Command Line
Certain Authentic Desktop actions can be carried out from the command line. These commands are listed below:
Open a file
Command: authentic.exe file.xml
Action: Opens the file, file.xml, in Authentic Desktop
Open multiple files
Command: authentic.exe file1.xml file2.xml
Action: Opens the files, file1.xml and file2.xml, in Authentic Desktop
Assign an SPS file to an XML file for Authentic View editing
Command: authentic.exe myxml.xml /sps mysps.sps
Action: Opens the file, myxml.xml in Authentic View with mysps.sps as its SPS file. The /sps flag specifies that the SPS file that follows is to be used with the XML file that precedes the /sps flag (for Authentic View editing).
Open a new XML template file via an SPS file
Command: authentic.exe mysps.sps
Action: Opens a new XML file in Authentic View. The display will be based on the SPS and the new XML file will have a skeletal structure based on the SPS schema. The name of the newly created XML file must be assigned when saving the XML file.