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Here's what you need to know to add Truxton to your system.

=Scenario=
You have a program that allows user's to navigate a collection of files.
You want to give them the ability to send these files to Truxton.

=Finding Truxton=
The first step in the process is to determine if your user has Truxton installed on their system.
Truxton [[What Gets Installed|installs]] several packages.
Instead of searching for them, the easiest way to tell if a user has Truxton is to query the [[What Gets Installed#Registry|registry]].
If Truxton is installed, a key named <code>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Truxton</code> will be created.
The <code>InstallDirectory</code> value will give you that path to the root of Truxton's files.

=Spawning Truxton=
Get the path to Truxton's loader by grabbing the value of the <code>InstallDirectory</code> above and appending <code>Loader\Load.exe</code> to construct the full path to the loader.
In almost all instances, it will be <code>C:\Program Files\Truxton\Loader\Load.exe</code> but there's always that one customer who installs elsewhere...

After you have the path to the loader, test to see if the <code>Load.exe</code> file exists.
This will tell you if the user has a client-only install or a full installation of Truxton.
If the loader exists, you can construct a command line, add [[Default ETL Options|command line options]] followed by the path to the file or folder you want Truxton to process.
Spawning the loader with your command line will send the files to Truxton.

=Sample=
Let's say the user has selected a folder to have Truxton process.
After determining that they have a loader, you would spawn it with the required arguments:
<source lang="cmd">
"C:\Program Files\Truxton\Loader\Load.exe" "X:\Incoming\Field Data\Site A\20220930-77904-cp-404.7\usr\home\pictures\bobby"
</source>

If you wanted to add something to let the user know it came from your program, you can add your own media name and description.
<source lang="cmd">
"C:\Program Files\Truxton\Loader\Load.exe" -mn "CP Case 77904 'bobby' folder" -md "Sent from MyFileNavigatorProgram" "X:\Incoming\Field Data\Site A\20220930-77904-cp-404.7\usr\home\pictures\bobby"
</source>

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 Let's say the user has selected a folder to have Truxton process.
 After determining that they have a loader, you would spawn it with the required arguments:
-<source lang="cmd">
+<source lang="bat">
 "C:\Program Files\Truxton\Loader\Load.exe" "X:\Incoming\Field Data\Site A\20220930-77904-cp-404.7\usr\home\pictures\bobby"
 </source>
 If you wanted to add something to let the user know it came from your program, you can add your own media name and description.
-<source lang="cmd">
+<source lang="bat">
 "C:\Program Files\Truxton\Loader\Load.exe" -mn "CP Case 77904 'bobby' folder" -md "Sent from MyFileNavigatorProgram" "X:\Incoming\Field Data\Site A\20220930-77904-cp-404.7\usr\home\pictures\bobby"
 </source>

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