Using MERLIC Vision Apps

In the following, you can get information on how to run and open a MERLIC Vision App (MVApp) in MERLIC Creator. For information, on how to open and run an MVApp in the MERLIC Frontend, see Starting the MERLIC Frontend.

Running the MVApp

Run the application once

By running the app once, all tools in the app are executed once. This means that the next image is processed.

Run the application continuously

The application is executed continuously with each incoming image.

Opening an MVApp

Open an application from the menu bar

Click this button in the menu to load an existing MERLIC Vision App.

Open an application from the command line
  1. Open a command prompt and change to the "bin\x64-win64" directory within the MERLIC installation path, for example, "%PROGRAMFILES%\MVTec\MERLIC-26.03\bin\x64-win64".
  2. Use the following commands to open the application:
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    merlic_creator.exe <FILENAME>.mvapp

If you want to open and instantly run the MERLIC Vision App, use the following command:

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merlic_creator.exe <FILENAME>.mvapp --execute

For more information about further command line options, see Starting the MERLIC Frontend on Windows.

Saving an MVApp

Click this button in the menu to save the current MERLIC Vision App.

Running the MVApp with a Specific INI File

You can define a specific INI file when starting MERLIC via the command line, for example, if you want to run MERLIC with a different configuration than the one defined in the default "MERLIC5.ini" file or if you want to start a second MERLIC instance with a different configuration.

  1. Open a command prompt and change to the "bin\x64-win64" directory within the MERLIC installation path, for example, "%PROGRAMFILES%\MVTec\MERLIC-26.03\bin\x64-win64".
  2. Use the following command to start MERLIC with a specific INI file. If the INI file does not exist, it is automatically created with this call.
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    merlic_creator.exe --execute --ini <PATH_TO_INI>\<FILE>.ini <FILENAME>.mvapp

This command starts MERLIC Creator with the specified INI configuration file and automatically starts running the specified MVApp.