Use Revit with BatchPrint: How can I hide logo and window at the launching?

[pmeigneux]

Hello,

I currently launch Revit with a BatchPrint.

I would like to know if there is a way to hide the Revit logo and his window which appears at the screen during the launching.

Thanks for your response,

Regards,

Philippe

[jeremytammik]

Dear Philippe,

Thank you for your query.

I am not aware of any such possibility, and I am pretty sure that the Revit API does not provide any support for this either.

However, I am also pretty sure that you can easily achieve what you are after using the Windows or .NET API.

I would suggest searching the Internet for solution to suppress a flash screen.

You might be able to use some of the techniques described in my stand-alone app to detect and close an arbitrary Windows form:

http://thebuildingcoder.typepad.com/blog/2009/10/dismiss-dialogue-using-windows-api.html

I hope this helps.

Please let us know how you end up solving this, in case anyone else runs into the same requirement.

Thank you!

Best regards,

Jeremy

[Dale.Bartlett]

Not sure if this is at all helpful, but I use the following to hide a batch process command screen:

ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
            startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true; // hide command window
            startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
            startInfo.FileName = lstrBatFileNameFull;
            startInfo.Arguments = args;

            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(startInfo);

[callumf · Accepted solution]

To add to this solution, use this to suppress the splash screen:

startInfo.Arguments = '/nosplash'

On a side note, has anyone had any success using this line when opening Revit 2017? The exact same code opens 2016 silently, but 2017 seems to be ignored:

startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden

[pmeigneux]

Thank you very much.

Your startInfo.Arguments = '/ nosplash' solution works for Revit 2016 and is back in 2017.

Philippe.

[callumf]

Glad it worked Phillippe.

Im still interested to know if anyone has managed to open Revit 2017 silently, as you can Revit 2016 with this switch:

startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden