Command line options for Virtual PC

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Albert Markl - 10 Aug 2006 14:54 GMT

Dear all

I'd like to start Virtual PC from a script and specify the image to load and
to launch. For that I need the command line options. Sounds like a trivial
question, but all I could find were the ones for Virtual PC on top of
Windows, but obviously they don't work on the Mac.

I know that VPC is able to pick up a session that was running when VPC was
shut down, but this will not benefit me, since in this case I have to
reconnect an USB device manually. However I want to have the set up
completely unattended.

Thank you for your help!

Al

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Barry Margolin - 11 Aug 2006 01:49 GMT

> Dear all
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open /path/to/image.vpc7

works for me. You don't need to run VPC with command-line options,
because the default application for opening images should be VPC.

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Albert Markl - 11 Aug 2006 11:57 GMT

Thank you, Barry.

That's too easy. It seems in several years of working with Windows, I have
forgotten the goodies of NextStep. "open" nicely by then...

I found a different solution. More complicated, but at least I discovered
the virtue of AppleScript.

Again, thanks a lot.

Al

Am 11.08.2006 2:49 Uhr schrieb "Barry Margolin" unter <barmar@alum.mit.edu>
in barmar-DC493C.20490910082006@comcast.dca.giganews.com:

>> Dear all
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> works for me. You don't need to run VPC with command-line options,
> because the default application for opening images should be VPC.

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Command line options for Virtual PC