iimRunner

From iMacros

(Related example macros: connect-to-iimrunner.vbs)

iimRunner.exe is a tool that helps you to start the iMacros.exe browser under a specific user account. You find it in the iMacros home directory, typically c:\Program Files\iMacros

The tool displays three values:

Account: The user account under which it is running. iMacros will start under this account if iimInit ("-runner") is used.

Created processes count: Counts how many instances of imacros.exe were started via iimRunner.exe. This count always increases, it does not show the actual number of running processes. This value is mainly useful for debugging.

Running iMacros count: Shows the number of running iMacros Browser instances (regardless if they where started manually or by iimRunner!).

iimRunner uses a small XML file called simple.xml to store its settings:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <configuration>
   <appSettings>
     <add key="IsLogging" value="yes"/>
     <add key="LogPath" value="c:\log\iimRunner.log"/>
     <add key="MaxNumberOfInstances" value="30"/>
     </appSettings>
 </configuration>

IsLogging: Enable iimRunner log file

LogPath: Log file name and path

MaxNumberOfInstances: Maximum number of allowed iMacros Browser instances (as counted by the "Running iMacros count" value in the iimRunner window.)

Important: The tool expects the simple.xml settings file in the same directy as iimRunner.exe.

Note: Running iimRunner via a scheduled task allows it to run silently, and cause iMacros to run silently as well.

More Information:

• Tips for using iimRunner
• Should I run iMacros as Windows Service or via iimRunner?
• How to use iimRunner from a batch file: Instead of starting imacros.exe directly, start a small VBS script that starts iMacros.exe via iimInit ("-runner").