Starting Visum without graphical user interface

You may use Visum without a user interface for COM applications.

1.   On your desktop, create a shortcut to the file ...\Program files\PTV Vision\PTV Visum 2021\Exe\PTV Visum 2021.exe.

2.  Right-click the shortcut.

The context menu opens.

3.  Select the Properties entry.

The Properties of Visum window opens.

4.  Select the Shortcut tab.

5.  To the Target entry add a blank at the end and parameter -modonNOUI.

6.  Confirm with OK.

This shortcut is saved to your settings on your personal computer. If you double-click this shortcut, Visum will start without a user interface. In your Windows user interface, you can see the Visum icon in the Windows tool bar bottom right.

Notes: In the Windows tool bar, right click the Visum icon to open the context menu and terminate your Visum session.

The setting to start Visum without a user interface is saved to the registry when the session is terminated. Therefore, you have to specify explicitly if you want to start Visum with a user interface again. There are two possibilities.

  • Right-click the Visum icon in the Windows tool bar and select Visible after restart.
  • Start Visum with the -modoffNOUI parameter.

Tip: Alternatively, you can start Visum via COM interface without a user interface. To do so, you have to register the desired Visum instance as COM server ( Registering Visum version as COM server).