Hi Simon,
maybe you could automate the XML-Export a bit:
1. Start Designer with commandline parameter /HandlerOpenAutoXMLPath and the handler file to export.
2. Wait until desinger runs.
3. Exit designer per commandline (TASKKILL)
Example:
idu.exe /HandlerOpenAutoXMLPath=C:\Temp C:\Handler\MyHandler.ihd
timeout /T 10
taskkill /T /IM idu.exe
This will start the designer, open "MyHandler.ihd" and write the XML to C:\TEMP. Then it waits 10 seconds and closes the designer.
You could run this in a batch or powershell script. Maybe you need to change the time of 10 seconds. The script has to wait until the designer is started completely before sending the "close".
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Hans-Gerd Sandhagen
Software Developer
Fiebig GmbH
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Original Message:
Sent: 10-20-2021 01:19
From: Simon Gillespie
Subject: Is the Handler .ihd file format public knowledge ?
Hi Paul,
Thanks for the clarification, I thought that was most likely to be the case. I will progress with the out of the box XML manual capabilities.
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Simon Gillespie
acrinax Ltd
Original Message:
Sent: 10-19-2021 12:02
From: Paul Simpson
Subject: Is the Handler .ihd file format public knowledge ?
Simon,
The file format is proprietary and I'm not sure if it's externally documented anywhere.
What analysis are you trying to complete? It's possible someone else has faced this in the past and may have a solution for you.
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Paul Simpson
Senior Technical Instructor
Original Message:
Sent: 10-18-2021 06:28
From: Simon Gillespie
Subject: Is the Handler .ihd file format public knowledge ?
Hi,
I would like to perform various analysis over a large amount of handlers, whilst there are methods ("Export to XML" menu option and "/HandlerOpenAutoXMLPath" command line option) to get each handler's info manually, it would be preferable to automate getting this info directly from the IHD files. Is the file format public knowledge ?
#Handlers
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Simon Gillespie
acrinax Ltd
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