Command line tools

It compiles projects or their elements created in LyciaStudio and located in the workspace.

Syntax:

qbuild [options] ProjectRoot [target]

Usage example:

qbuild -M all <path to the program folder> <program name>

object_cache is a binary representation of object files that are compiled by native compiler.

Syntax:

qrun [options] file_name.extension

Usage example:

qrun --aot <my_program>

This command line tool links 4gl objects stored in *.4o to 4gl library stored in *.4a. Also, it links static C libraries stored in *.a/*.lib, dynamic C libraries stored in *.so/*.dll, 4gl objects stored in *.4o and 4gl libraries stored in *.4a to an application.

Syntax:

qlink [options] file_name.file_extension

Usage examples:

qlink --xml-errors -o fgl_library.4a fgl_cource_1.4o fgl_cource_2.4o fgl_cource_3.4o

qlink --xml-errors -o application_name fgl_cource.4o fgl_library_1.4a -l c_library.a

Syntax:

qfgl [options] file_name.4gl

Usage example:

qfgl -d informix -e UTF-8 -o source.4o source.4gl

Syntax:

qform [options] file_name.per

Usage example:

qform -xmlout -xml -DB informix -e UTF-8 per_form.per

It compiles messages stored in *.msg, *.4s, and *.res files to messages stored in *.erm files.

Syntax:

qmsg [options] input-file output-file

Usage example:

qmsg message_file.msg message_file.erm

It converts the following formats:

*.4ad -> *.ad2
*.4fd -> *.fm2
*.4fm -> *.fm2
*.4tb -> *.tb2
*.4tm -> *.tm2
*.4sm -> *.sm2
*.qxs -> *.sa2
*.str -> *.4s
*.fm2 -> *.fm2
*.sm2 -> *.sm2
*.tb2 -> *.tb2
*.tm2 -> *.tm2
*.ad2 -> *.ad2

Syntax:

qxcompat --input-file <file_name> --output <output>

Usage example:

qxcompat --input-file project_name.4pw --output output_folder_name

Syntax:

qxcc [ -32 | -64 ] [ -debug ] [-pic ] [ -c ] [-I<path> ] [-L<path> ] [-lname ] [ -o output_name ] input_files

Usage example:

qxcc -c -pic -64 $(CFLAGS) -I $(LYCIA_DIR)/include -i fglsys.h -i fglapi.h -i fgifunc.h source.c

This commad line tool converts C files with embedded SQL code stored in *.ec files to C sources stored in *.c files. To provide further compilation to C object stored in *.o files using the qxcc.

Syntax:

esqlc [-t ][-s] [-l] [-c] [-e] [-E] [-D] [-i] [-o] input_file

Usage example:

esqlc -I $(LYCIA_DIR)/include ec_source.ec

qxcc -c -pic -64 $(CFLAGS) -I $(LYCIA_DIR)/include -i fglsys.h -i fglapi.h -i fgifunc.h ec_source.c

Syntax:

qxld -dynamic -o library_name sources.obj -L$LYCIA_DIR/lib -l4glc

Usage example:

command example for static libraries:

> qxld -64 -static -o c_library.a c_source_1.o c_source_2.o ec_source_1.o ec_source_2.o

command example for dynamic libraries:

> qxld -64 -dynamic -o c_library.a c_source_1.o c_source_2.o ec_source_1.o ec_source_2.o

Enables a quick and clean database migration in case of necessity.

Syntax:

qexpt [options] database

Usage example:

command example of exporting the database:

qexpt -o /home/informix/Desktop/test1 --format sql -d informix --database stores

command example of exporting the database schema for offline compilation:

qexpt --tables-only -o /home/informix/Desktop/test1 --format xml -d informix --database stores

Syntax:

fglm [options] [files]

Usage example:

genrb -v -d ./output ./source/hello_world.4s

Syntax:

fglm [options] passes

Usage example: