QlikView — Open, Save, Close a QVW without reloading data using PowerShell

So you can open a QVW file from the command line with one of the following options

None of these options suited me, what I wanted was the following; Open QVW, immediately save it without doing anything i.e. not reloading data, not open script, nothing… then close the file. I was pointed towards the Automation Documentation over here http://community.qlikview.com/docs/DOC-1793 and I was provided with a macro that uses the COM Object in one QVW that opens, saves and closes another QVW. This solved the problem and could be called from the command line.

I didn’t like this solution as it was a bit hacky… Having one file call another etc etc, and I use PowerShell for the rest of my automation; I figured there has to be a PowerShell solution and came up with the following script:

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Eugene Niemand

Lead Data QA Engineer at ASOS.com - I have a passion for Test Driven Development, Agile Methodologies, Continuous Integration and Delivery using Microsoft Azure