Installing/Uninstalling (ABviewer.msi version is available at: http://www.cadsofttools.com/download/abviewer.msi)

msiexec /i

Installs ABViewer in silent mode:

msiexec /i c:\Temp\abviewer.msi /quiet

msiexec /x

Uninstalls ABViewer in silent mode:

msiexec /x c:\Temp\abviewer.msi /quiet

Program installation (ABviewer.exe version is available at: http://www.cadsofttools.com/download/abvieweren.zip)

/silent

Installs ABViewer in silent mode. The process of installation is displayed.

C:/Downloads/setup.exe /silent

/verysilent

Installs ABViewer in silent mode. The process of installation is not displayed.

C:/Downloads/setup.exe /verysilent

/FILEASSOC

•Sets file associations of the specified file formats with ABViewer for all users:

C:/Downloads/setup.exe /FILEASSOC="allusers:dxf,dwg,plt" 

•Sets file associations of the specified file formats with ABViewer for the current user:

C:/Downloads/setup.exe /FILEASSOC="dxf,dwg,plt"

•Removes DWG file associations for the current user:

C:/Downloads/setup.exe /FILEASSOC="dxf,!dwg,plt" 

Commands for work in ABViewer

Usage: ABViewer [command] [switch][switch]file[s...]

Open file

Opens the FileName.dxf file:

ABViewer.exe FileName.dxf

Convert file(s) to a specified file format

/c xxx

•General

xxx - extension of output file(s) - dxf, plt, pdf, bmp, jpg, emf, wmf, tif, or gif

Switches:

Example:

Converts the files 50states.hpg, test1.dxf and test2.plt to *.bmp with width=100 and height=200, destination folder is "C:/Tmp":

ABViewer.exe /c bmp dir=C:/Tmp width=100 height=200 50states.hpg test1.dxf test2.plt

•Relative and absolute paths

It is possible to convert files using either a relative path or an absolute path.

Here's an example showing how to convert a CGM file (c:\data\file1.cgm) into DXF:

1.Conversion with an absolute path

Example:

"C:\Program Files\Soft Gold\ABViewer 16\ABViewer.exe" /c dxf c:\data\file1.cgm

The path consists of three parts separated by spaces:

-ABViewer.exe path: "C:\Program Files\Soft Gold\ABViewer 16\ABViewer.exe"

-the command converting the file into DXF: /c dxf

-the file path: c:\data\file1.cgm

2.Conversion with a relative path

Example:

"C:\Program Files\Soft Gold\ABViewer 16\ABViewer.exe" /c dxf data\file1.cgm

Please note: the command-line should be started from the folder, where the file for conversion is contained.

The path consists of three parts separated by spaces

-ABViewer.exe path: "C:\Program Files\Soft Gold\ABViewer 16\ABViewer.exe"

-the command converting the file into DXF: /c dxf

-the file path: data\file1.cgm

3.Conversion with a relative path into a specified folder

Example:

"C:\Program Files\Soft Gold\ABViewer 16\ABViewer.exe" /c dxf dir=c:\temp data\file1.cgm

The path consists of four parts:

-ABViewer.exe path: "C:\Program Files\Soft Gold\ABViewer 16\ABViewer.exe"

-the command converting the file into DXF: /c dxf

-the path to the folder: dir=c:\temp

-the file path: data\file1.cgm

Print specified file(s)

/p

Example:

Prints the following files: 50states.hpgl, test1.dxf and test2.plt

ABViewer.exe /p 50states.hpgl test1.dxf test2.plt

Print all sheets of the specified file(s)

/pa

Example:

Prints all the sheets of the following files: 50states.hpgl, test1.dxf and test2.plt

ABViewer.exe /pa 50states.hpgl test1.dxf test2.plt

Execute instructions and commands from the XML file

-processxml

Executes a sequence of commands written in an XML file.

Example:

Executes commands from the XML file: opens the file > scales the drawing > saves the drawing:

ABViewer.exe -processxml XMLcommands.xml