c# - disable IE visibility while using WatiN

Question

I use watin, because I need to open some websites in the background for which the user needs to support Javascript. I don't know if WatiN is the best for this job, but at the moment it takes very long until Internet Explorer gets visible. I need to disable to popping up of Internet Explorer while using WatiN. User doesn't need to see the opening of sites. Is it possible while using WatiN to visit a website without showing it the user or should I use another alternative which supports JS on client side? My code at the moment;

    public static void visitURL()
       {
           IE iehandler = new IE("http://www.isjavascriptenabled.com");

           if (iehandler.ContainsText("Yes"))
               Console.WriteLine("js on");
           else
               Console.WriteLine("js off");
       }

Answer 1

The WatIn.Core.IE class has a Visible property, you can initialize the object like that:
new WatiN.Core.IE() { Visible = true }

This way the IE will just blink on the screen when it's created, and then it will get hidden. You can later control the visibility of the IE with the ShowWindow method of WatiN.Core.IE class - I mean you can show it on the screen if you need, or you can hide again.