| Parameter | Description | 
|---|---|
| 
                     Auto  | 
                
                    EPLAN is shut down after executing the command line; it has no effects on showing dialogs or the mainframe  | 
            
| 
                     Quiet  | 
                
                    Determines if dialogs are shown while a command line is executed : * 0: all dialogs will be shown * 1: no dialogs will be shown (default) * 2: only some special dialogs will be shown, e.g. progress bars  | 
            
| 
                     NoLicenseDialog  | 
                
                    Turn off calling license dialog.  | 
            
| 
                     NoUserRightsDialog  | 
                
                    Turn off calling user-rights dialog. If user rights check fails, EPLAN application will terminate. This dialog will be shown per default if it is needed:  | 
            
| 
                     Frame  | 
                
                    Determines how the EPLAN mainframe should be shown: * 0: Hides this window and passes activation to another window. * 1: Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized, Windows restores it to its original size and position. * 2: Activates the window and displays it as an icon. * 3: Activates the window and displays it as a maximized window. * 4: Displays the window as an icon. The window that is currently active remains active. * 5: Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position. * 6: Minimizes the window and activates the top-level window in the system's list. * 7: Displays the window as an icon. The window that is currently active remains active. * 8: Displays the window in its current state. The window that is currently active remains active. * 9: Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized, Windows restores it to its original size and position.  | 
            
| 
                     Setup  | 
                
                    Determines if default settings should be used : * 0: USER, STATION, COMPANY settings are restored to their installation default (on file level) and databases are backed (default) * 8: the actual adjusted settings will be used (on file level) ONLY FOR INTERNAL USE! * category (USER or STATION or COMPANY) is denoted: settings of that category are restored to their installation default (on file level) and the database is backed * path: all settings below this location will be deleted and then reloaded from the reference database, but only when more than the category is denoted * nobackup: same as setup:0, but no backup of the databases.  | 
            
| 
                     SetupRestore  | 
                
                    Determines if settings should be restored from last database backup (default: 0): * 0: USER, STATION, COMPANY settings are restored from their last backup (on file level) * category (USER or STATION or COMPANY) is denoted: settings of that category are restored from their last backup (on file level)  | 
            
| 
                     User  | 
                
                    Eplan login user. Settings will be used from this user. [USER]:the user name  | 
            
| 
                     Password  | 
                
                    Eplan login password used for user rights. [PASSWORD]:the user password  | 
            
| 
                     Station  | 
                
                    Settings will be used from another station [STATION]:the station name  | 
            
| 
                     Company  | 
                
                    Settings will be used from another company [COMPANY]:the company name  | 
            
| 
                     NoLoadWorkspace  | 
                
                    No workspace is loaded or restored  | 
            
| 
                     NoSplash  | 
                
                    No splash screen is shown on system start  | 
            
| 
                     NoRemoting  | 
                
                    No Eplan Remoting functionalities are available  | 
            
| 
                     Language  | 
                
                    EPLAN will be started with chosen GUI language. The language predefined in the settings of EPLAN will not be changed [LANGUAGE]:the chosen language (e.g. de_DE or en_US)  | 
            
| 
                     PathsScheme  | 
                
                    Sets scheme of directories' paths, e.g. /PathsScheme:PredefinedPathScheme. If a chosen scheme not exists, the default scheme is used.  | 
            
| 
                     autoRegAddon  | 
                
                    New installed addons will be registered at startup [VALUE]:true or false  | 
            
| 
                     License  | 
                
                    Name of the file containing the license to use or to borrow (*.lis) [FILENAME]:the *.lis file  | 
            
| 
                     ReturnLicense  | 
                
                    Return the borrowed license. The parameter is the name of the file containing the borrowed license. This same file used by /license [FILENAME]:the *.lis file  | 
            
| 
                     RequestOfflineLicense  | 
                
                    Create the request file to borrow license offline (*.egr). The parameter is the name of the file containing license to borrow (*.lis) [FILENAME]:the *.lis file  | 
            
| 
                     OfflineLicense  | 
                
                    Use the file containing the borrowed license which is converted from a confirmation file. The parameter is the name of the file containing license to borrow (*.lis) [FILENAME]:the *.lis file  | 
            
| 
                     SystemConfiguration  | 
                
                    Set system configuration scheme [VALUE] scheme name of system configuration  | 
            
| 
                     Variant  | 
                
                    Product name. It is used to call an EPLAN platform-based product: * "Electric P8" * Fluid * FluidMan * ProPanel * PPE * View * CPM * FHC * Education * Trial  | 
            
| 
                     VariantSharedEplDir  | 
                
                    Product name directory. This is alternative way of setting product name to 'Variant' parameter, for example C:\\Program Files\\EPLAN\\Preplanning\\2.7.0  | 
            
| 
                     AttachDebugger  | 
                
                    Attach debugger to execution of eplan  | 
            
| 
                     BatchServer  | 
                
                    Use eplan as a batch server [PORT] (default:50000):the batch server port  | 
            
| 
                     WebService  | 
                
                    Starts a webservice on the specific url [URL]:the url for the service  | 
            
| 
                     RestartOnCrash  | 
                
                    Restart EPLAN after a crash occurred  | 
            
| 
                     action name  | 
                
                    Action that should be executed, all following parameters (starting with "/" or "–") are passed to the action as parameters  | 
            
| 
                     UseLastOpenedProjects  | 
                
                    Determines if last opened projects should be opened on start: * 0: No projects will be opened. * 1: Last used projects will be opened. * 2: Last used projects will be opened if no action is passed. Otherwise (i.e. with action parameter), no projects are opened (default).  | 
            
Remarks
By default when starting P8 from command line with an action then no previously opened projects are opened at the beginning of the session.
Example