Configuring Startup Tasks

You can specify tasks for automatic start-up by clicking the Task button on the SCU toolbox and displaying the Task Configuration dialog box. The tasks listed in this dialog box start when you run the FIX Startup program. For example, if you always use I/O Control when you start iFIX, configure the SCU to start IOCNTRL.EXE automatically. Add the IOCNTRL.exe to the top of the configured task list.

In the Task Configuration dialog box, an asterisk (*) next to a task means that Startup minimizes the task after starting it. A percent sign (%) preceding a task means that Startup starts that task in the background. To change the state of a task, select the task, select an option from the Start Up Mode area, and click Change. iFIX executes the tasks in the same order as they appear in the Configured Tasks list. To remove a task from the list, select the task from the Configured Tasks list and click Delete.

If desired, add any specific command line parameters in the Command Line field. Refer to the Controlling SAC Startup section for available SAC command line parameters, or refer to individual application manuals for available command line parameters for each application.

Refer to the Running iFIX Tasks in the Background section for information on iFIX tasks that can be started in the background.

If you run iFIX as a service, the tasks listed in the task list also start as a service. Refer to the Running iFIX as a Service section for information on how to start iFIX as a service.

NOTE: It is not recommended that you run Workspace.exe in the SCU task list when iFIX is running as a service.

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