I want to access Web service from windows mobile application and want to process data returned by it. I am not finding any step by step guide to it. I found some articles relevant but they don't clearly mention what setting are required to run in the emulator and what setting are required in order to run on the physical device. Please suggest me best way.
Beginner always need guidance from scratch so there should be some step by step article.Thanks in advance.
I don't have any detailed instructions but I've done heaps of this soft of thing. It's exactly the same as connecting a normal Windows app to a web service. You way want to try this first using a simple WinForms app so you understand the basics of creating a web reference.
The only complication is that your emulator or mobile device will need to be able to connect to the machine running the web service but this should also be pretty easy. Just set up a simple html test page on your PC and ensure you can browse to this using the emulator.
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I am hoping someone can provide some guidance on how to host a local html / web app instance of https://zxing.appspot.com/generator. I have read the documentation, and have searched in the web but I have come away empty-handed.
Also related, Does anyone know how safe it is to use zxing.appspot.com/generator when entering personal info (like wifi passwords)?--> this is one motivation to run the app locally but I am not sure if this concern is well-founded.
I tried downloading the web app source code from: https://github.com/zxing/zxing/tree/master/zxing.appspot.com
and installed it using maven. It seems like the installation went without issues (in wsl2), but I dont find a way to run the app locally as a web server.
So I have created an xaml flow which clicks browser buttons downloads files and then does some basic operations. I setup a windows server and connected remotely to it and when I debug my process automation while staying on the screen it works smoothly, problem is that I can't keep my pc on forever so when I just minimize the file even though my system remains up and running:
The UI Path process kills as the button press times out. I was just curious to know if it's compulsory to keep screen up for the ui based process automation to run through or is there a way to initiate the process and then close the screen and let the system do its job?
This is the eror I get which is like first UI interaction:
Here are the steps I have performed:
Created an unattended robot with machine as the remote instance name.
Created an environment and connected with the robot created in step 1.
Setup UIPath Assistant using machine key and URL.
Published the files and then created the process in cloud console.
Ran it from cloud console.
The process faults at its first UI interaction. Even though it was running in unattended robot form.
Thanks in advance.
AFAIK this is intended by the licensing model of UiPath. So to solve the issue you need a license for the VM of your RDP connection that allows the unattended usage.
Another idea could be to start the process in the PIP (picture-in-picture) mode. But I have never tested that, so this might also not work.
But maybe you already have a license like that and could test that out.
These are our types:
Solution for UiPath Studio 20.4 or higher
For my Use Case Picture in Picture mode worked correctly. Thanks #kwoxer for the suggestions, though his answer was enough but I am adding it up here for those who may need future reference.
So If you're facing issues with automating user interactions in dynamic JavaScript Website over a cloud server that loads on demand (When you minimize or close your remote session, the process times out as it's not able to find the UI component), here are the simple steps to follow:
Goto Debug options on top and select picture in picture as shown below:
This basically lets the bot start the system from another node. Now when you run the system and even close the remote connection, the automation process including all sorts of UI interaction will work like charm. Please let me know in case someone faces the issues with the same. Would love to help!
I am trying to install my Metro Application.
So, my question is:
Can I move sample pictures for my Application to KnownFolders.Pictures and Videos during installation ?
And, how can I create installation file for my application?
Thank you
With the installation mechanism for Windows Store apps in Windows 8, there is no need to write a setup or installation program. That will all be managed through the Windows Store once your app is published.
Since you can't write a setup program, to accomplish a similar goal, you can put some functionality in the app to execute when it's first run, then save a setting to indicate you've already performed the first run operations.
This would be where you would put your code for moving sample pictures.
However, your app will also need the appropriate permissions to access the KnownFolders location programmatically - check out this article for details. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/Hh967755.aspx
It's also a good best practice to ask the user if it's OK to copy sample pictures to their Pictures library.
I need to write an application that can detect if the "Bing - Get me there" application is installed on the current phone and if so, launch it.
Is this possible? The app would need to do this for other external applications as well, so a generic method or interface for this would be helpful.
Applications run in a sandbox on Windows Phone and there is no way to tell if other applications are installed unless you are writing both of them and you use a method to announce to other applications that you are installed and they know how to read that announcement.
2 approaches to such announcements would be:
Have both (all) apps synchronise with a web server and report which devices they have been installed on. The apps can the query which other apps have been installed on that device.
Have all apps write a file to a location where all apps can access. The only place to do this is the PicturesLibrary so you have to embed the identifier in the name of the image or in its contents and be able to query all images to identify the other installed apps. The user could manually delete any images you create in this way though.
Beware, neither method can tell if the other app has subsequently been uninstalled though so this is far from foolproof.
As far as I know, there's no way to do that.
Applications on Windows Phone run in complete isolation, and can not act with other applications, other than some highly specialized apps (i.e. for playing media).
I need a background application to support my client application, which should always run on the client machine regardless of the main client application is running or not.
Windows Service was my first choice but problems I faced with Windows Service were: ease of control over windows service through main client application, release and installation of patches to the windows service and troubleshooting if windows service fails to run.
So, I started thinking for alternatives to the Windows Service and found that a Windows Forms application with NO visible forms can do it for me. This invisible app should start with system startup and keep running all the time, doing all the work that a Windows Service would do. But before I go deeper into the development, I want to explore the pros and cons of this approach.
Any suggestions/comments on this approach?
Your requirements are more suited for windows service. Main advantage with windows service is that it will start as soon as system comes up, irrespective of anybody is logged into system or not.
To sort out deployment issues, you build your business logic into separate assembly and call the necessary function withing windows service. This way you can deploy just the modified assembly.
Winform application with invisible form will not serve the purpose. HTH
That's not possible. User-mode applications must be started by a user, and will not continue to run when that user logs off. That's the purpose of the SessionEnding event: to allow you to shut down your app gracefully when the user logs off or the computer is shutting down. You can't just start something at system startup and keep it running all the time.
You need a Windows Service for that. But you should be aware that under Windows Vista and later, a service cannot interact directly with the user. They run in a separate process and are restricted from displaying their own UI. It's not clear from the question exactly what your needs are, but this is an important limitation of a Windows Service that is worth considering. A proper design really shouldn't require this, but there are apparently a lot of people to whom this new, more secure behavior is a real surprise. I explain this in more detail in related answers to this question and this other question.