Running a Station Without a GUI

This property controls whether stations are run with or without a graphical user interface (GUI). With a GUI, all log messages are displayed on the GUI, in the dialog box. Without a GUI, the log messages are written to standard output or to the log file if one is named.

When running a station without a GUI on Windows, the station should be started with the command station.bat instead of station.exe. Using the correct file allows the user to be prompted for logon credentials and to see station messages in the command window where the station is started. To shutdown the station, press Ctrl-C in the command window. If station.exe is used to start the station, it is run as a window-less background process, and the user will not be able to supply logon credentials or stop the station.

  • Property name: fiper.station.nogui=[true|false]

  • Command line argument: nogui:[true|false]

By default, a station runs in GUI mode.