Use in command line mode

Delphi2Cpp.exe can be controlled either by a management, which was produced with the translation manager or by parameters for the source and target files.

The parameters -p, -m, -s and -t can each be absolute paths or relative paths, where the -p parameter is to be set relative to the working directory and the other paths are to be set relative to the project path.

Parameter	Meaning	Examples
-p PROJECT	Delphi2Cpp project	C++Builder_vcl_ge.prj
-m MANAGEMENT	a project file made with the file-manager	my_management.ttm
-s SOURCE	Source file(s)	C:\dir\*.pas
-t TARGET	Target file or directory	C:\dir2\target
-r RECURSIVE	recursively including the files of the sub-folders
-pause	after processing waiting for a key

The parameter -p must be followed by the path of the Delphi2Cpp project, with the options by which the files of the source directory shall be translated.

The parameter -m is followed by the path to a Delphi2Cpp management, which specifies the source and target files. The path may be an absolute path or a path relative to the folder of the project.

The parameter -s must be followed by a specification of the files, which shall be translated.

In the simplest case this a specification is the path of a single file, like "C:\dir\source.pas". To transform all "pas" files of a directory, you can use a mask like: "C:\dir\*.pas;*.dpr".

If there is no directory specified in the mask, all according files of the actually directory will be translated. If there is no special extension specified in the mask, all files of the directory will be translated. E.g.: "ab?.*" will chose all files of the directory beginning with "ab" followed by a single character, e.g. "ab1.pas", "ab2.pas" and "ab_.pas". Attention: in this case Delphi2Cpp will try to translate also files with other extensions than "*.pas". This will lead to errors for "*.txt" files or "*.inc"-files etc.

The specification of a target is optional. If there is no, all translated files will be written into the directory of the source files. A target directory has to be be specified, if the files shall be preprocessed only.

By the optional parameter "-r" you can force a recursive search for source files in all subdirectories.

With the optional parameter "-pause" you can keep the console window opened until a key is pressed. So you can read the messages, which were produced. Without this parameter the console window is closed as soon as the translations are finished.