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Appendix D – Minimized Interface & Program Line Switches 47

8. APPENDIX D - MINIMIZED INTERFACE MODE & COMMAND-LINE

SWITCHES

The IdScan application behavior can be modified to best suit your needs. This is done by

running the program while using command lines switches. IdScan offers the following

switches:

MI – Runs the application with minimum amount of control buttons on the main screen and

eliminate access to the configuration dialog screens.

ShowGUI – When using the system tray icon, this switch adds the option to show/hide the

application main screen from the system tray.

NOMAG – Eliminates the use of the magnetic strip engine. Using this option speeds up the

application start-up.

USING THE COMMAND LINE SWITCHES

To use the command line switch, add the switch to the application shortcut as follows;

Assuming that you have a shortcut to idScan on your desktop and you want to add to the

program the MI switch that will cause it to run in minimized mode:

1. Right click on the shortcut and select properties.

2. Modify the TARGET field from "F:\Program Files\Card Scanning

Solutions\idScanOCR Ver. 6.3.0\IDScanOCR.exe"

to: "F:\Program Files\Card Scanning Solutions\idScanOCR Ver.

6.3.0\IDScanOCR.exe" /MI

3. Click OK to close the properties dialog.

Important: Make sure you type the switch value after the double quote character!

You can add several switched one after the other as follows:

"F:\Program Files\Card Scanning Solutions\idScanOCR Ver. 6.3.0\IDScanOCR.exe" /MI

/NOMAG /ShowGUI

RUNNING IN MINIMIZED INTERFACE MODE

Running in Minimized Interface mode displays the program with a minimum set of

controls, thus preventing the user from altering the program configuration. Nevertheless,

this operating mode allows the user to take full advantage of all the features embedded in

the program.

To run in Minimized Interface mode, the program needs to be started with the /MI switch.

To do so, change the program shortcut used to start the program from

"C:\Program Files\Card Scanning Solutions\…\IDScanOCR.exe" to:

"C:\Program Files\Card Scanning Solutions\…\IDScanOCR.exe" /MI