Extended Commands

Whenever an unrecognized command is entered in Command mode without a line number, the system will take the first word of the command and use it to look up a program in the *cmd or *cmd/system directory.

… the system will look for the program "*cmd/mike" or, if not found, "*cmd/system/mike". If the program is found, the system will call the program and pass the complete line following the file name (or "was here" in this example) to the program.

This facility allows developers to extend the development environment with their own programs, as well as provide simple access to a variety of additional commands included with the development suite. By convention, user developed commands should be placed in the "*cmd" directory with system supplied commands in "*cmd/system". This allows system commands to be updated whenever new versions of the software are downloaded.

Command	Description
cd	Change the current working directory for the process (similar to the 'cd' command in UNIX/Linux). See CD Console Command. (The CD command was added in PxPlus v6.30.)
chartsched	Invokes Chart Image Generation Schedule Maintenance for adding schedule entries for chart image generation. (The CHARTSCHED command was added in PxPlus v11.50.)
clip	Utility to copy lines to the Clipboard.
color/colour	Utility to control the syntax colors used to list programs on the screen.
cp	Copies a file from one location to another. See CP Console Command. (The CP command was added in PxPlus v7.65.)
dbg	Text mode debug utility. See DBG Console Command. (The DBG command was added in PxPlus v8.30.)
dd	Invokes Data Dictionary Maintenance for building and maintaining data definitions. To invoke Data Dictionary Maintenance for a specific table in the current working directory, enter DD tablename.
dir	Directory list and display utility. See DIR Console Command.
dm	Invokes Data Mirroring Configuration for configuring and monitoring the different processes for the Data Mirroring system. (The DM command was added in PxPlus 2018.)
ds	Invokes Data Source Maintenance for defining Views data sources.
ed+	Invokes the Web-based Ed+ Program Editor for creating and modifying your application programs. (The ED+ command was added in PxPlus 2016.)
errors	Display error history. See ERRORS Console Command. (The ERRORS command was added in PxPlus v11.00.)
f	Simple find string utility. Enter *"f xxxx"* to find and display all occurrences of *xxxx* in your program.
fm	Invokes the File Update Utility for viewing, modifying and updating the records within a selected data file.
gui	Invokes the GUI-based System Utilities that are used for the creation, debugging, and management of PxPlus programs, files and directories.
help	Launches the PxPlus Help file.
ide	Invokes the PxPlus IDE Main Launcher (Windows), which presents all the PxPlus development tools, installation and setup components in a tree-like format. (The IDE command was added in PxPlus 2014.)
it	Invokes the PxPlus Integrated Toolkit. When executed, the current program (if not passworded) will be automatically loaded into the graphical program editor.
join	Command to join two lines together. Enter *"join xxxxx* yyyyy" to append line xxxxx to the end of line yyyyy**.
kill	Terminate a process. See KILL Console Command. (The KILL command was added in PxPlus v7.65.)
ll	List Labels command to display all line labels in the current program.
loadbbx	Utility to do an inline conversion and load of a BBx® program. Enter "loadbbxpathname" to convert and load the BBx® program in the pathname specified.
ls	List directory is a command similar to the UNIX/Linux "ls" command. Enter *"ls pathname"* to list the filenames found in the directory. Wild cards () can be provided. To display the file size, type and date changed for each filename listed, use the -l (dash lowercase L)* option: *"ls pathname* -l"*. (The -l option was added in PxPlus 2014 Feature Pack 1 - Update 0002.)*
lv	List all the variables used by the current program, or if invoked with a variable name following the 'lv' command, the utility will list all lines that reference the specified variable.
new	Issues a DELETE and BEGIN to clear the current workspace and close all open files.
nom	Invokes the NOMADS Session Manager for accessing the NOMADS graphical application development toolset.
obj	Utility to display the properties and methods for an object. Enter *"obj xxxxx"* where *xxxxx* contains the object handle to display.
password	Command to prompt the user for the password to be used against the current program in memory. See PASSWORD Console Command. (The PASSWORD command was added in PxPlus v8.30.)
paste	Command to paste the contents of the Clipboard into the current program.
pkg	Command to display the current activation status and list of enabled packages on the system.
pwd	Display the current directory. See PWD Console Command. (The PWD command was added in PxPlus v7.65.)
recall	Recall a prior version of the current program from the internal version history buffers.
register	Register software online. See REGISTER Console Command. (The REGISTER command was added in PxPlus v11.00.)
rw	Invokes the Report Writer for designing and generating reports.
sa	Invokes the System Analysis utility for analyzing the PxPlus installation and setup. (The SA command was added in PxPlus 2022.)
set_nk	Sets/resets the 'NK' system parameter for a file. See SET_NK Console Command. (The SET_NK command was added in PxPlus 2020.)
tasks	View a list of PxPlus tasks currently running and/or search for open files. See TASKS Console Command. (The TASKS command was added in PxPlus v7.65.)
users	View PxPlus users and their associated process IDs. See USERS Console Command. (The USERS command was added in PxPlus v9.00.)
ver	Utility to display information about the program currently in memory including date saved, who saved it, program size, and security information. See VER Console Command.
vu	Invokes View Maintenance for creating View definitions.
wdw	Adjust the window size of the main (Command) window. See WDW Console Command. (The WDW command was added in PxPlus v9.00.)

Utilities and Extended Commands