by Sven Erik Knop
Hi, me again.
You might have seen my last post on the C++ API and downloaded the Notepad++ plug-in from here: NppPerforcePlugin. If you installed the plug-in and/or looked at the code, you ought to have noticed that there are set of menu options invoking P4V directly (if you happen to have P4V.exe in your path).
A few of these commands have been in the public domain for a while, such as how to invoke Timelapse View™, but you might be interested in what else is available.
The full syntax to call P4V from the command line and immediately invoke a particular component is
p4v.exe -p <port> -c <client> -u <user> [-C <charset>] [-P <password>] [-cmd "<command> <file>"]
Port, client and user are mandatory (in that order), everything else is optional. If a command is given, quotes have to be placed around the command and the file name so that both are passed as a single parameter.
Here is the full list of all supported commands (these commands are undocumented and unsupported and subject to change in future versions without notice):
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| history | File history of the specified file |
| open | Open P4V with the specified file |
| submit | Submit the specified file |
| properties | Properties of the specified file |
| diffdialog | Open a dialog to specify two file revisions to compare |
| prevdiff | Compare the local file against the have revision |
| annotate | Timelapse View of the specified file |
| tree | Revision graph of the specified file |
For example:
p4v.exe -p 1666 -c myws -u sven -cmd "properties //depot/myproject/myfile.scala"
This will work with P4V 2009.1 and P4V 2009.2. Enjoy :-)
Happy hacking
Sven Erik
