Startup Options (Professional License)
The Professional license of EES provides a number of command line options that facilitate automated operation as described below.
Hide the Splash Screen
The splash screen that identifies the license type and user information will not display if a /NOSPLASH parameter is included on the command line, e.g.,
c:\ees32\ees.exe /nosplash
Starting a Macro
If EES is started from a command line and provided with the name of a Macro file, that Macro file will be opened and executed. For example,
c:\ees32\ees.exe c:\temp\startEES.emf
will start EES, open the startEES.emf macro file and execute the macro instructions.
Hiding EES at Startup
Include /Hide in the command line to start EES in a hidden form. For example,
c:\ees32\ees.exe c:\temp\startEES.emf /hide
will start EES in a hidden state and run the macro file named startEES.emf
Opening and Solving and EES file
Include /Solve in the command line to start EES, open a specified EES file. The /Solve parameter will cause EES to open in a hidden state, solve the EES file as if the Solve command were issued and then quit. This option is only useful if EES produces some output such as with the $EXPORT or $SAVETABLE directives. Here is an example. See also the example in which EES calls MATLAB.
c:\ees32\ees.exe c:\temp\myEESprogram.ees /solve
Opening an EES file and Solving a Parametric Table
Include /SolveTable in the command line to start EES, open a specified EES file. The /SolveTable parameter will cause EES to open in a hidden state, solve the EES file as if the SolveTable command were issued and then quit. This option is only useful if EES produces some output such as with the $EXPORT or $SAVETABLE directives. Here is an example.
c:\ees32\ees.exe c:\temp\myEESprogram.ees /solveTable