For my application, I decided to implement the "Jump List" (added with W7 - Windows7CodePack).
The problem with JumpList, you cannot (or I ignore how to code) make an action on your active application. Link in menu open a new instance of application and this communicate informations with the first instance (play music, pass to next video, ...)
I tested Socket and WCF but I blocked by firewall and parts of code on the web I find is insufficient to implement correction or for test a another solution in my app.
I want only execute an action on my active application when a click on a task, in the jumplist.
Anybody have a idea ?
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I have a Run configuration which builds an exploded web app, deploys it to tomcat, and opens the home page after that. However, I want to hit a few URLs to set some state in the app before opening the home page (Or after opening the homepage; it does not matter). Is there a way to trigger a few URL hits after the run configuration? This feature would be similar to "before launch." Instead, it would be "after launch".
There is no such feature at the moment, you can vote for the related feature request.
It's not as simple as it looks since it's not clear what would trigger the after event. The app server doesn't exit/terminate, but is still running, therefore it's not possible to use another run configuration with your app server added in its Before launch steps, otherwise you could create a Shell script configuration that would call curl/wget.
For the app server the proper after event would be the moment when the artifact deployment is complete which requires the tight integration with this specific app server so that IDE knows the exact moment when it happens and allows to call some custom action.
This might be possible with the custom plug-in as IDE already knows when the artifact deployment is complete.
A really hacky workaround would be to run some tiny HTTP server and open its URL from the IDE instead of your real app server. This custom server would call the URLs/APIs you need and then open a browser for your real app URL.
I am deciding between using a login item and launch agent.
In this respect I have few questions:
Is it possible for a non root user to quit a login item helper if it is launched with service management framework using SMLoginItemSetEnabled? Will the helper app be reloaded by launchD if it is killed by user or in some cases OS?
Why does apple not recommend presenting a UI with an app that can be executed via a LaunchAgent? Is there a problem if we present a minimal UI?
A login item as a helper application requires the main application to call SMLoginItemSetEnabled. This implies that the main app must be called at least once to enable the login item. This differentiates it from a launch agent which can be loaded as soon as the plist is installed on the system. Can we execute the helper login item irrespective if the user has opened the main app or not?
Any help would be appreciable
LaunchAgents that are configured using SMJobBless are intended to be non-gui services. They run without UI in the background, and don't run as the logged in user.
If you want a gui, you're going to have to use SMLoginItemSetEnabled, or manually install a user LaunchAgent via a .plist with the "LimitLoadToSessionType" = "Aqua" property.
Helpers launched by SMLoginItemSetEnabled run as the current user, so they can be terminated by that user. The process will get relaunched if launchd detects that the agent went away because of a signal or due to an abnormal termination. If it terminates due to a clean termination it will not be restarted until the next login of the user (by clean termination we mean terminating with an exit code of 0, which will not happen if the program is killed e.g. via the activity monitor. If the helper has an option to quit, and that option causes it to exit with a 0 return code, then it will not be restarted, which would be considered good form by the application.
It's a stylistic thing - a user cannot disable the agent without interacting with the command line which would be considered poor standing. There is no issue displaying a UI from a LaunchAgent. As long as it's registered with the appropriate keys, it will be launched in the user's gui login context which means that it can be fully interactive. I have several applications which act like that - TunnelBlick, 1Password (this is via the LaunchAgent plist) and they only put up a menu bar item on startup.
If you're just shipping an application - e.g. via the app store, then there's no way to have anything automatically start without some interaction by the user - you have to launch the main app to get the helper to be enabled. The helper login item can be launched manually without ever launching the main application; but it won't have the 'launch at startup' magic enabled. If you can register a LaunchAgent plist, then you can get the launch at startup & starting it up immediately behaviour.
For uninstallation, however, LaunchAgents require the removal of the .plist, and interacting with launchd to disable it, items registered with the Service Mangement framework will naturally vanish once the app is dragged to the trash.
IMHO, (bit soapboxy, bit opinionated) If you're shipping a standard app with a helper, then rely on first launch before configuring such things as helper start on login; primarily because it keeps the user in control. Autoinstalling startup items is one of my pet peeves with windows applications (so many status bar items...).
The docs for SMLoginItemSetEnabled state the login item will be "kept running", which seems to indicate it will be relaunched if it is killed:
The Boolean enabled state of the helper application. This value is effective only for the currently logged in user. If true, the helper application will be started immediately (and upon subsequent logins) and kept running. If false, the helper application will no longer be kept running.
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/servicemanagement/1501557-smloginitemsetenabled
I'm using worklight application management features from an Android native App.
I want that when in the console the application status is changed to "Access Disabled" the only option for the user will be to quit.
In the Knowledge Center and in Developer works there is documentation about how to do it:
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZH4A_6.2.0/com.ibm.worklight.appadmin.doc/admin/t_denying_access_to_older_app_versions.html?lang=en
https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/blogs/worklight/entry/how_to_create_a_customized_remote_disable_behavior?lang=en
It is explained that you must set a specific value for the initOptions object used in the WL.Client.init() method.
But in the Android native API I have not found the way to set the initOptions. The init method is deprecated and it does not accept initOptions.
Also, in case of Remote Disable the ResponseListener used in the WLClient.connect(aResponseListener) is not invoked, success or failure, no method is executed. Is this working as designed? I would expect a failure or success but not nothing.
Is it possible in a native app to force the application to close in case of Remote Disable?
How could I handle this situation manually in the app?
Unfortunately I do not have an example for you, but this is the general idea.
See if you can work with it (if someone can produce an example - please do...):
You need to create your own Remote Disable challenge handler that will extend the default Worklight Remote Disable challenge handler (RemoteDisableChallengeHandler.java).
class MyRemoteDisableChallengeHandler extends WLRemoteDisableChallengeHandler
Then you need to implement your custom logic in MyRemoteDisableChallengeHandler
WLClient.registerChallengeHander(new MyRemoteDisableChallengeHandler())
This will override the original.
You'll need to create your own dialog with a Quit button.
Some additional documentation.
For handling MaM configurations, this is, when you configure the app as Lost, Stolen, etc, in the Worklight Console -> Devices tab you must install the Fix IF201408281937 (Worklight 6.2) or later.
This events are also handled with the ChallengeHandler registered for the realm "wl_remoteDisableRealm"
I have built an application that connects to the exchange server and does some scanning tasks on the incoming mail.
Application has a form where i can start and stop scanning,give in an interval, do some other configuration, and a notificationicon in the taskbar to show hide,end and so on..
The problem is that I would like the application to start as a service, because now a user has to log in first on the server before it starts working.
I tried some tools like RunAsService, i had a service, but obviously it didn't run the application.
Of course i understeand now that when the application will run as a service, scanning will be the only thing that will happen, no forms and no notification icons.
However i do not know where to start, should i extract the scanning logic from my configuration as a separate application? What application type should it become then ?
You have two easy options.
First one just create a new Windows Service Project from your New Project button in the Visual Studio, and then just program your app.
Second one, just create a service from the service management window in your computer and add the executable file of your program. It will start running as a service (with visible windows and everything as you coded it).
You should follow this link and schedule your vb.net windows program as windows task
In Your code, at the end ,when everything gets executed you should write Me.Close() to hide your form.
I have created an application that exposes a OSX service for certain file by adding an NSService entry into my applications info.plist (as in http://www.macosxautomation.com/services/learn/), but I find that upon installing my application on a new machine the service doesn't show up quickly in the finder right click context menu.
I know that this is because pasteboard services hasn't re-indexed the /Applications folder and "discovered" the newly installed service.
I also know that I can force a re-index and discovery by manually running /System/Library/CoreServices/pbs.
The question here is what is the best way to ensure that my service shows up as quickly as possible for users who are installing my application for the first time.
I could execute a system call to "/System/Library/CoreServices/pbs" when my application starts up --If the user immediately starts my application--, but that only partly solves the problem (in addition I wonder if there is a better Cocoa API based way of doing this).
If my application is generally only accessed via the context menu, a user will never think to go out and start the application in the first place. They will only think it is broken when the context menu isn't there.
I am not distributing my application with an installer. I am simply providing a bundle that can be dragged and dropped into /Applications (as I believe Apple usually suggests).
Is there a way to expedite the process of service discovery when doing an installation in this fashion, so that there isn't any period of time where the user is without the newly installed service?
As a side note, it appears that the problem may not exist in 10.8 (or at least be as pronounced). Apple may have made this indexing happen more quickly in their most recent release.
I've actually ended up using
system("killall pbs;/System/Library/CoreServices/pbs -flush");
in one of my apps, just as you describe, though it's a long time ago, when 10.5 was in question as well.
You might want to try this function, however:
void NSUpdateDynamicServices(void)
which according to the documentation acts just like flushing pbs, but is a cleaner solution.
Also, if (according to your description), the app is nothing but a service, consider making it a really just a service - see (Installing the Service)
To build a standalone service, use the extension .service and store it in Library/Services.