Code 

Does this 

bds.exe -ns 

Starts the RAD Studio IDE with no splash screen.  

bds.exe ‑sdc:\test\source -d c:\test\myprog.exe \mbox{-}td  

Starts the RAD Studio IDE and loads c:\test\myprog.exe into the debugger and uses c:\test\source as the location for the source code while debugging. The -td and any other argument that appears after the debugger option (-dexename) is used as an argument to c:\test\myprog.exe.  

Option 

Description 

? 

Launches the IDE and displays online help for IDE command-line options.  

-- (two hyphens) 

Ignore rest of command-line.  

ns 

No splash screen. Suppresses display of the splash screen during IDE startup.  

np 

No welcome page. Does not display the welcome page after starting the IDE.  

ppersonality 

Starts the specified personality of the RAD Studio IDE. The possible values for personality are:
Delphi
CBuilder  

rregkey 

Allows you to specify an alternate base registry key so you can run two copies of the IDE using different configurations. This allows component developers to debug a component at design-time by using the IDE as the hosting application without the debugging IDE interfering by trying to load the component package being developed.  

Option 

Description 

attach:%1;%2 

Performs a debug attach, using %1 as the process ID to attach to and %2 as the event ID for that process. The attach option can be used manually, but is used mostly for Just in Time debugging.  

dexename 

Loads the specified executable (exename) into the debugger. Any parameters specified after the exename are used as parameters to the program being debugged and are ignored by the IDE. A space is allowed between the -d and the exename.  

debugger=borwin32  

Indicates the debugger to use. The Borwin32 option invokes the CodeGear Win32 Debugger.
If this option is omitted, the debugger that was first registered in the IDE is used. You can use this particular switch with the attach option as well as the -d option.  

l 

(Lowercase L) Assembler startup. Do not execute startup code. Must be used with the d option. Normally, when you specify the -d option, the debugger attempts to run the process to either main or WinMain. When -l is specified, the process is merely loaded and no startup code is executed.  

sddirectories 

Source Directories. Must be used with the -d option. The argument is either a single directory or a semicolon delimited list of directories which are used as the Debug Source Path setting (can also be set using the ProjectOptionsDebugger page). No space is allowed between sd and the directory list argument.  

hhostname 

Remote debugger host name. Must be used with the -d option. A remote debug session is initiated using the specified host name as the remote host where debugging is performed. The remote debug server program must be running on the remote host.  

tworkingdirectory 

Specifies a working directory for your debug session (corresponds to "Working directory" setting on the Load Process dialog).  

Option 

Description 

filename 

(No preceding dash) The specified filename is loaded in the IDE. It can be a project, project group, or a single file.  

b 

AutoBuild. Must be used with the filename option. When the -b option is specified, the project or project group is built automatically when the IDE starts. Any hints, errors, or warnings are then saved to a file. Then the IDE exits. This facilitates doing builds in batch mode from a batch file. The Error Level is set to 0 for successful builds and 1 for failed builds. By default, the output file has the same name as the filename specified with the file extension changed to .err. This can be overridden using the -o option.  

m 

AutoMake. Same as AutoBuild, but a make is performed rather than a full build.  

ooutputfile 

Output file. Must be used the -b or -m option. When the -o option is specified, any hints, warnings, or errors are written to the file specified instead of the default file.