| 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
