Scripting MPXJ

MPXJ is primarily intended to be used as library and directly integrated with other code. However, there is actually sample code shipped with the distribution which could be useful when called from a script.

The run.bat and run.sh files in this folder are launchers indended to make it easier to do just this. They handle setting up the classpath required by MPXJ, allowing you just to pass the name of the class you want to invoke, and any arguments required by that class.

The example below illustrates working with one of the more useful samples included with MPXJ: a class which allows you to convert between schedule formats. In this case the example shows a schedule file being read and re-written as a JSON file ready to be consumed by another application.

path\to\mpxj\script\run.bat net.sf.mpxj.sample.MpxjConvert myfile.mpp myfile.json

The same example again, but using the shell script:

path/to/mpxj/script/run.sh net.sf.mpxj.sample.MpxjConvert myfile.mpp myfile.json

Note: these scripts assume that you have a version of Java installed and available on the path.