You can interact with the Portals application through the command line, the following actions are available:
- Create a New Portal
- Apply a Layout
- Apply a Settings Profile
Prerequisites:
The app must already be running
The syntax is as follows:
<portals_install_location>\Portals.exe -a <action_number> <additional_args>
The action numbers available are:
1 – Create New Portal
2 – Apply a Layout
3 – Apply a Settings Profile
1 – Create New Portal
The action number for creating a new Portal = 1.
The additional args are:
- Path (p) – the folder path the portal will be linked to.
- XPos (x) – the x position on the screen.
- YPos (y) – the y position on the screen.
- Width (w) – the portal’s width.
- Height (h) – the portal’s height.
- CreateFolderIfNotExist (c) – if they folder specified in -Path does not exist, create it.
Examples:
Create a Portal with a folder with default name, position and size:
<portals_install_location>\Portals.exe -a 1 -c
Create a Portal from the specified folder, using default position and size:<portals_install_location>\Portals.exe -a 1 -p "C:\Users\Username\Documents"
Create a Portal from the specified folder, also specifying position and size:
<portals_install_location>\Portals.exe -a 1 -p "C:\Users\Username\Documents" -x 100 -y 100 -w 600 -h 400
Create a Portal at a specified path, also creating the folder:<portals_install_location>\Portals.exe -a 1 -p "C:\Users\Username\New_Portal" -c
2 – Apply a Layout
The action number for applying a layout = 2
The additional args are:
- Name (n)
Examples:
Apply a layout named “Office Setup”:<portals_install_location>\Portals.exe -a 2 -n "Office Setup"
3 – Apply a Settings Profile
The action number for applying a settings profile = 3
The additional args are:
- Name (n)
Examples:
Apply a settings profile named “Office Settings”:<portals_install_location>\Portals.exe -a 3 -n "Office Settings"