To drive forecast pro entirely automatically follow these two steps
1. prepare a valid project and place it in your project directory. the easiest way to prepare this file is to use forecast pro interactively to define all desired project settings, output formats, a script and (optionally) forecast modifiers and overrides, and then save the project using use File>Save..
alternatively, you can generate the file externally but this will require understanding the project file and the (optional) corresponding MDB file formats.
2. Drive forecast pro by issuing the command
"C:Program FilesForecast ProForecastPro.exe"Test.FPProj/b
where we assume that the program is located in the directory "C:Program FilesForecast Pro" and project named Test.FPProj is located in your current project directory. The "/b" parameter is used to indicate that you wish to run in command-line (batch) mode.
You can issue the command in any number of ways, including:
Select Run from the Start menu and issue the command from there.
Set up a shortcut to issue the command.
Issue the command from within a different application using a system call.
The command line tab of the Setting>Options dialog box allows you to specify several key command line forecasting options and the output files to save in command-line mode. This tab's functionality was fully described in the Menu Items and Dialog Boxes section earlier in this chapter
Important Notes
1.If there are spaces int the path name you must include quotation marks as illustrated in the example above.
2.If you do not want the Forecast Pro menu to appear, run the program minimized.