Command line options and DDE commands

Command line options

-c	Create new instance.
-cursor line:column	Locate cursor at "line" and "column".
-d directory	Startup directory.
-e	Load a file into an existing instance of EditPlus.
-i directory	INI file directory.
-m	Run minimized.
-n	Creates a new document.
-p	Prints a file.
-pi project_ini	Specifies different project configuration file instead of project_u.ini.
-pr project	Selects a project.
-r	Opens a file as read-only.
-s directory	Syntax directory.
-sel begin:end	Selects text from "begin" position to "end" position.
-t FileType	Set the file type. "FileType" must be one of the descriptions of file types on Settings & Syntax page of the Preferences dialog box.
-u	Do not add the file name to the Recent Files list.
-w	Do not load saved workspace.
-wd directory	Directory to save the workspace.

DDE commands

[activate]	Activates EditPlus.
[cursor("line:column")]	Locate cursor at "line" and "column".
[open("file")]	Opens a file.
[open_nomru("file")]	Opens a file without adding the file name to the Recent Files list.
[open_read("file")]	Opens a file as read-only.
[print("file")]	Prints a file.
[type("FileType")]	Sets the file type. See "-t" command line option.
[sel("begin:end")]	Selects text from "begin" position to "end" position. See "-sel" command line option.

DDE Service: editplus.exe
DDE Topic: system

No spaces allowed in DDE commands.