Altaxo's command line arguments

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Altaxo can be started using either AltaxoStartup.exe or AltaxoStartup32.exe, located in the bin subfolder of the Altaxo installation folder. AltaxoStartup32.exe starts Altaxo always in 32 bit mode. If using AltaxoStartup.exe, the mode Altaxo is started with depends on your system architecture (32 bit on 32-bit Windows systems, 64 bit on 64-bit Windows systems).

The following command line arguments can be used to start up Altaxo (both with AltaxoStartup.exe and AltaxoStartup32.exe:

• xyz.axoprj :
  loads the Altaxo project named xyz.axoprj. This argument works both with Altaxo project files, and with Altaxo project folders.

• -nologo :
  suppresses the show up of the Altaxo logo during startup.

• -noExceptionBox :
  suppresses the show up of the exception box should an exception occur during startup or running of the application

• -embedding :
  runs Altaxo in COM local server mode (do not use this unless you know exactly what you do). This command is used internally when you embed a graph object in another application, for instance in Microsoft Word or Powerpoint.

• -executetablescript nameOfTheTable :
  executes the table script of the table nameOfTheTable. This argument can be used multiple times. The scripts are executed in the order they are given at the command line.

• -noAutoUpdate :
  Altaxo will not perform an auto update. Use this argument if you have more than one instance of Altaxo on your computer, and you want to keep that instance at a certain version, whereas the other instances should get updates.

• --attachDebugger :
  Immediately after startup, Altaxo will wait for a debugger to be attached to the process.

• -exit :
  if this argument is the last argument, Altaxo is exited before Altaxo's workbench is shown. All arguments before this argument are executed nevertheless (e.g. loading of a Altaxo project, executing a table script etc.). If this argument is not the last one, it is ignored.

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