Switches in the command line

Last modified: June 22, 2025

This topic gives detailed description of command line switches and examples of their usage.

You can select the required options while setting the comparison in the Data Population wizard and generate a file with command line arguments by selecting Save settings to a file.

Command line usage

dbforgepostgresql.com [/argfile:path] [/operation_switch] [/switch1[:value | [parameter1:value parameter2:value ..]] /switch2 ..]

The first argument is usually an operation switch that corresponds to the operation that you want to perform with the application.

Available command-line switches

Switch	Usage
`/activate`	Activate the product using the activation key.
`/deactivate`	Deactivate the product.
`/generatedata`	Generate data with a given project file.

/generatedata

Generate data with a given project file.

Parameter	Description
`connection`	Specify the connection string: `/connection:<connection_string>`The example of using the `/connection` argument is as follows:`C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL\dbforgepostgresql.com /generatedata /connection:"User Id=yourusername;Host=server_name;Port=port_number;Database=database_name;Unicode=True;Connection Timeout=15;Integrated Security=False"`
`errormode`	Specify the application behavior when an error is encountered: `/errormode:<ignore/abort>`The example of using the `/errormode` argument is as follows:`C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL\dbforgepostgresql.com /generatedata /errormode:abort`
`password`	Specify the server password or override the password specified in the connection string.The example of using the `/password` argument is as follows:`C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL\dbforgepostgresql.com" /generatedata /yourpassword`
`projectfile`	Specify a data generation template to use: `/projectfile:<path>`The example of using the `/projectfile` argument is as follows:`C:\Program Files\Devart\dbForge Studio for PostgreSQL\dbforgepostgresql.com /generatedata /projectfile:"path_to_the_dgen_project_file`