topic Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline? in QlikView

Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

jerrysvensson — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:19:17 GMT

I would like to recreate a qvw file from the -prj folder using commandline syntax.

Any ideas?

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

marcus_sommer — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:21:39 GMT

I don't use these functionality (prj) but maybe it worked per vbs with creating a new qvw with an appropriate file-name and then opening (and reload?) and saving it again.

- Marcus

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

swuehl — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:30:35 GMT

Here are some more hopefully useful resources:

Re: QlikView Revision control / version control / source control software‌

Qlikview and version control, part 1 - Sigma Blogg

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

jerrysvensson — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:32:01 GMT

We are doing that now but we have had problems sometimes. It is isn't good enough for production.

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

jerrysvensson — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:34:56 GMT

It is Magnus Åvitsland and me that have done the setup here at my client. Running in test enviroment at the moment. But for production we need more stability.

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

swuehl — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 13:45:40 GMT

So it seems you already have more expertise than I can provide with you.

What are the issues you've experienced in your test environment?

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

jerrysvensson — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:03:36 GMT

Perhaps, but not enough. 🙂

Different issues.

Macros sometimes.

Section access mistakes.

But basically I would like to get ride of the script that does partial reolad. It can be done, since it is possible when you do it from the integration in developer.

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

marcus_sommer — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:24:53 GMT

Maybe an additionally (sideward) step with exporting the document-layout (from the origin qvw) could be helpful if there are difficulties with the marco-modul and the load-script and section access problems might be caught with a general outsourcing from this part into include-variables which could be independent changed for the time of re-creating the qvw.

- Marcus

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

jerrysvensson — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:31:11 GMT

Looking into the solution from Qlik I think they use something similar to this:

Code from Rob Wunderlich:

Set Qv = CreateObject("QlikTech.QlikView")

Set docObj = Qv.CreateDoc

docObj.SaveAs qvwFullPath

docObj.CloseDoc

Set docObj = Qv.OpenDocEx (qvwFullPath,0,false)

docObj.Save

docObj.CloseDoc

Qv.Quit

Maybe this is the best solution? Delete the qvw file, then loop all -prj folders.

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

swuehl — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:36:08 GMT

Yes, might be a good solution to use the COM API to open and save the template doc for reconstructing the QVW from -prj. I don't think there is a command line option to do the same without performing a reload, too.

Re: Create qvw file from -prj folder using commandline?

jerrysvensson — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 14:42:19 GMT

No I think you are right about commandline. Too bad Publisher can't refresh from -prj folders.