Set up a doskey alias for the ArcIMS command line tools

Summary

The Windows doskey tool can be used to set up an alias for ArcIMS command line capabilities that can reduce the amount of typing necessary to perform a command.

Procedure

1. In a text editor, create a new batch file named alias.bat.
   The file can be saved to any location on your system. For this example, the file will be saved to c:\bin\alias.bat.
2. Add the doskey alias to this file using the syntax
   
   

   Code:
   doskey aliasname="Java filepath" com.esri.aims.admincore.cmd.Exec http://mymachine.domain.com uid pwd $*

   
   Where:
   
   · aliasname is the alias you assign.
   
   · Java filepath is the complete file location to the Java.exe in the JRE used by ArcIMS Administrator.
   
   · http://mymachine.domain.com is the host computer.
   
   · uid is the user name used to log into ArcIMS Administrator or ArcIMS Manager.
   
   · pwd is the password used to log into ArcIMS Administrator or ArcIMS Manager.
   
   For example,
   

   Code:
   doskey arcims="c:\Program Files\ArcGIS\ArcIMS\Jre\j21.3.1_02\bin\java.exe" com.esri.aims.admincore.cmd.Exec http://arcimsserver.esri.com admin admin $*

   
   
3. Save and close the file.
   
   Next we need to confirm that the alias runs successfully.
4. Click Start > Run, type cmd.exe, and click OK to open the command prompt window.
5. In the window, type in the batch file location and hit Enter to run it.
   
   For example,
   

   Code:
   c:\bin\alias.bat

   
   The command window should appear as follows once complete.
   
   
   
   
6. Continuing in the command window, type in the aliasname and command using the syntax
   
   

   Code:
   aliasname function command/filename

   
   Where:
   
   · aliasname is the alias you assigned in the alias.bat file.
   
   · function is "CMD" or "file".
   
   · command/filename is the ArcIMS command or the complete file location to the ADMINCMD XML file.
   
   

   Note:
   A complete list of valid ArcIMS command line functions can be accessed from the link in Related Information below.

   
   For example,
   

   Code:
   arcims CMD service

   
   or
   

   Code:
   arcims file c:\ArcIMS\RefreshAllServices.xml

   
   Using the "service" command as an example, the window should provide information about each service, appearing similar to this once complete.