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CAS and command line automation. | CAS

Added: 06/20/2012; Last Modified: 01/20/2015; Visits:2,896

CAS can be started from a command line and a script can be automatically ran.

Sample command path to start CAS: (Adjust file paths for the environment.)

"C:\Program Files (x86)\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0\dyalogrt.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0\CAS.dws" inifile="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0"
 
You must add the following 2 parameters to open a file and run a script.
 
open=”path to the file”
script=”unique name of script to start”
 
For example:
 
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0\dyalogrt.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0\CAS.dws" inifile="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0" open="C:\Program Files (x86)\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0\Files\Samples\sample 50.cas" script="Portfolio Summary"
 
 
Custom Parameters:
 
CAS scripts can read command line parameters.  You simply need to add your parameter=value pairs to the command line.  Once CAS is running, you can use the CasSession.GetCommandLineParameter2 method to return a CharString object.
 
For example:
 
  • Command Line:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0\dyalogrt.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0\CAS.dws" inifile="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0" open="C:\Program Files (x86)\CarlisleGroup\CAS 5.0\Files\Samples\sample 50.cas" script="Portfolio Summary" MYPARAM1="VALUE1" MYPARAM2="VALUE2"
  • Script:
P1 ← CasSession.GetCommandLineParameter2 'MYPARAM1'
P2 ← CasSession.GetCommandLineParameter2 'MYPARAM2'
P2.Show 'My Parameter Value'
 
 
 
Note 1
 
CAS cannot pass results back to the command.  Text files can be used for logging and status flags.  Also, if a file is opened by another user, CAS will show a message box asking if you want to open in read-only mode.  To avoid this, set automation script files to "Read-Only" in the Windows file properties.  This is a good idea since it is bad form to overwrite a master script file.  How to set a file to read-only.

 

Note 2

When defining parameters, make sure there are no blank between the parameter the equal sign and the beginning of the value.

Good : file="c:\test\test.cas"

Bad: file ="C:\test\test.cas"