fglgar

The fglgar is a tool for packaging applications for deployment on any web server with Genero Application Server (GAS).

Syntax

fglgar command [options] [ argument [...] ]
  1. command is an fglgar command, it can be one of the following:
    • gar: To create a Genero Archive file (.gar).
    • war: To create a Java Web Archive file (.war).
  2. options are specific to each command as described below.
  3. argument is a parameter for command.
The fglgar tool supports the following commands:
  • fglgar gar [options]
    The gar command creates a .gar Genero Archive file. Options are described in Table 2.
  • fglgar war [options]
    The war command creates a .war Java Web Archive file embedding a Genero Archive. It also provides the option to add a customized Genero Browser Client (GBC). Options are described in Table 3.

Options

Table 1. fglgar options without command
Option Description
-V or --version Displays version information.
-h or --help Displays options for the tool.
Table 2. fglgar gar options
Option Description
-h or --help Displays help for the gar command.
-v or --verbose Displays the verbose output of additional information.
-q or --quiet Operates in silent mode
-o or --output output_file_path The relative or absolute path to the archive file to create. If not specified, the archive defaults to the name of current directory where the command is run.
-s or --input-source directory Directory to archive.
--resource directory Specifies the Genero Archive resource directory where the application's public images are found. (These are common or can be shared by all your applications.)
--trigger-component component_name Specifies Genero Archive application trigger execution component. (Optional).
--deploy-trigger command (Optional) Specifies a command to execute after deploying the archive.

--undeploy-trigger command

 (Optional) Specifies a command to execute after undeploying the archive.
--application application_file Specifies the application configuration or executable file. If you specify executable (42r or 42m) files instead of xcf file, xcf files are created automatically based on default configuration defined in the GAS as.xcf file. Multiple applications may be specified. Generates a MANIFEST file, if none exists.
--service application_file Specifies the service configuration file or executable.If you specify executable (42r or 42m) files instead of xcf file, xcf files are created automatically based on default configuration defined in the GAS as.xcf file. Multiple applications may be specified. Generates a MANIFEST file, if none exists.
Table 3. fglgar war options
Option Description
-h or --help Displays help for the war command.
-v or --verbose Displays the verbose output of additional information.
-q or --quiet Operates in silent mode
-o or --output output_file_path Specifies the relative or absolute path to the war file to create. If not specified, the war defaults to the name of the current directory where the command is run.
-g or --input-gar gar-file Specifies the Genero Archive (gar) file you want to use to create the war. This option is mandatory.
-w or --web-content directory Specifies Java Web content directories you want to use. This option must specify the path to the Java Web Content directory of your JGAS installation, for example MyJgas/WebContent, when creating the war. If a second directory is specified, for example to package some additional Java applications or files, its contents overwrite the first directory:

fglgar war --web-content MyJgas/WebContent --web-content myWebContent/WebContent

Using the --web-content option more than twice will raise an error.
-c or --gbc directory Specifies your customized Genero Browser Client (GBC). By default, the gbc installed with the FGLGWS package is embedded in the war file.

Usage

The fglgar command line tool is used to create Genero archive (gar), or Java Web archive (war) files. You can use it for the following methods of application deployment:
  • You can deploy Web applications or services in a gar file on any web server where the GAS is installed.
  • You can deploy Genero applications and services on a Java EE server like Apache Tomcat®, or Glassfish (via war) and then with the browser you can access your applications and services.
Important:
  • FGLGWS needs to be installed on the server to interpret the Genero 4GL applications and services.
  • You need a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version that is at least version 1.8 or greater.

For usage options, run the command fglgar without any other parameters or with the help ( -h ) option. For help with using a specific command, for example gar, running fglgar gar, is the same as running fglgar gar --help.