OPEN PROJECT

Synopsis

CONNECT LOCAL 'path/to/app.mpr'

Opens a Mendix project file (.mpr) for reading and modification. The path can be absolute or relative to the current working directory. Once connected, all query and mutation statements operate against this project.

MDL supports both MPR v1 (single .mpr SQLite file, Mendix < 10.18) and MPR v2 (.mpr metadata + mprcontents/ folder, Mendix >= 10.18). The format is detected automatically.

Only one project can be open at a time. If a project is already open, close it with DISCONNECT before opening another.

Parameters

path: Path to the .mpr file. Can be an absolute path or a path relative to the current working directory. The path must be enclosed in single quotes.

Examples

Open a project with an absolute path

CONNECT LOCAL '/Users/dev/projects/MyApp/MyApp.mpr';

Open a project with a relative path

CONNECT LOCAL './mx-test-projects/test1-go-app/test1-go.mpr';

Open via the CLI flag

Instead of using CONNECT LOCAL inside the REPL, you can specify the project path when launching the CLI:

-- These are shell commands, not MDL:
-- mxcli -p /path/to/app.mpr
-- mxcli -p app.mpr -c "SHOW ENTITIES"

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