User Guide Import/Export command line tool Help command (Import/Export tool)

 Running the Help command (Import/Export tool)

Running the Help command (Import/Export tool)

Ensure that you have installed or upgraded your Java Runtime Environment (JRE) to at least version 8, which is necessary to run TAImportExportTool.jar on your Windows machine.

• Refer to JRE 8 Installation for Microsoft Windows for details.
• As an alternative to explicitly installing JDK 8, you may also use the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) packaged with TestArchitect at TA_INSTALL_DIR\jre\bin. In such a case, note that all invocations of the java command will need to specify its filepath (e.g., C:\Program Files\LogiGear\TestArchitect\jre\bin\java). (This latter step can be circumvented by setting the Windows environment variable JAVA_HOME to TA_INSTALL_DIR\jre\bin.)

To run the Help command, do the following:

1. Bring up a command window. You can do this from the Windows Start menu by choosing Run, and then entering cmd.

   The command window opens with a prompt displaying your current directory.

2. Use the cd command to change your current directory to TA_INSTALL_DIR\binclient\, which is where TAImportExportTool.jar is located.

   For example, type the following command at the prompt, and then press Enter.

   cd "C:\Program Files\LogiGear\TestArchitect\binclient"
   

   Now the prompt should change to the new directory, e.g., C:\Program Files\LogiGear\TestArchitect\binclient>

3. Enter either of the following commands, and then press Enter.

   • To view general help, type:

     java -jar TAImportExportTool.jar --help
     

   • To view the help information of a specific command, append two hyphens, followed by the command name, to the above command string. For example,

     java -jar TAImportExportTool.jar --help --ImportRepository
     

   The display for general help:
   
   

   The help display for a specific command (ImportRepository):