How to develop with multiple developers?

[leoknipp]

The ASCII file is a plain text file with tab separated information.
Which file extension you are using has no effect on the functionality. The ASCII file can be saved with extension or any other extension. Probably you should not use an extension which is used for other programs, e.g. .docx, .xlsx, ....

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[mhargreaves]

I have tried running the tool from the command line but nothing seems to happen. Do I need a WinCC OA project running?

I typed WCCOAtoolCreateDB -proj ProjName

where ProjName is a new project to be created with the standard db.

Is this correct?

[adaneau]

We are using :

WCCOAtoolCreateDb.exe -config configfilepath -importAscii dplist\\ourImportFileList.txt -system 1 SystemName -yes

BR
Alexandre

[mhargreaves]

Does the project have to exist already or can I create a new project from scratch using this method?

[adaneau]

Project has to exist and be registered already. We also have a bat for that.

BR
Alexandre

[mhargreaves]

I just cannot get it to work

[leoknipp]

If the project is already registered please start the tool with the options "-log +stderr".
Then you get log information in the shell where you have started the command.

If you have installed more than one WinCC OA version you have to start the tool for the version the project is using.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[mhargreaves]

I get the error

wccoatoolcreatedb(1), 2018.09.12 10:00:11.773, SYS, SEVERE, 54, Unexpected state, DoCreateDb, fillInternalDataPoints, ascii error -11

[leoknipp]

Only with 1 line for the log output we cannot see where the problem is.
If you need assistance maybe it is easier when you get in contact with your common WinCC OA support and add the complete information which is written when starting the tool.

Best Regards
Leopold Knipp
Senior Support Specialist

[mhargreaves]

Thanks for all your help Leopold.

I have now worked it out - the import file specified must be a list of dpl files, not the dpl file itself.

It is now working for us!

We now just have to work out how to register a project from the command line...