Automated creating of projects
logi.CAD 3
provides a tool
for the automated creating of logi.CAD 3 →projects.
The tool is intended for usage by an experienced user of
logi.CAD 3.
A condition for the successful usage of the tool is the knowledge of the action to be executed as it would be executed in the graphical user interface of logi.CAD 3.
The output of the tool is in English only.
Preparation
Make sure that logi.CAD 3 is installed. Have the following information prepared:
The path to the logi.CAD 3 installation directory
The path to a directory that will be used as the workspace
In case the directory does not exist, the tool creates it.the information for the project that should be created – the path and name for the project and the project template to be used
The path to the log configuration file (see below for more information)
A sample configuration file is included in the installation of logi.CAD 3.
If the JAVA JDK has not already been installed on your computer, install and unpack the JAVA JDK. In case of an installation, also enhance the environment variable PATH of the operating system by the folder to which the JAVA JDK has been installed/unpacked. In case of doubts, ask your administrator to support you in doing so.
Open a command line: e.g. cmd.exe under Windows and navigate to the logi.CAD 3 installation directory.
Invocation
@REM Commands to start the development environment in English
start cmd /c logicad3.exe -nl en -data <WORKSPACE> -nosplash -vmargs -Dlicenseaccepted=true -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=<X.Y> -DLC3useRTS3MetaData=true -Xms256m -Xmx6144m -Dlc3.serverport=50055 -Dlog4j.configuration=file:<LOG-CONFIGURATION>
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 40 1>NUL
@REM Command to create the project based on a template
java -jar util\com.logicals.lc3.command.jar -port 50055 --createProject -projectName <PROJECT> -targetPath <PROJECTPATH> -templateName <TEMPLATENAME>
@REM Command to exit the development environment
java -jar util\com.logicals.lc3.command.jar -port 50055 -shutdown
Description of parameters:
Parameter |
Description |
Example |
<WORKSPACE> |
absolute path to a workspace to which the project should be imported
|
C:\temp\LC3Workspace |
<X.Y> |
version number of the required Java version
|
1.8 |
<LOG-CONFIGURATION> |
path to the log configuration file |
C:\LC3LogConfig\log4j.xml |
<PROJECT> |
name of the project that should be created |
MyProject |
<PROJECTPATH> |
absolute path to the folder where the project should be created |
C:\LC3Projects\ |
<TEMPLATENAME> |
name of the project template which will be the base of the project |
"logi.CAD 3 Project" |
The parameter -noSplash is optional. If it is not specified, the splashscreen of logi.CAD 3 is displayed after the invocation.
The parameter -Dlog4j.configuration is also optional . However, logi.cals recommends to specify this parameter so that log events are output .
All other parameters are mandatory. If they are not specified, an appropriate message will indicate that parameters are missing.
start cmd /c logicad3.exe -nl en -data C:\temp\LC3Workspace -nosplash -vmargs -Dlicenseaccepted=true -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8 -DLC3useRTS3MetaData=true -Xms256m -Xmx6144m -Dlc3.serverport=50055 -Dlog4j.configuration=file:C:\LC3LogConfig\log4j.xml
ping 127.0.0.1 -n 40 1>NUL
java -jar util\com.logicals.lc3.command.jar -port 50055 --createProject -projectName MyProject -targetPath C:\LC3Projects\ -templateName "logi.CAD 3 Project"
java -jar util\com.logicals.lc3.command.jar -port 50055 -shutdown
Log configuration file
This file is needed to configure the log4j logging mechanism. The file specifies how log events are output.
<?
xml
version
=
"1.0"
encoding
=
"UTF-8"
?>
<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
<
log4j
:configuration
debug
=
"false"
xmlns:log4j
=
'http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/'
>
<!-- This configuration logs to console. -->
<
appender
name
=
"console"
class
=
"org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender"
>
<
param
name
=
"target"
value
=
"System.out"
/>
<
param
name
=
"immediateFlush"
value
=
"true"
/>
<
param
name
=
"encoding"
value
=
"UTF-8"
/>
<
param
name
=
"threshold"
value
=
"info"
/>
<
layout
class
=
"org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"
>
<
param
name
=
"ConversionPattern"
value
=
"%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p: %m%n"
/>
</
layout
>
</
appender
>
<!-- This configuration logs to a file, with more information than for the console. -->
<
appender
name
=
"file"
class
=
"org.apache.log4j.DailyRollingFileAppender"
>
<
param
name
=
"file"
value
=
"C:\\temp\\logfile.log"
/>
<
layout
class
=
"org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout"
>
<
param
name
=
"ConversionPattern"
value
=
"%d{HH:mm:ss} %-5p [THREAD ID=%t] [Method:%M] %c{1}:%L - %m%n"
/>
</
layout
>
</
appender
>
<
root
>
<
level
value
=
"INFO"
/>
<
appender
-ref
ref
=
"console"
/>
<
appender
-ref
ref
=
"file"
/>
</
root
>
</
log4j
:configuration>