Start a Session From a Command Line

You can launch a Reflection session from a command line. You can also use command line options to specify Reflection startup behavior and appearance. These options override the workspace settings.

To start a session

  • On a Windows command prompt, enter the following commands:

    "Attachmate.Emulation.Frame.exe" -f "<sessionPath><sessionName>"

Reflection Command Line Options

Options are case insensitive and are preceded by either a dash (-) or forward slash (/).

-f
Open document (.rdox, .rd3x, .rd5x) or layout (.rwsp)

-n
Suppress Reflection splash screen

-uimode{classic|ribbon|browser|touch}
Set user interface mode

-? or-help
Display this help topic

For example:

The following command opens mysession.rd3x in Browser mode with the splash screen suppressed:
Attachmate.Emulation.Frame.exe -f "C:\Users\myUserName\Documents\Attachmate\Reflection\mysession.rd3x" -uimode browser -N