FantasyGroundsUpdater Command Line Arguments?

[bawrites]

I would like to periodically launch and update FGU without having to click the UI. Are there any hidden command line switches I can use to run the executable that would force an update (say, if I launched it as a scheduled task)?

If not, is there any change there *will* be?

Thanks,

BA

[LordEntrails]

Welcome.

Not that I know of. Sounds like a nice idea though. If someone doesn't chime in and give a solution, you can add it to the wish list, I would vote on it; https://fgapp.idea.informer.com/

[bawrites]

Welcome.

Not that I know of. Sounds like a nice idea though. If someone doesn't chime in and give a solution, you can add it to the wish list, I would vote on it; https://fgapp.idea.informer.com/

Thanks! If I don't see a lot of response in the next couple days I'll post it. If I can command line launch the updater, I can retrieve the updates on a regular basis and make our FGU client more ready to run on a regular basis.

[Moon Wizard]

We use the "-c" command line to tell the updater to automatically update and launch FG when done, when launching from the main client application. You could try that for now. It's not a supported feature.

Regards,
JPG

[bawrites]

We use the "-c" command line to tell the updater to automatically update and launch FG when done, when launching from the main client application. You could try that for now. It's not a supported feature.

Regards,
JPG

That worked very great - thanks!!!

So let me take it one step farther now... after the updater runs and launches FGU, add a command line switch in FGU to bypass the confirmation GUI and load a "created campaign" ?

lol here's what we're running into (the group I play with): We all work and have oddball schedules. We'd *like* to be able to connect to our active campaign periodically and our DM is not always awake/available/kids borked the computer, etc... I volunteered to host the campaign on a dedicated PC - and put one up (Win10). I can script periodic startups and shutdowns with PowerShell and Task Scheduler (and now with the -c command line, keep the content constantly updated). However, when the main program loads, there's a click-through GUI and it doesn't load the campaign without people interaction.

This may not be ideal for *everyone*, but it sure would be a useful option. Just putting it out there.

I appreciate the feedback.

[Milmoor]

You can close FG using Taskkill. This will gracefully shutdown it, like right clicking it in the taskbar and choosing 'close'. No warnings about db.xml backups. Restarting it at a campaign would be awesome.



taskkill /im FantasyGrounds.exe

[bawrites]

You can close FG using Taskkill. This will gracefully shutdown it, like right clicking it in the taskbar and choosing 'close'. No warnings about db.xml backups. Restarting it at a campaign would be awesome.



taskkill /im FantasyGrounds.exe


Oh yeah - I have a whole powershell script/windows task planned. Without the ability to launch the application and load a specific campaign immediately, though, makes that require human interaction. Trying to avoid that so we can have better uptime and accessibility. Thanks though!

[Milmoor]

A warning, if you externally force a close, chances are it won't save the campaign first. At least it doesn't if you use the X in the top right corner.

[Trenloe]

At least it doesn't if you use the X in the top right corner.
That’s only the case with FGC on a Mac/Linux using Wine. If you’re having issues when using FGC on Windows or FGU on any of the supported platforms then please start a new thread in the relevant House of Healing forum.

[Milmoor]

Will try to reproduce, because I definitely had data loss the other day while testing a new extension. Will create new post in the appropriate forum when I do so.

Edit: happy to report that I can't reproduce.