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Running programs in foreground?

Vi.tran
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When tidal kicks off a job on a machine that has the tidal adapter I've noticed that the process runs in the background.  Is there a way to setup the job or the adapter so that a program can run in the foreground to enable some functionality that can't be accessed when running in the background?

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jeff.hamway01
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Your in luck.  I was just looking at the agent installation doc.  These steps can be found in the Agent Installation and configuration guide.  I posted the steps for your review below.

Open the Windows Registry Editor on the agent machine.

a Click Start>Run.

The Run dialog displays.

b Enter regedit.

c Click OK.

2 In the registry tree on the left, select the key at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\TIDAL Software\Agent and create the key

(choose a name TIDAL_AGENT_1 (or the name of whichever defined Agent you wish to effect)

Rightclick the TIDAL_AGENT_1 key.

4 Select New>String Value from the resulting menu.

5 Name the new key that is created on the right pane, JobLaunchMode.

6 Rightclick the new JobLaunchMode key and select the Modify option from the

context menu to display the Edit String dialog.

7 In the Value Data field, type one of the following numeric values to configure the

appearance of the command prompt window:

0 = Hides the command prompt window and activates another window.

1 = Activates the command prompt window and displays it minimized.

2 = Activates the command prompt window and displays it in its current size and

position.

values 3-7 can be found in the same document. 

Thanks for the insight, do you have a link to the guide that you pulled the information from?

I have hard copies.  When you download the software for Tidal on your PC, it comes with a DOC folder.  and all the Tidal docs are in there including the agent document. 

Ok I'll have to reach out and see if I can get the document since looking on the server where the agent is installed I don't see a doc's folder.

Now what you posted would this be for all jobs that run using that tidal agent or can it be controlled via the scheduler?

the option can not be controlled by the scheduler as far as im aware of.  Its controlled per agent from the registry only.

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