Automatic Code Synchronizer has a command line interface that allows you to generate code from saved Comfiles. A Comfile saves the generation settings that are set on the Launch ACS/TDK dialog.

You can use the command line to start a generation in your absence, for example, by running the command line overnight through the AT command under Windows. You can create a DOS batch file that contains one or more command lines to generate code from different models.

You create a Comfile through the Launch ACS/TDK dialog. After setting all the options on the Launch ACS/TDK dialog, you specify the following parameter in the Launch Options box:

-DROP_COMFILE:<path and name of Comfile>.

For example, the following text in the Launch Options box will create a Comfile named MyComfile.drp in the C:\Comfiles folder:

When you click the Save and Launch button, ACS saves the Launch ACS/TDK dialog settings to the specified Comfile without generating any code. After creating the Comfile, reopen the Launch ACS/TDK dialog and remove the -DROP_COMFILE parameter, else ACS will not generate code when using that settings file.

To generate code using the command line interface and the Comfile you created, use the following syntax:

For example, to generate code using a Comfile named MyComfile.drp from the C:\Comfiles folder, you would use the following command:

The -Force_Gen_Once_And_End parameter starts ACS, and then closes ACS after the generation is complete.

In a batch file, use start/wait. For example:

For procedural information about generating code through a batch file, see Generating code through a batch file (ACS).