This functionality is only available for certain module packages.

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-application

Argument Values Usage
-application applicationId optional
Annotation

The application executed by the call of ec.exe is defined by a specific composition of plug-ins. Based on the plug-ins installed, alternative applications consisting of a different composition of plug-ins and configuration data can be launched.

The default application is specified in the file config.ini in the configuration folder.

It contains the entry

eclipse.product=de.eplan.engineeringconfiguration.workbench

A different application can be selected via the argument -application. EEC defines the following applications

applicationId Description
de.eplan.engineeringconfiguration. DatabaseAdminApplication Used for managing databases:
Creating databases
Importing models
Updating models
Deleting databases
de.eplan.engineeringconfiguration. XMLExportApplication Allows for the export of the model to an XML file in batch mode operation.

Generally, in combination with this argument, an alternative configuration has to be provided also for ec.ini, see argument –pluginCustomization.