Detecting -NoGui option in a plugin

[alexisDVJML]

I'm starting to think of a version of our plugin that could be automated and run some of its features without any UI.

I know Navisworks can be launched without UI using the -NoGui option.

Before I start tracking under debugger what happen in such situation, does anyone have some clues/guidelines?

For now I subscribe to Application.GuiCreated and started wrtiing mycode based on Application.Gui != null but:
- this even comes very late
- not even sure if I will receive such event for a CommandHandlerPlugin when Navisworks run with -NoGui option
- not sure which document events will still happen

Thanks in advance for any clues

[jabowabo]

Are you using the Automation API? You can use it to run other plugins without the GUI and pass arguments as needed.

[alexisDVJML]

Hi,

No, or at least not yet.
But yes the overall idea is to be able to automate some repetitive an/or long to run tasks of our plugin.

For now I'm at stage 1: trying to understand what can be done in the plugin to have it run "in batch mode".
I will probably have to run it under debugger, launching Navisworks with the -NoGui option.
But I wished I could got some feedback here instead of having to rediscover all details, limitations and tricks 😉

[jabowabo]

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@alexisDVJML wrote:

Hi,

No, or at least not yet.
But yes the overall idea is to be able to automate some repetitive an/or long to run tasks of our plugin.

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The Automation API should do exactly what you want. Basically, you create an executable application, start Navisworks with no GUI from it, and run your plugin from there.