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ViewCompanion filename
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Start Viewcompanion and open the file named "filename".
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ViewCompanion /associate ext
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Associate a file extension with ViewCompanion and the shell extension.
Sample command line to assoicate the pdf extension with ViewCompanion: viewcompanion.exe /associate pdf
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ViewCompanion /c format inputfile outputfile
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Convert the file named "inputfile" to a file of the given "format" to a new file named "outputfile".
If inputfile contains wilcards (for example *.*) the outputfile should be the destination folder for the converted files.
Valid options for format are:
| Format Identifier | Description |
| BMP | Windows BMP |
| CALS | CALS Group 4 Raster |
| CGM | CGM Binary |
| DWF | Autodesk Drawing Web Format |
| DXF | Autodesk DXF |
| EMF | Windows Enhanced Metafile |
| GBR | Gerber RS274X |
| GIF | GIF Raster |
| JPEG | JPEG Raster |
| JPEG2K | JPEG2000 |
| PCX | Paintbrush PCX |
| PDF | Adobe PDF |
| PDFRASTER | Adobe PDF Raster |
| PLT | HPGL/2 |
| PNG | Portable Network Graphics |
| PS | Adobe Postscript |
| SVG | Scalable Vector Graphics |
| TIFF | TIFF Raster |
| WEBP | Google WebP Image Format |
| WMF | Windows Placeable Metafile |
Sample command line: viewcompanion.exe /c PDF input.plt output.pdf
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ViewCompanion /ci initname format inputfile outputfile
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Same as /c command (see over), but uses a conversion configuration file to control the conversion.
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ViewCompanion /cm format inputfilemask outputfile
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Convert all input files matching the given "inputfilemask" to a single multipage file named "outputfile".
The inputfilemask can contain both * and ? characters.
The "inputfilemask" may also be the name of a text file that contains a list of all the files that will be converted.
This text file must include one file name per text line.
Batch list files (VBL) and ViewCompanion Project files (VPR) are accepted by this command.
Valid options for format are:
| Format Identifier | Description |
| DWF | Autodesk Drawing Web Format |
| PDF | Adobe PDF |
| PDFRASTER | Adobe PDF Raster |
| PLT | HPGL/2 |
| TIFF | TIFF Raster |
Sample command line: viewcompanion.exe /cm PDF *.plt out.pdf
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ViewCompanion /cmi initname format inputfilemask outputfile
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Same as /cm but accepts a conversion configuration file name as second parameter.
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ViewCompanion /cmpdf inputfilemask outputfile
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Merge all input PDF files matching the given "inputfilemask" to a single multipage PDF file named "outputfile".
The "inputfilemask" parameter can contain both * and ? characters.
The "inputfilemask" may also be the name of a text file that contains a list of all the PDF files that will be merged.
This text file must include one complete file name path per line.
Both Batch list files (VBL) and Project files (VPR) are accepted as input.
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ViewCompanion /compare comparefile1 comparefile2
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Load and compare two files.
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ViewCompanion /comparepdf comparefile1 comparefile2 output.pdf
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Load two files and compare them, then save the comparison result to an output PDF file.
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ViewCompanion /dw
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This parameter will force the detail window to be shown after startup.
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ViewCompanion /f listname
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Load a text file that contains a list of one or more files to open. Each line should contain a file name to open.
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ViewCompanion /lf-
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This parameter will enable or disable the logfile creation. Use lf+ to enable the logfile and lf- to disable this function.
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ViewCompanion /lu #
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Select the unit to be used in the logfile. Use 0 for metric and 1 for imperial units.
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ViewCompanion /lxml filename
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Load markup data from a XML formatted markup file.
The ViewCompanion XML markup format description can be found here.
This parameter can be combined with the /c, /ci and /pi parameters.
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ViewCompanion /namedview name
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Load file and show the named view (DWF files only).
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ViewCompanion /ne
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Don't show the file explorer.
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ViewCompanion /NoEdit
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Disable all markup drawing functions.
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ViewCompanion /NoSave
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Disable the markup save function.
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ViewCompanion /p filename
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Open the file named "filename" and print it.
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ViewCompanion /pi initname filename
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Print the file named "filename" using settings stored in a printer init file named "initname"
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ViewCompanion /pt filename printer driver port
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Print the file named "filename" to a printer specified with printer, driver and port.
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ViewCompanion /resetgui
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In some rare situations the toolbars may be lost after a customization.
Use this command line parameter to reset all toolbars and menus to default settings.
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ViewCompanion /ro90 filename
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Use this parameter to rotate the given file after loading. Valid rotation factors are 0, 90, 180 and 270.
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ViewCompanion /rw
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This parameter will force the reference window to be shown after startup.
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ViewCompanion /s filename
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This parameter will force ViewCompanion to check for a previous instance.
If a previous instance is found, it will be activated.
If a previous instance is not found, a new ViewCompanion instance will be started and activated.
Any filename given on the command line will be opened in the active instance.
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ViewCompanion /splitpdf inputfile outputfolder numberofpages pagelabel
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Split the input multipage PDF file into individual PDF files with one, or more, pages each.
The extracted PDF files will be placed in the given output folder.
The number of pages parameter is optional and controls the maximum number of pages in each output file. If not given, 1 page per file will be used.
The page label is an optional text that will be placed between the original filename and the output file number. If you for example set this label to "page" and use one page per output file as follows:
viecompanion.exe /splitpdf "c:\test.pdf" "c:\temp" 1 "page"
If the input file contains 3 pages the following output files be created:
- c:\temp\test_page_1.pdf
- c:\temp\test_page_2.pdf
- c:\temp\test_page_3.pdf
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ViewCompanion /splittif inputfile outputfolder pagelabel
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Split the input multipage TIFF file into individual TIFF files with one page each.
The extracted TIFF files will be placed in the given output folder.
The page label is an optional text that will be placed between the original filename and the output file number.
If you for example set this label to "page" and use one page per file as follows:
viecompanion.exe /splittif "c:\test.tif" "c:\temp" "page"
If the input file contains 3 pages the following output files be created:
- c:\temp\test_page_1.tif
- c:\temp\test_page_2.tif
- c:\temp\test_page_3.tif
Please note that this parameter is only available in the Pro and Premium editions.
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ViewCompanion /t pentablefile filename
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Loads the file together with the given pentable.
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