OrcaScript Commands

OrcaScript commands are not case sensitive. The generic command parameters can include only strings delimited by quotation marks, or predefined variables and constants without quotation marks. White space is used to separate multiple parameters for a single command. Any place a string is expected, a name that has been previously defined (set) in an OrcaScript command can be used.

In the OrcaScript command prototype syntax that follows, brackets indicate a parameter is optional. A pipe character inside angle brackets ( < | > ) indicates that a selection must be made from one of the values inside the angle brackets. As elsewhere in the PowerBuilder documentation, text in italic type indicates a variable.

For commands where a string variable is required by the command syntax but is not essential to the command function (such as pbrName for the build library command), you can use an empty string inside quotation marks for the string value. Most of the OrcaScript commands and parameters are self-explanatory. For usage notes and an example of an OrcaScript batch file for obtaining a target from source control, see “Usage notes for OrcaScript commands and parameters”.

OrcaScript commands

OrcaScript supports the following commands:

start session
end session
set name = value
set name += value
set liblist pbl_list [pbl_list ...]
set application pblName applicationName
set debug <true | false>
set exeinfo property <companyname | productname | copyright | description> propertyString
set exeinfo property <fileversion | fileversionnum | productversion | productversionnum> versionString
echo value [value ...]
file copy fromFile toFile [ clobberAttribute ]
file delete fileName [ clobberAttribute ]
regenerate pblName entryName entryType
copy entry pblName entryName entryType toPblName
build library pblName pbrName <pbd | 32>
build executable exeName iconName pbrName pbdflags [machinecode] [newvstylecontrols]
build application <full | migrate | incremental >
build project pblName projectName [ serverName serverPort logID logPass]
create library pblName pblComments
deploy winform project pblName entryName [iconName]
scc get connect properties workspaceName
scc set connect property deletetempfiles <true|false>
scc set connect property provider sccProvider
scc set connect property userid userID
scc set connect property password password
scc set connect property logfile logFileName
scc set connect property project projectPath
scc set connect property localprojpath localProjectPath
scc set connect property auxproject auxProjectPath
scc set connect property logappend < true | false >
scc connect [offline]
scc set target targetName [refreshType][refreshOption][refreshOption]
scc get latest version file_list [file_list ...]
scc exclude liblist pblName [ pblName ...]
scc refresh target <full | migrate | incremental >
scc close

Argument description

Arguments for OrcaScript commands are described in the table below:

Argument	Description
name	String you define for an OrcaScript session.
value	Value of a string that you set for the OrcaScript session.
pbl_list	String containing the list of PBLs for the session application. PBL names can be separated by semicolons in a single string, or separated by a blank space in multiple strings.
pblName	Name of a PBL for an OrcaScript action or for the OrcaScript session application.
applicationName	Name of the application for an OrcaScript action.
true \| false	Boolean value for enabling or disabling script in conditional compilation blocks set with the DEBUG condition. The set debug command applies to standard PowerBuilder targets only, not to Windows Forms targets. It affects all objects used by subsequent regenerate and build application commands. It also affects all objects retrieved with scc refresh target and scc get latest version commands.
propertyString	String for setting the company or product name, copyright owner, or application description.
versionString	String for setting the product or file version numbers. The FileVersionNum and ProductVersionNum strings must consist of four integer values representing the major version number, minor version number, fix version number, and build number, with each value separated by a decimal point, for example "11.0.0.3012".
fromFile	File that you want to copy during an OrcaScript session.
toFile	File name for a file that you copy during an OrcaScript session.
fileName	File that you want to delete during an OrcaScript session.
clobberAttribute	Determines whether the file copy command overwrites an existing file. If the destination file does not already exist, the file copy command creates the file regardless of the clobberAttribute value you select. Possible values are: Clobber (default) File copy command overwrites an existing file marked read/write, but does not overwrite an existing file marked read-only NoClobber File copy command does not overwrite an existing file even if it is marked read/write Clobber Always File copy command overwrites an existing file even if it is marked read-only
entryName	Pointer to a string whose value is the name of the referenced object.
entryType	Value specifying the type of the referenced object. Values can be: application, datawindow, function, menu, query, struct, userobject, window, pipe, project, or proxy. Certain abbreviations (app, dw, fn, struct, uo, and win) are allowed as substitute values.
toPblName	Name of the PBL to which you copy an entry.
pbrName	Name of a resource file you want to include in a build.
pbd \| 32	Select PBD to generate PowerBuilder dynamic libraries. Select 32 to generate platform-specific machine code. You must enter a full path for a PBL or PBR if you select 32 as the value of this argument in an OrcaScript build library command.
exeName	Name of the executable you want to build.
iconName	Name of an icon to use for an executable you build with OrcaScript.
pbdFlags	String composed of a series of Y and N values for each library in the library list. A value of "nnyy" indicates that there are four libraries in the library list, the last two being PBDs. Objects from PBLs are copied into the executable; objects from PBDs are not copied.
machinecode	Use to compile a project as machine code.
newvstylecontrols	Use Microsoft XP visual style for controls.
full \| migrate \| incremental	Build strategy for the session application.
projectName	Name of the project object you want to build and deploy.
serverName	Name of the server where you want to deploy a project.
serverPort	Port for the server where you want to deploy a project.
logID	Login ID for the server where you want to deploy a project.
logPass	Login password for the server where you want to deploy a project.
pbdName	Name of a PBD you append to an EXE.
pblComments	Comments for a PBL you create in an OrcaScript session.

Arguments for source control commands

In addition to some of the arguments listed in the preceding table, OrcaScript source control commands use the following arguments:

Argument	Description
workspaceName	Name of the workspace to connect to source control. You must include the path to the workspace, although you can use a relative path.
sccProvider	Name of the source control provider.
userID	Name of the user registered to source control.
password	Password for the user ID.
logFileName	Name of a log file used to record SCC transactions.
projectPath	Path to the source control project.
localProjectPath	Local root directory for the project.
auxProjectPath	Contains any string that the SCC provider wants to associate with the project. It has a different meaning for every SCC vendor.
targetName	Name of the target for source control operations.
true \| false	Boolean value for appending to the source control log file. If this command is not used but a log file is specified, the session value defaults to “true”.
offline	Keyword indicating that an actual SCC connection will not be required for this session. It is appropriate only when the ImportOnly refresh option is used on a subsequent `scc set target` command. When refreshing a target using ImportOnly, no communication with the SCC provider is required at runtime, so the job may be run offline.
refreshType	Value can be: refresh_all Gets latest version of all objects from the SCC provider and refreshes all target libraries. Does not perform comparisons. outofdate Performs comparisons and updates objects that are out of date. If no refreshType value is specified, the refreshType defaults to outofdate. Combining values You can combine compatible refreshType and refreshOption values (for example, outofdate and exclude_checkout) in the same string if the values are separated by a blank space.
refreshOption	Value can be: importonly Does not perform comparisons and does not refresh. Use to build targets if you refreshed the local path using the SCC provider’s administration tool. exclude_checkout Prevents objects that are currently checked out by the current user from being overwritten. Can be used with outofdate parameter in the same OrcaScript command.
file_list	String containing one or more resource file names (such as GIFs, HLPs, or PBRs) using relative or absolute path specification. The string should not include file names for objects contained in application PBLs. File names can be separated by semicolons in a single string, or separated by a blank space in multiple strings. The list of files must be on a single line even when file names are contained in multiple strings.