Matthew, Thank you for your quick response..
It is aradmin.exe the same executable that launches the admin tool. That has command line options and I pretty much know those options but do not know if they can be used to export a specific filter to a def file and in an xml format. The default format it does an export in is a def format. If you go to the AR Admin tool install directory and do a aradmin /? you see all the options in a gui that will pop up in a couple of seconds after you execute a request for help. But unfortunately that help is not enough to answer what I need to know.. I do not think these options have been upgraded since the few upgrades of the admin tool wherein it was upgraded to be able to spit out xml definitions of objects.. Cheers Joe ________________________________ From: Matthew Perrault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 10:41:30 AM Subject: Re: Command line usage of aradmin.exe to export 'specific' filters... ** Joe, I know it can be done. I’ve done it here and seen it done other places. I think you have to go to the directory that the AR Server is installed on and there should be a .exe there that you have to run from a command prompt (but I’m not 100% on that statement above) Exact parameters…don’t remember… It’s been awhile since I’ve done this (2 years) You could always write an API program to do it though too. I do know that the API commands to export code can be found in the API reference guide. Sorry Joe I can’t be more help on how to do it, I can just tell you that I know it can be done. HTH Matt P. From:Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe DeSouza Sent: Thursday, November 20, 2008 9:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Command line usage of aradmin.exe to export 'specific' filters... ** Hello listers, I would like to know if anyone has used the aradmin.exe to export from the command line a list of filters that I have queried for and save the definition file in an XML format. The aim of my operation is to edit this def file for all filters that contain set fields actions from a SQL Command. Its not very easy to do it if I save the filters in a .def definition file format as I will then need to consider the altered length of the SQL Command and they are over 600 filters so that would be a pain. An XML file is free of that format as we do not need to consider length of the statement. I have already designed an sql query that pulls the right set of filters that I need to alter ignoring filters that contain queries to the meta tables and filters that contain $fieldid$ in its statements, so all I need to know is if it is possible to use aradmin.exe from the command line to export this set of filters to an XML definition file. Joe _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
