How to use PABCMD.EXE

The standalone command-line version PABCMD.EXE is useful when you want to automate the process of creating documentation. For example, you may want to integrate Pascal Browser into your build process.

PABCMD.EXE uses exactly the same engine as the GUI version PAB.EXE and produces the same output.

Option	Explanation
/A+	Parse both source/form files
/A-	Parse source files only
/FA	Parse all files
/FR	Parse main file and directly used files
/FM	Parse main file only
/Q	Quiet mode

/CBP	Borland Pascal 7 (or earlier)
/CD1	Delphi 1
/CD2	Delphi 2
/CD3	Delphi 3
/CD4	Delphi 4
/CD5	Delphi 5
/CD6	Delphi 6
/CD7	Delphi 7
/CD8	Delphi 8 for .NET
/CD9W	Delphi 2005 for Win32
/CD9N	Delphi 2005 for .NET
/CD10W	Delphi 2006 for Win32 (also Turbo Delphi for Win32)
/CD10N	Delphi 2006 for .NET (also Turbo Delphi for .NET)
/CD11W	Delphi 2007 for Win32
/CD11N	Delphi 2007 for .NET
/CD12W	Delphi 2009 for Win32
/CD14W	Delphi 2010 for Win32
/CDXEW	Delphi XE for Win32

Options are read from PAB.INI. Some of the settings may be overridden by options on the command-line (see above).

The command-line version can, in contrast to the GUI version, also analyze source code without first creating a project. Just supply a source code path on the command-line instead of a project path. PABCMD will then use the settings according to the template which is used for new projects.

If an error occurs when PABCMD is run, the application terminates with exit code 99.

Runs PABCMD and analyses c:\projects\MyProj.dpr with defaults as set in PAB.INI, but specifies that only the main file should be parsed, and that the compiler target is Borland Pascal 7.