Command Line Switches

2021-DEC-08 Author: Aximmetry

Introduction

This document lists and describes all available command line switches you can use with Aximmetry.

/quick - quick launch, skip Startup Configuration
/quiet - quiet launch, no splash screen and skip Startup Configuration
/delay:time - delayed launch, specified in milliseconds
/config - Startup Configuration only
/restoreopt:filename - restore settings from the specified backup (see Manage Settings...)
/asio - use ASIO audio input devices instead of DirectX ones

filename - open an xcomp or xshad file
/frame:width,height - set default rendering Frame Size (see Preferences / Rendering)
/fps:value - set rendering frames per second (see Preferences / Rendering)
/server - enables controlling Composer via HTTP messages (see Enable HTTP Control)
/watch - uses Watchdog to recover from crashes (see Watchdog)
/pilot - only shows Control Boards
/viewer - only a large Preview and the Dashboard are shown
/dshowlegacy - replaces the Microsoft Media Foundation multimedia framework pipeline with the legacy Microsoft DirectShow multimedia framework
/legacystartup - launches the Composer with the old Startup Configuration window, as it appeared before version 2025.1.0.
/action: - allows the execution of an HTTP command at startup. This command must be provided as a URL-encoded XML string. If an instance of the application is already running, the entire command line is passed to it, not just the document name.
For example, the command: /action:%3Caction%20type%3D%22ComposerCloseAllDocumentsAction%22%2F%3E is the URL-encoded version of the XML string: <action type="ComposerCloseAllDocumentsAction"/>

filename - open an xpack file
/install - install the package specified in the filename, no confirmations asked, quits afterward
/uninstall - uninstall the package specified in the filename, no confirmations asked, quits afterward