batch file for dia execution under Windows

[roby ida org (Clyde Roby)]

Hello,

        I'm a relatively new user of dia but have written a Perl
program to automatically create dia XML files so that graphics files
can then be created.  Besides creating the dia XML files, the program
also creates the batch file that includes dia invocation commands so
that the graphics files can be created relatively easy.  This is done
for a few thousand files at a time.  Running dia within a batch file
is slow since dia must be loaded and executed for each invocation as
it creates each graphics file.

        Is there a better way?  Does dia have a batch capability?

        Thank you.

Clyde Roby