InterAction provides two ways of configuring startup options:
- You can configure InterAction to automatically open certain folders when you start InterAction.
- You can configure startup options by adding command line parameters to the InterAction command line.
Setting a Folder to Open at Startup of the Windows Client
You can configure any of the folders or searches in your Favorites to automatically open when you start InterAction. To do so, right-click the folder or search and choose Open at startup. The next time you enter InterAction, any folders or searches in your Favorites with this option turned on are automatically opened.
You can set multiple folders or searches to open at startup. The Open at startup option is only available to folders or searches in your Favorites.
Using Command Line Parameters for the Windows Client
The InterAction command line accepts command line parameters, which determine certain startup options. Normally, you add these parameters to the icon or Windows shortcut used to launch InterAction.
Using parameters on the InterAction command line overrides any options set within InterAction. For example, if you set InterAction to open a specific folder via command line parameters, InterAction ignores the settings of the Open at startup options for the folders in your Favorites.
To use a command line parameter, you add the parameter to the end of the command line. The command line tells Windows to launch an application's executable file. See Available Command Line Parameters for the Windows Client for a list of parameters supported by InterAction.
A command line parameter always consists of a command line switch, which is a slash character followed by a letter, like this:
/a
In some cases, the parameter may include text that needs to be passed to InterAction. For example, the following parameter places the text “EMROBERTS” in the Account field of the Login dialog box
/uEMROBERTS
When using these parameters, do not include a space between the command line switch and its text (e.g., /u EMROBERTS will not work). Also, enclose the text in double quotation marks (“”) if the text includes spaces. If the name does not include spaces, the quotation marks are unnecessary.
In many cases, you use multiple parameters. For instance, the following command line attempts to log on to the network using the account identifier “GWASHING,” with the password “cherrytree,” then opens the folder named “White House Directory.”
/uGWASHING /pcherrytree /r“White House Directory”
When using multiple parameters, include a space between them as shown in the example.
Available Command Line Parameters for the Windows Client
The following table describes each available parameter and what it does.
Command Line Parameters
| Available Parameters | What it does |
|---|---|
| /a | Starts InterAction in a minimized state. |
| /u[AccountName] | Automatically fills in the Account edit field in the Login dialog box with the specified account identifier. |
| /p[Password] | Automatically fills in the Password edit field in the Login dialog box with the specified password. |
| /xOpen | Starts InterAction, but folders or searches that are normally automatically opened based on the option in Favorites are NOT opened. |
| /u[AccountName] /p[Password] |
Completely bypasses the Login dialog box and logs in using the specified account identifier, and password. Note -- if your system administrator has configured InterAction to use your network login with InterAction, you do not need to use the /u and /p parameters to bypass the Login dialog box. See your system administrator for more information. |
| /r[FolderName] s/[FolderDatabaseName] |
Automatically opens the specified folder. Both the folder name and database name must be provided. If there is a space in the folder name or database name, surround it in quotations, like this: /r"Company Personnel" /s"marketing db" In the above example, Company Personnel is the folder to open and marketingdb is the database name. To find the database name, choose the InterAction Database entity in InterAction Administrator. The database name displays in the Name column. |
| /c[ContactID] /t[ContactSourceID]/v[ViewID] |
Automatically opens a specified contact in the Contact Details window using the specified contact identifier, and (optionally) contact source identifier. You can also optionally specify a contact details window (if you do not include this, InterAction will display the contact in the default details view). The view ID must be one of the following: 1 - General 2 - Phones & Addresses 3 - Who Knows Whom 4 - Related Contacts 5 - Company Personnel 6 - Folders 8 - Marketing Lists 9 - Classifications 10 - Activities 11 - Additional Information 12 - Notes 13 - Audit Trail |
| /d[FolderID] /o[FolderSourceID] | Automatically opens a specified folder using the specified folder identifier, and (optionally) folder source identifier. |