How do i run in silent mode when using iimRunner?

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jayv
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How do i run in silent mode when using iimRunner?

Post by jayv » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:50 pm

when i use iimrunner and therefore have to set the first iimInit arguement to "-runner" how do i still get my script to run in silent or tray mode?
jayv
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Found answer

Post by jayv » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:45 pm

i found my own answer (yet again). Could you guys please add some better documentation around using iimrunner. I should not have to search user forums for basic set up. Also, an example like so...

s = m.iimInit("-runner -silent", true, "", "", "", mTimeout);

which demonstrated how you could use more than one switch at a time would have been most helpful.

As for iimrunner - the forum post that advised you to run the imacros browswer at least one time through and correct any prompts should be included in your documentation - this would have saved me countless hours of head banging.
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Post by Tech Support » Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:59 pm

Thanks for the information. Actually, we did not anticipate a need for this, as iimRunner is typically used for running iMacros on a web server. And on a web server, there is no need to run iMacros silent.

Can I ask how and for what you are using iMacros?
jayv
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iimrunner silent

Post by jayv » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:03 pm

I am using on a web server, but it seems that even on a web server silent would be preferred as...
1. it would not interrupt the logged in user that iimrunner is running as should they be working on the server
2. it would save using processing power required to physically open a browser instance and render etc.
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