You can launch Doc Assistant using command line switches.
To launch Doc Assistant from the command line, navigate to the <doc_assistant_install_directory>/bin directory and run the cda command with the following switches:
search
Use this switch to launch Doc Assistant with the search results of the matching searched term specified in the command.
cda -search <search_term>
Example
cda -search cadence
tool
Use this switch to launch Doc Assistant with the specified product selected in the My Products list.
cda -tool "<product name>"
Example
cda -tool "PCB Editor"- You can also specify multiple products separated by commas. For example:
cda -tool "Allegro PCB Editor,Allegro System Capture"
Product names are case-sensitive.
openpage
Use this switch to launch Doc Assistant with the specified HTML file open.
cda -openpage "<tool_name>:<html_file_name>"
cda -openpage "<tool_name>:<tag_name>"
Where:
<html_file_name>: Name of the HTML file of the book.<tag_name>: Name of the tag in the .tgf file.
Example
cda -openpage cdadoc:cdadocTOC
cda -openpage cdadoc:default
hierarchy
Use this switch to launch Doc Assistant with the specified document libraries added to the My Dashboard - Libraries page. You can also specify multiple paths separated by a colon (:).
cda -hierarchy "<doc_path_1>/xmlreg/library.lbr:<doc_path_2>/xmlreg/library.lbr"
The first specified document library is set as the current document library.
Example
cda -hierarchy "/spb174/doc/xmlreg/library.lbr:/spb172/doc/xmlreg/library.lbr"