Command Line

The full EASYLABEL command line can be represented as:

easy.exe [options] [path to file]

With the command line components defined as:

  • easy.exe is the full path to the EASYLABEL application (named easy.exe).

  • [options] is an optional sequence of the options specified below.

  • [path to file] specifies an optional path to a file for EASYLABEL to open. If this is a format file then the format is opened in the EASYLABEL label editor. If it is a command file the contents of the command file are run.

Options

  • /W

    Enables or disables command file monitoring. If /W is specified then monitoring is enabled. If /W- is specified then it is disabled. This option overrides the program configuration options. /M can be used instead of /W.

  • /D

    Display format while processing a command file. If /D is specified then the format is displayed. If /D- id specified then the format is not displayed.

  • /S

    Print one command file job at a time. If /S is specified then subsequent command file jobs are not read until the current job has completed. If /S- is specified then all jobs in the command file are immediately added to the queue.

  • /R nnn

    Specifies a starting record. If this option is specified then printing will begin at job nnn within the command file. All jobs before this record are skipped.

  • /U id

    Specifies the user to run EASYLABEL under. The id is configured in the EASYLABEL user options. Must be used with the /P option.

  • /P password

    Specifies the password for the user specified by the /U switch. Must be used with the /U option.

  • /E

    Delete after processing. If /E is specified then the monitored command file is deleted after it is processed. If /E- is specified then the monitored command file is not deleted. This option overrides the program configuration option. Command files processed in response to a drag and drop operation are not deleted.

  • /Q formatname

    Immediately print a format from command line. If this option is specified then the formatname format is immediately printed. If the format name is found any command line arguments after the format name are ignored.

  • /T

    Enable tracing. If /T is specified then tracing is enabled and a file named $lbl.log is created on the users desktop. If /T- is specified then tracing is disabled.