Background utilities

The following utilities are called by other programs, are used in the background, or are documented elsewhere.

Function	Platforms	Purpose
Alias.exe	Windows	Is the executable for the Alias interactive package
AliasWarn	Windows	a background utility to display error messages
appLaunch	Windows	Enables the user to select which Alias product to run. It is launched on start-up.
lmutil	Windows	component of the Licence Manager
lmgrd	Windows	component of the Licence Manager. See the description of lmutil
lmtools	Windows	component of the Licence Manager
sgiawd	Windows	component of the Licence Manager
toimg	Windows	works with imgcvt during conversion of image files

Using command line utilities on Windows

Choose Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt from the Start menu.
Click the cursor in the window.
You can see what directory you are in by typing
```
dir
```
A list of the directory contents will be provided; at the top of the list is your current location.
Navigate to the directory containing the files to be converted. If you have installed Alias in its default location, the path will be similar to
```
C:\Documents and Settings\[UserID]\My Documents\Alias\user_data\[Project]
```
where [UserID] is replaced by your login userid (and no square brackets) and [Project] is replaced by the name you have assigned to the project: the default project is demo (again, no square brackets). So to navigate to the directory, on a single line, type
```
cd C:\Documents and Settings\[UserID]\My Documents\Alias\user_data\[Project]\wire
```
To use a stand-alone utility to convert a file named “headlight.[fileextension]” to an Alias wirefile named “headlight.wire, choose the translator and type
```
[translator] headlight.[fileextension] [flags] headlight.wire
```
where [translator] is the name of the stand-alone utility being used, [fileextension] is the three-letter extension after the dot, and [flags] are the stand-alone utility’s options.