[EnergyPlus_Support] batch processing in Windows

[Ery Djunaedy <ery.mailinglist@xxxxxxxxx>]

Folks,

I tried to find some blurb on how to run EPlus in batch mode. I am 
trying to run EPlus from a (perl) script. Its easy in linux, but not so 
in Windows.

Here is the command that I tried:

C:\EnergyPlusV5-0-0\RunEPlus.bat <IDF> <WEATHER>

I run my perl script in the same folder as the IDF file, and specify the 
full path for the BAT file.

But I always got an error saying the the IDD file is not found. It turns 
out that the BAT file (or EnergyPlus.exe) expects to find the 
Energy+.idd in the working directory. And the BAT script does not copy 
the IDD file to the working directory.

Of course it is a simple edit to add those in the BAT script. But it 
makes me wonder what is the recommended way of running the BAT file?

Thanks,

Ery


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