Is there any way to run the third party application, but user can't see the GUI of that application.
I am running the application and it is running, but what I want is to run it but user can't see the GUI of it.
Following code in batch file executes my application, here -w is a parameter which works as it is as one of the buttonPress event does form GUI-
#echo off
c:\xyz\abc.exe -w -pXXXXX
I want that if one runs the batch file, should not be able to see the GUI of that application so that pressButton event can't be created by the user.
May this http://www.robvanderwoude.com/ntstart.php will help. I mean /MIN key for the command
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I tried to set up Voice Control to restart my mac by running the applescript:
tell application "System Events"
restart
end tell
I set it up for voice control. I'd say "Restart the Mac"
However this put my mac into an infinite restart loop!
Had to trash the script.
Is there a solution to this problem with a different applescript that doesn't go into a loop? It would be great to simply say "Restart the Mac" and then presto it restarts.
I use Voice Control every day, without error, to restart my computer.
These are the steps I took.
Paste this following AppleScript code into a new Script Editor document and save it as "Restart Computer.scpt" (Don't save it to any "Startup Items" Folder)
tell application "System Events" to restart
Make sure you grant access in System Preferences for System Events.app to be allowed to control your computer.
With Voice Control currently active, select the new "Restart Computer.scpt" file in Finder, then speak the command "Make This Speakable".
You Should then see a pop-up window like this...
Just insert the voice command you want to use (I use "Restart Computer") and click Save.
Note: Before doing all of this, you should remove any previous custom commands you have set for restarting the computer, from your Commands list in System Preferences.
As an added bonus, this following AppleScript code will reveal the file which stores all of your custom voice commands, in Finder. It's a good idea to backup this file from time to time. Also copying this file to a different computer will allow you to use the custom commands on that computer.
set customDictationCommands to (path to preferences folder as text) & ¬
"com.apple.speech.recognition.AppleSpeechRecognition.CustomCommands.plist"
tell application "Finder" to reveal alias customDictationCommands
I don't think AppleScript is the best tool for this. In System Preferences→Accessibility→Voice Control you can enable Apple's built-in voice command system, which should work out-of-the-box. They don't have a built-in Restart command so you'll have to create one, but that's easy enough. Click the 'Commands...' button at the bottom right, then click the '+' button at the bottom left, and you can choose any of several ways of implementing it.
With restarting script saved as application the simple restart command will enter into infinite reboot loop. This is because of unsaved state of application.
To solve this problem, use following script application instead:
tell application "System Events" to restart with state saving preference
I have some trouble keeping alive a background process when launched by TFS.
Usually I use a batch that launch a java server (new window), as long as I keep this window open it works properly.
C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk\server.bat
In order to make my process automatic, I include this in TFS. In the step I call a batch that contains the following:
cd C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk // necessary to find the batch
start C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk\server.bat
In my task manager, I can see in background tasks that java is launched (no new window is opened), exactly as it behaves when launching directly the batch. But after a few seconds, when TFS switches to the next step, it stops.
Then the next step carries on but fails as it requires the server to be launched.
Is there a particular way of doing it in TFS ?
thank you
Alexandre
It's suggest to launch the .bat file from a relative path not directly use cd to hard code the path.
Also recommend you to use Run Batch File task not Run Command Line task to launch the .bat file.
According to your description, seems you are using a run command line task in your build pipeline. Then run the command under the working directory c:\Build_work\5\s, the command cd to C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk\ on the build agent, find the server.bat, run the server.bat.
First check if the .bat file is located at the path you are specifying on the build agent. Not sure if the bat file have to run under C:\Users\TFSService\mbs-iot-sdk\osgi\bin\vms\jdk\, guess you are also hard code the path in your server.bat file. Suggest you change all the path to relative path, you could use some built-in variable in TFS.
As for your workaround in comment, seems you want to chain builds in TFS. The official docs literally say "not yet" and have a uservoice in planed. However you could use some workaround, such as create or use other's customize extension (use rest api) to call another build. Detail ways please refer huserben's answer in this question: How to chain builds in TFS 2015?
Note sure you have to go deep into this area for your original issue. Just add some related info in case you are interested or need.
Well,
Just in case someone else goes through the same kind of issue, I found a workaround:
I wish to mix different command line steps, some of them launching Python scripts:
I have one step for launching the server that is required for my testing tool, one step for my testing tool and one Python step for differential testing
I realized that I could embed everything in a Python script.
It can handle server launching process in a separate window (with subprocess), launch my Python part and launch another process for my validation tool.
I have to test the whole chain but, at least, I solved my problem of launching a background process and detach it from TFS
How do i do this?
i've tried all i can think of.
Browsing for my .exe file i want to run.
run a bat file
writing forcedos.exe in program textbox and path to my bat file in command line parameters textbox
Why cant it just work with an normal exe?
and i know it should run a program because it can restart the service correctly.
EDIT
Application: test.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.Exception
This is my latest try to make it work.
the script has the code
Dim objShell
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
objShell.Run("iexplore")
Set objShell = Nothing
Now the script opens internet explorer if i run the cmd command
wscript.exe "C:\asfh.vbs"
The "run a program" recovery option for when a service crashes runs the specified executable in the same way as the service, i.e., it runs in session 0 (and so is affected by session 0 isolation, see also related questions) and it runs with the same security context as the service.
This means that it can't interact directly with the user (you can display a GUI, but nobody will see it) but it also restricts what the executable or script can do. For example, some shell API functions will not work properly unless the user account has been interactively logged in at some point. In the example script you posted, the script itself is probably running, but is unable to launch Internet Explorer because IE is only designed to run in an interactive session.
Provided you restrict yourself to basic functionality, it should all work as expected. (There is no master list that I know of describing what functionality is safe to use in a service context, but it is usually easy to guess. You can resort to trial and error if necessary!)
Also note that as far as I know forcedos.exe is no longer present in modern versions of Windows. If you want to run a batch file, you can specify cmd.exe as the application and /c myscript.bat as the command line parameters.
I have a play application on a Windows 7 machine which I want to start via double click on a batch file.
This batch file starts a service. Calls the play application to run in production mode, waits for 5 seconds and open a browser with a specified url.
Therefore I used the following script:
call net start service1
CALL "D:\play-1.2.5\play.bat" start --%%%%prod -Dprecompiled=true
TIMEOUT /T 4
call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" localhost:9000
exit
Now when I start the batch file the window opens and all commands are executed. Sadly Play is still writing his output to cmd and the window is not disappearing. If I close the window manually play is stop executing.
If I run play with "play start" from cmd, play is starting in the background and everything is fine. Play still runs even if I close the window.
I want to have exactly this behaviour when I start the application with my batch file.
Thanks
If you were using a linux-like environment, I' d recommend you to use 'nohup' command and a '&' sign in the end. However, as far as I know there is no direct equivalent of beautiful 'nohup' command on Windows, unfortunately. So, what I can think of is, you can create a tiny win api application that utilizes CreateProcess command and give it the required parameter to hide command line window as soon as the process is created. There are also other process creation functions such as WinExec that you can use to hide command line.
I don't know what Play is so I can only take a guess :) but try using the batch without the call's as I don't think they are necessary, and you never know, might fix the issue.
1) You see Play's output because ot redirect only system.out but write system.err to the same console.
2) I also have this problem and looking for a solution. As a workaround you could try to use some Java Wrapper and install your Play! application as a Windows Service.
3) Play! app could be started via Ant task. I haven't tried this yet.
I am creating one installer for my project. Deployment of project needs some changes that are too complex with NSIS.
So for making it easy I have written one console app in C#. This app will do all the complex changes required with use of some parameters.
I just want to ask what is the way to call this console app with some parameters from my installer?
Is it possible by creating some batch file or what?
ExecWait '"$instdir\myapp.exe" /foo "hello world" /bar' is the basic method.
Use nsExec if you want to hide the console window and ExecDos or ExecCmd if you need more control...
You have several options to execute programs from NSIS, as documented here: http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Docs/Chapter4.html#4.9.1.2
Exec : Execute the specified program and continue immediately
ExecShell: Execute the specified program using ShellExecute
ExecWait: Execute the specified program and wait for the executed process to quit
the last solution is probably what you need.