Command Line Startup Options

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Command Line Startup Options

To use command line arguments, either use the Run command from the Start menu, or create an icon for the program, and change the options in the shortcut.

This is a very useful feature of Collect! if you and your operators work on the same machine all the time.

You can set up these shortcuts for different operators and they will each be able to start Collect! with their own customized variations of logging into a Collect! database.

Collect! command line arguments:

Argument	Use	Applies To CV11	Applies To Web Host
/db{database}	Path to database. (e.g. /dbmasterdb)	X	X
/a{file}	Startup using macro file {file}	X
/b	Beep sounds off	X
/c{filename}	Enable Flex Screen{Use this INI instead of uidefault.ini}	X
/d	Enable internal checks	X
/dl	Disable locale	X
/e	Error beep OFF	X
/fnn	Use font size indicated by {nn} for Collect! display.	X	X
/h	Turn off the progress graph in the status bar at the bottom of the Collect! window	X	X
/i{ID}	User's ID. If ID and password are set then sign on	X	X
/m	Allow multiple instances of the program to run at one time	X	X
/n	Don't remove my ID from netbios name table on exit	X
/p{pwd}	Password. If ID and password are set then sign on	X	X
/q	User cannot exit from Collect! (except User levels 1 and 99)	X
/s	Skip the Signon form, prompt for ID and password	X
/v	Verbose. Frequent messages ON	X
/z	Turns ON DDE. Used with Merge Documents and also with Predictive Dialer	X
/Snn	Causes Collect! to listen on port nn		X
/W1ss	Puts Collect! into HTTPs secure web server mode using Collect!'s internal SSL handling		X
/W1s	Puts Collect! into HTTPs secure web server mode when using a third party SSL tool		X
/W1	Puts Collect! into HTTP web server mode - not secure		X
/W3	Causes Web Host to bypass system password authentication. This is used for real time updates via XML while using Web Predictive Dialer. This may be limited to Trusted Hosts for security.		X
/whl	Enables Web Host packet logging. This is for advanced developer troubleshooting. This will generate a text file, "webhostpacketlog.txt," in your cv11\bin folder.		X
/ynn	Causes Web Host to use Port nn for secure mode (HTTPS)		X
/Thh:mm	Causes the CV11 program to terminate at that time of day. This is useful for backups and scheduled maintenance tasks. This shuts down the Collect! instance but NOT the CV11 Server.	X	X
/xmm	Causes the CV11 program to terminate after {mm} minutes. This closes only the particular Collect! instance.	X	X
/?	Show this list	X

Examples

1. C:\CV11\bin\CV11.exe /iUser1 /ppassword1 /m /q /dbmasterdb
Sign directly into masterdb database using ID User1 and Password password1. Allow multiple instances of cv11.exe to be started. Do not allow users to exit from Collect!.

2. C:\CV11\bin\cv11.exe /S80 /W1ss /y443
Web Data Entry secure mode

3. C:\CV11\bin\cv11.exe /T1:30
Shut down Collect! at 1:30 AM (Uses 24 hour clock). This shuts down only the instance of Collect! on the workstation. It does not shut down the CV11 server.

4. C:\CV11\bin\cv11.exe /x30
Shut down Collect! after 30 minutes of inactivity. This shuts down only the instance of Collect! on the workstation. This does not work with Web Host or the Scheduler.

This is useful if you want user specific settings. If you want a global setting that applies to all users and all Collect! databases, please use Auto Log Out After, which is set in Database Preferences.

5. C:\CV11\bin\cv11.exe /dl
Disable Locale

You can also display this table of command line options by using the /? option. This will display the list to the screen. You will have to remove this option to enter Collect! normally.

Collect! Screen Display Size

The Flex Screen feature automatically expands Collect!'s screen to fit the monitor you are viewing. Command line startup option /c enables you to call a different INI file if you want to customize Flex Screen or adjust the default settings for a particular workstation.

Example:

C:\CV11\bin\cv11.exe /c
Use the settings in the uidefault.ini to set the Collect! screen dimensions. This default INI is shipped with Collect! and must be located in your CV11\bin folder.

Used by itself, this command is just like Collect!'s default behavior. It just looks for the uidefault.ini in the CV11\bin. But, if you specify a different INI, Collect! will read that for all the Flex Screen settings.

C:\CV11\bin\cv11.exe /cmyui.ini
Use the settings in myui.ini to set the Collect! screen dimensions. The specified INI file must be located in your CV11\bin folder

Please refer to Help topic, Flex Screen for details.

Collect! Font Size

With this command, larger numbers display a larger font size and larger Collect! windows. Smaller numbers display a smaller font size and smaller Collect! windows.

Example:

C:\CV11\bin\cv11.exe /f16
Start Collect! with 16 pt font size for display.

For resizing Collect!, the /c option should be used instead of /f in most cases. It is more comprehensive, enables more customization and generally gives better results.

Disable Locale

Upper and lowercase case functions in importing respond to the user's Regional Settings in Windows to be able to work with foreign languages better. Collect! automatically sets the Locale internally, given the language code returned from the operating system. This allows converting language characters to upper case during the import process.

To turn OFF this feature the command line switch /dl must be used.

Web Host Packet Logging

This option, /whl, is used for troubleshooting transmission of Web Host data.

Example:
C:\CV11\bin\cv11.exe /S80 /W1ss /y443 /whl
Web Host Packet Logging Enabled

This will generate a text file in your CV11\bin folder, i.e. "webhostpacketlog.txt." This is for advanced developer troubleshooting. This file can be used to reproduce HTTP headers and payload content, for instance in XML data pump troubleshooting.

This will also allow you to log SSL encrypted sessions too, since Collect! writes to these files after the decryption phase.