User guide

This section provides an overview of the Local Product Launcher and how to use it.

• The Rationale page provides a high-level overview of the problem that the Local Product Launcher solves.

• The Command-line interface page describes the command-line interface.

• The Launcher plugin creation page describes how to create a launcher plugin to extend the Local Product Launcher for use with another Ansys product.

Contents

• Rationale
  • Improvements over the status quo
  • Potential pitfalls
  • Future avenues
• Command-line interface
  • ansys-launcher
• Launcher plugin creation
  • Create configuration
  • Define launcher
  • Register entrypoint
  • Add command-line default and description
  • Add a fallback launch mode
  • Hide advanced options