What I want to do is to check the full logic someones else metabot that was uploaded to repository, or donwloaded from AAE BotStore.
When I'm creating my own metabot in Automation Anywhere I need to pass to AAE IDE dll file.
But when I'm uplaoding it to the server I'm uploading just Metabot without this dll file.
So to sum up I want to locate the dll file that is responsible for Metabot’s logic.
The DLL is actually stored in the .mbot file. If you find the .mbot file in the windows folder directory using Windows File explorer and rename the file extension to .zip from .mbot, you will see it is really a zip file and that inside that zip file is the dll files.
I believe you're being limited by your Control Room permissions. AAE has system defined permissions in this area, which are pre-configured during Control Room installation. For more details on this, please see AAE's supporting documentation. For example, if you were granted the "AAE_Meta Bot Designer" role in the Control Room you would be allowed to "access MetaBot Designer from AAE Client but not allowed to see any bots and/or supporting files."
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I have a problem with LabVIEW installer. I have a database which I communicate with using a udl file via LabVIEW. I also have other files for saving passwords etc. when I make setup file and install my program, I can not write to my files because they become read-only! I put .exe file in program file and my supporting files and database in Program Data.
The .exe program returns no error but does not write any data into files! what is the solution
Are you putting the database under "Program Files"? Try putting it under the user or public documents folder and you should be OK if that was the problem
I'm creating a WIX installer for a C# application.
In the application I use System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.AppSettings[Setting1] to get settings.
My question is, where must I place the program.exe.config file on the machine in order for it to work?
I can't place it with the program in ProgramFiles directory, since those files are read-only.
I tried:
Configuration config = ConfigurationManager.OpenExeConfiguration(ConfigurationUserLevel.PerUserRoamingAndLocal);
config.AppSettings.Settings[Config1].Value = "Value1";
config.Save();
Unfortunately I don't know where it's looking.
Thanks your replies, Trevy
It should be in the same folder of the program.exe. Use wix to copy both program.exe and program.exe.config to the required folder.
If you need to edit the configuration file during the installation you will need to do it using a custom action in wix. Make sure you pass the file path to the custom action and write the code to read the configurations in that file and edit.
The problem isn't that the files there are readonly - the problem is that you are trying to update files in the Program Files folder with your config.Save, and you can't do that if you are a limited user, and you are always limited (even if you are admin) unless you elevate. The short answer is that:
If your app routinely updates files in restricted areas then it probably needs elevation, so give it an elevation manifest.
If however you require you app to be used by limited users and allow them to update that config file then don't install to Program Files. Choose User Appdata folder, for example. Windows is probably using your config file during program startup, so you can't separate it from the exe.
When I was creating an installer for my app, I found I couldn’t save my settings.
The reason is because the Program Files repository, from a practical point of view, is read-only (Applications should never run with elevated permissions). When installing a program, the only time we modify the MyApp.exe.config file is at installation/upgrade/repair time.
The config file has many sections. One of them is userSettings. This is where we store any data we need to modify during the lifetime of the application. When run for the first time, Windows creates a hidden file in the user’s AppData folder. That is why we can save user settings, even though the config file is in the same directory as the MyApp.exe
So the answer is, if we run into permission errors when trying to save our settings it means we are writing our settings to the wrong section of the config file. We need to place it in the userSettings section and nowhere else.
For convenience, Visual Studios has a settings editor (the settings tab of the properties page). It allows you to create strongly typed user and application settings. The generated class lets you save user settings, but not application settings for the above reasons.
I have a config.txt file in my VS 2013 project. Here is its permissions for ALL APPLICATION PACKAGES :
When I get a setup.exe by compiling an InstallShield LE project inside my solution, and when I run setup.exe, I get this config.txt under Program Files with these permissions :
I want all permissions to be allowed after extracting setup.exe. How can I do that? Thanks
By default the ProgramFiles folder and all subdirectories and files have only Read and Read&Execute permissions for security purposes. So, all files which copies to this folder inherite these permissions.
To change file or folder permissions with help of InstallShield, you could refer to the approtiate documentation. Also it could be achived by launching different tools for working with permissions, like subinacl.exe, icacls.exe, etc with help of custom actions.
But, as mentioned Michael Urman in comments, it's bad idea to place config files with write access under ProgramFiles (and other system folders), because of possible security issues.
So, I also reccomend to refrain from using this logic and store these files in User profile folders.
I need to store files in an EXE file via VB 2010 app. I mean, lets say I made a software called setmaker and one that is called setup.exe. I want setmaker to store some files that you choose in setup.exe, and then when you run setup.exe it reads the files that you stored in it and extracts it to a location specified by you.
The following post How to copy file From Resources? discusses a method for copying a file that is an Embedded resource in an EXE to a folder on disk.
Hope that helps.
I have accessed normal files and folders, but unable to read the target value from a shortcut file. Any idea how to read a shortcut file in WinRT?
My actual requirement is to find the most recently used/opened files in the system This info was previously available through Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.Recent)
Thank you in advance :)
There is a file AppData\Local\recently-used.xbel which contains this information on Win8. Parsing it should be easy, but the problem will probably be to get access to this file as it isn't in the folders that can be accessed via any manifest declaration. Also the AppData folder is hidden, making it inaccessible via the FileOpenPicker.
My guess would be that this is an intentional change by Microsoft since it is no business of a sandboxed app, which documents were used by other apps. If you want to open files that were recently opened by your app, you can roll your own "recently changed" implementation. Which should be easy because you have to save their token to the FutureAccessList anyhow.