 17:22:49 EDT 2010

Don't use print statements. Instead send your output to a buffer, and at the end of your script sent the buffe to a file. Perhaps something like this:

string NameOutFile = "C:\\Doors-Stuff\\BatchOutput.txt"
Buffer g_bufOutput = create()
 
void print(string Message)
{  g_bufOutput += Message
}
 
void FileMessages()
{  Stream out = write(NameOutFile)
   out << g_bufOutput
   close(out)
   system("Notepad.exe " NameOutFile)
   delete(g_bufOutput)
}

I see standard streams 'cin', 'cout', and 'cerror', but I don't understand them at all.

• Louie

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
Mathias Mamsch - Wed Sep 08 19:35:45 EDT 2010

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
autotom - Fri Sep 10 02:47:11 EDT 2010

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
Mathias Mamsch - Fri Sep 10 06:57:36 EDT 2010

As an additional trick you can redefine the prints before starting the script. This way you can redirect the output of every script to the stdout.
 

// Put this code to a file called 'redirection.inc'
void print (Date d) { cout << d "" }
void print (string s) { cout << s }
void print (int i) { cout << i "" }
void print (char c) { cout << c "" }
void print (bool b) { cout << b "" }
void print (real r) { cout << r "" }

Then you could launch your script like: doors.exe -b yourscript.dxl -D "#include <redirection.inc>" -u User -p Password
which might work (I did not actually try it I am positive it will do the trick).

Regards, Mathias

Mathias Mamsch, IT-QBase GmbH, Consultant for Requirement Engineering and D00RS

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
RushiW - Wed Sep 15 09:02:17 EDT 2010

Hello, I am facing same issue. I tried the solution that u suggested, but its not working for me.
Could you please explain this in detail?

I have one dxl file with following code in it.

print "Hello using print"
cout << "Hello using cout"

I am running this script from machine where I have installed doors client. I am using following command to execute the script.
doors.exe -d <port@server_name> -u XXXX -p YYYY -b script.dxl

But I could not see any output on stdout (i.e. "Hello using cout")

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
BillTidy - Fri Apr 20 06:40:52 EDT 2012

Re: Doors in batch mode opens new command window
BillTidy - Fri Apr 20 08:32:42 EDT 2012