About the Console dialog box
The Console dialog box is a live and interactive way to interface to Echoview. The Console dialog box requires a licensed Automation module.
To display the Console dialog box:
- On the View menu, click Console.
- OR -
- Click
on the Windows and dialog boxes toolbar.
- OR -
- Use CTRL+F6 to toggle open or close the Console.
| Console controls | Description |
| > | Indicates an active line ready for text entry. |
| ENTER key |
Press ENTER to execute a command line or display an empty line. Notes:
|
UP ARROW DOWN ARROW |
Press UP ARROW to review the last command in the active command line. UP ARROW moves backward through successful Console commands. Press DOWN ARROW to move forward through Console commands. Press SHIFT+UP ARROW/DOWN ARROW to complete a command with a selection from the last displayed list or the list of relevant action/option matches. |
| TAB key | Under text completion/matching a trailing space in the input text is interpreted as a completed word.
Note: SHIFT+ UP/DOWN ARROW can work with the last SHIFT+TAB list. |
| ESC key | Press the ESC key to return to a > prompt and an empty active line. Press ESC again to restore the last text line. |
| HOME key | Press the HOME key to move the cursor to the start of the line. Use <SHIFT+HOME> to select text from the start of the line to the cursor. |
| END key | Press the END key to move the cursor to the end of the line. Use <SHIFT+END> to select text from the end of the line to the cursor. |
| LEFT ARROW | Press LEFT ARROW to move the cursor left. Use CTRL+LEFT ARROW to move the cursor to the previous text block. Use SHIFT+CTRL+LEFT ARROW to select the last text block. Use again to extend the selection to the last text block. |
| RIGHT ARROW | Press RIGHT ARROW to move the cursor right. Use CTRL+RIGHT ARROW to move the cursor to the next text block. Use SHIFT+CTRL+RIGHT ARROW to select the next text block. Use again to extend the selection to the next text block. |
| DELETE | Press DELETE to delete the next character or delete the selected text. Use CTRL+DELETE to delete the next text block. |
| BACKSPACE | Press BACKSPACE to delete the last character. Use CTRL+BACKSPACE to delete the last text block. |
Console menu
The Console dialog box works with the Console menu and Console right-click menu:
| Menu item | Description |
| Move Cursor Up | Move cursor up one line. |
| Clear Console | Clear all text from the Console dialog box. |
| Cut | Cut selected text to the clipboard. |
| Copy | Copy selected text to the clipboard. |
| Paste | Paste text from the clipboard. |
| Import Commands... | Import commands from specified *.ec file. |
| Export Commands... | Export successfully executed commands to a plain text *.ec file. |
| Export Commands As Python... | Export successfully executed commands to a Python file that uses the COM Exec property. See also Command interface Echoview object action. |
| Export Commands As VBScript... | Export successfully executed commands to a Visual Basic script file. See also Script creation. |
The features of the Console dialog box include:
- Live access to variable and operator properties through a text interface.
- The ability to list dataflow objects, list Property settings and values.
- The ability to change a property of multiple variables in one command.
- The ability to express Console commands as a VB COM script.
Script creation
On the Console menu or Console right-click menu:
- Select Import Commands... to read and execute commands from a file.
- Select Export Commands...to write executed commands to an EC file.
- Select Export Commands As Python... to write commands as a Python script.
- Select Export Commands As VBScript... to write commands as a VB script.
The <Echoview> object also offers script creation <Actions>.
COM EvApplication.Exec method enables COM access to the Command interface.