Understanding PeopleSoft Application Designer Command Line Parameters

PeopleSoft Application Designer offers a variety of command line parameters that you can use to control the database to which it connects. By using these parameters, you can automatically navigate to the part of the system that you need.

Use the values from the following tables to specify certain parameters.

See Command Line Parameters.

Syntax

The following command line syntax applies to all actions identified in this topic:

PSIDE [-parameter value [-parameter value . . .]]

You can include as many or as few parameters as you need.

Each parameter starts with a hyphen (-) or a forward slash (/). The value for each parameter follows the hyphen or slash, separated by zero or more spaces. In general, the value does not need to have quotation marks around it, even if it has internal spaces: the system treats all text following the parameter as part of the value, up to the next parameter or the end of the command line.

Note: You must enclose a value in quotation marks only when it includes a hyphen or forward slash, or to include leading or trailing spaces. If the value itself includes a quotation mark character, precede the double quote with a backslash (\).

Only one command should be included in a single command line. If multiple commands are included in the command line, the only command that will execute is the command that is last in the order of precedence.

The following sequence is used for commands:

  1. COPYDB - Copy Database

  2. COPYTOFILE - Copy To File

  3. COPYFROMFILE - Copy From File

  4. COMPAREDB- Compare Database

  5. COMPAREFROMFILE - Compare From File

  6. BUILDPRJ - Build Project

  7. CONVERTPCODE - Convert PeopleCode

  8. CONVERTFIELDNAMES - Convert FieldNames

  9. CONVERTSEVENWORKFLOW - Convert Workflow

  10. CREATEPRJ - Create Project

  11. MERGEPRJ - Merge Project

  12. BULKEXPORT - Bulk Export

  13. SHADOWEXPORT - Shadow Export

  14. VALIDATEPROJ - Validate Project Integrity

  15. CMPALLPC - Compile All PeopleCode in the Database

  16. CMPPRJPC - Compile all PeopleCode in the project

  17. CMPDIRPC - Compile Directive PeopleCode in the Database

  18. CMPPRJDIRPC - Compile Directive PeopleCode in a project

For example, if the command line included PSIDE.exe . . . . -CMPDIRPC -CMPPRJDIRPC -VALIDATEPROJ...., CMPPRJDIRPC would process, as it comes last in the sequence order.