Rational APEX Question

Rational APEX Question

[Dave]

I have a small question concerning the invocation of third party tools
from within the APEX development environment.

Basically,

1. can I execute shell scripts from within APEX?
2. Is there a command line interface for APEX from which I can obtain
information about a certain program (eg source files,  compiler options
etc)

Thanks in advance

Re: Rational APEX Question

[Stephen Bull]

Dave wrote in message <37A96F8E.1DB77B4B@eawoo.demon.co.uk>...
>
>1. can I execute shell scripts from within APEX?


Yes

>2. Is there a command line interface for APEX from which I can obtain
>information about a certain program (eg source files,  compiler options
>etc)

Yes

I don't have details to hand: but it is well documented in the Apex manuals.

Stephen

Re: Rational Apex Question

[W. Wesley Groleau x4923]

> To analyze our source code (several subsystems with about 10.000
> modules) with logiscope's Ada Analyzer, I need a list of all files in
> compilation sequence (specs first, then bodies, called subroutines
> before calling units, etc.). Is there a way to generate this list
> (maybe with the Apex analyzer).

An alternative (very inefficient) method:

script:
# pass a file to logiscope
# parse the first error message to determine the not-yet anlyzed unit
# translate the unit name to the file name
# call script on that file
# try again on the original file

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Re: Rational Apex Question

[Kevin Krieser]

In message <340d968b.165641@news.rmi.de> - hilgend@rmi.de (Oliver
Hilgendorf)Wed, 03 Sep 1997 17:13:12 GMT writes:
:>
:>To analyze our source code (several subsystems with about 10.000
:>modules) with logiscope's Ada Analyzer, I need a list of all files in
:>compilation sequence (specs first, then bodies, called subroutines
:>before calling units, etc.). Is there a way to generate this list
:>(maybe with the Apex analyzer).

I don't know whether it is officially provided, but we got a compilation order
utility from Rational for our Solaris version that will generate a compilation
order for a given program.  We use it to generate the VADS compilation for
SCO.


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Re: Rational Apex Question

[W. Wesley Groleau x4923]

> :>To analyze our source code (several subsystems with about 10.000
> :>modules) with logiscope's Ada Analyzer, I need a list of all files in
> :>compilation sequence (specs first, then bodies, called subroutines
> :>before calling units, etc.). Is there a way to generate this list
> :>(maybe with the Apex analyzer).
> 
> I don't know whether it is officially provided, but we got a compilation order
> utility from Rational for our Solaris version that will generate a compilation
> order for a given program.  We use it to generate the VADS compilation for
> SCO.

Investigate whether Rational's RCI (Remote Compilation Interface)
could be used to call Logiscope instead of a compiler.  RCI can be
set up so that when you re-analyze (in the Apex sense of the term)
it automatically calls the "remote" compiler in the correct order.

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