The Distributed RTOS Applicaiton Launcher loads an RT application that is located on the Distributed RTOS host's disk into the RT kernel’s memory area. The RT kernel then starts the application. This is similar to the ldrta.exe utility except that the rta is loaded from the local disk, not from the Windows host. This utility is only used for INtime Distributed RTOS nodes.

Command line

drlaunch.exe -node nodename [options] rta-filename [arguments]

Available options

rta-filename [arguments]

Takes a string argument which the loader passes to the application being loaded.

-debug

Loads the application and forces a breakpoint exception at the first instruction of the code.
Mostly used by debuggers but sometimes helpful for loading an application in order to attach a remote debugger to it.

-noxm

Force the application to load in non-XM mode. By default the application will load in the mode defined by the PE header of the RTA file.
See XM processes for more information.

-node nodename

Specify the name of the node on which the application is to be loaded.

-xm

Force the application to load in XM mode. By default the application will load in the mode defined by the PE header of the RTA file.
See XM processes for more information.

Operation

An attempt is made to load the application with no Windows opened. If any error occurs the dialog box may open, or a message box is displayed to describe the failure.

For further details of loading real-time applications, see the Loading INtime Applications topic