How to run InDesign in background?

I mean to make InDesign application invisible while processing my script?

Which might be a reason to find a different method than indesign.
This kind of Policy produces 2 things:
First: They push Mediumsized companys to work illigal or not with indesign at all if they have some special needs which will be only legal by an indesign server.
Second: They prohibit some external Developments or releases because it would be illigal tu use it.
Theres no way to start indesign in Background with its own api (this is not 100% for shure but 95% :-)
It might be Possible but not by VBA or Java, there are some workarounds with VB and c++ but this is a complete different animal.
However maybe it would be legal using somekind of passive server. Means a timejob on one Computer working a set of data in some directory or Database down. It would not be a real server since the jobs starting itself on the Workstation and not by command from another application.
Or Make a script which runs in a loop with a time break. In case 1 you have to make your own Atomic.
But im really not shure how legal that would be. Anyway how legal the split client and Server in the policies by adobe is another animal too.
Its hard to determine whats a server whats not in many cases.
lets say you send the data directly to an automated workstation to work on it - is it an Server?
if the workstation needs a pressing button thing is it or not? In that case you can use a macro keyboard to do this - is it then a server ?
again i dont not understand this policies since you cannot start a multhithread on indesing workstation anyway it would be unuseable for real server applications. you cannot make a hing like a webservice because its simply to slow and unstable.
didnt solve our problems but to be honest, im shure bevore a customer with lets say 8 or 9 employes buys a server for 30k he will work illigal (so are back to my beginning post)
The Question is if indesign is really needed. today i see many prints going out by pdf... so there could be easier ways
take a look on some report generators like crystal reports. for many needs absoloutly enough

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