Project Import and Export Commands
MSI Package Builder has commands that allow you to export and import projects to/from the project archive file. Using the project archive file, you can transfer a project to another computer or back up a project as a single file.
You can use the following command to export a project:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -export-project <project-path> <project-archive>
Parameter |
Optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|
<project-path> |
No |
The path to the project to export. |
<project-archive> |
No |
The path to the destination project archive file *.pbproj. |
Example:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -export-project c:\Projects\AdobeReader c:\Projects\AdobeReader.pbproj
To import a project from the project archive file, you can run the following command:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -import-project <project-archive> <project-location> [-n <project-name>]
Parameter |
Optional |
Description |
|---|---|---|
<project-archive> |
No |
The path to the project archive file *.pbproj to import. |
<project-location> |
No |
The path to the folder to import the project content to. |
-n <project-name> |
Yes |
The name of the project to be created to store the imported data. |
Example:
PackageBuilderCMD.exe -import-project c:\Projects\AdobeReader.pbproj c:\Projects\AdobeReader