Application certification kit automation

Dear sir\madam,
I am trying to automate windows application certification kit validation for desktop application by using the command line which is mentioned in the ACK whitepaper. Below is the commandline option I am using.
appcert test -apptype desktop -setuppath d:\cdrom\setup.exe -reportoutputpath c:\Output\MyReport.xml
I am using silent installation\uninstallation to install\uninstall my product. However, my product requires a reboot to remove all the residual files . Please help me to generate the report after reboot? is there any commandline
option which I can use to do that? Because, before reboot, the generated report will show certain deviations on the residual files(Certain temp files aren't deleted).
Awaiting your reply.
Regards,
Chirag.

Here is the document of how to use certification kit.
Using the Windows App Certification Kit
Windows App Certification Kit tests
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Application Certification Kit

Dear sir\madam,
I am trying to automate windows application certification kit validation for desktop application by using the command line which is mentioned in the ACK whitepaper. Below is the commandline option I am using.
appcert test -apptype desktop -setuppath d:\cdrom\setup.exe -reportoutputpath c:\Output\MyReport.xml
I am using silent installation\uninstallation to install\uninstall my product. However, my product requires a reboot to remove all the residual files . Please help me to generate the report after reboot? is there any commandline
option which I can use to do that? Because, before reboot, the generated report will show certain deviations on the residual files(Certain temp files aren't deleted).
Awaiting your reply.
Regards,
Chirag.

Here is the document of how to use certification kit.
Using the Windows App Certification Kit
Windows App Certification Kit tests
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Windows App Certification Kit 3.4 error occurred while generating the report (the application will exit)

Hi all,
I've encounter a pretty big issue while trying to check if everything with my windows phone 8.1 app is all right. After creating package (*.appx) I launched Windows App Certification Kit 3.4 to run it against all the test. Each time I try I get an error saying
"an error occurred while generating the report. the application will exit" and Certification tool just crushes
I looked online for some solutions but couldn't find any. Somebody knows what is going on and how to fix it ?
Can't insert images into post because of not verified account so imgur:
http://imgur.com/ptT0cU3

Try sending it to store anyway… I have the similar issue, the kit hangs when saving result and never complete it.
Another member has same question.
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/11910167-75e1-47d8-a0fb-fb8046c57f89/windows-app-certification-kit-31-reports-failure-due-to-crash-or-hang?forum=projectsiena.
If you want to test your app, you can also send to beta store and you can get response from the testers.

Windows App Certification Kit - Test Fails for Validate Desktop App at "Write appropriate Add/Remove Program values"

Hi,
I am trying to validate a .Net Framework 4 WinForms application for use in the Microsoft Partner Network portal.
I am using Windows App Certification Kit 3.4 for Windows 8.1 , and the Validate Desktop App option.
To build the package I am using InstallShield 2012 SPR Limited Edition (for Visual Studio), and the validation fails
only with the following error (please also see the attached image):
Clean reversible install test: Failed to Write appropriate Add/Remove Program values
Error Found: The registry population test detected the following error: app didn't create the required registry entries.
A non-optional value 'DisplayName' is missing or invalid (same for 'Publisher', 'ProductVersion')
Please note that I have filled in all the publisher/product details in the InstallShield project, on the General Information page.
Also I have tried to use the Microsoft Visual Studio Installer Project for VS2013, and the validation failed with the exact same error.
(https://visualstudiogallery.msdn.microsoft.com/9abe329c-9bba-44a1-be59-0fbf6151054d)
Any help would be very appreciated.
Thank you.

You may need to add the necessary info to the app’s Windows Installer package so it can configure Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel correctly. Setting these properties automatically writes the corresponding values into the registry. From the picture,
you are missing some necessary information about your desktop app.
Also You need the correct admin permissions to write to the registry.
Please refer to this thread:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21182856/windows-app-certification-kit-test-result-app-didnt-create-the-require-regist
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Application Certification With APEX 10G XE

Hi all,
Has anyone implemented Application Certification to the application developed in Oracle Application Express 10G XE? My requirements are:
Accessibility - check against WCAG and Section 508 guidelines
Usability - check against Usability.gov and W3C guidelines
HTML standards - check against W3C HTML, XHTML and CSS standards
Browser compatibility
Can anyone help me implementing these things? Please do reply if its not feasible too. Thanks
With Regards,
Sunil Bhatia - Programmer
Eon Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

That's quite a lot to handle all at once if you've no previous experience...
Start with the easiest:
HTML standards - check against W3C HTML, XHTML and CSS standardsThere are online HTML and CSS validators all over the place.
There are also lots of Firefox plugins available. One we have made use of is Total Validator as it also includes accessibility recommendations and spell checking. It's also available as a standalone program on some platforms.
Accessibility - check against WCAG and Section 508 guidelinesThe (often questionable) output of the online accessibility tools is useless if you don't know how to interpret what they are recommending – and often more importantly whether it's actually useful or not. The best resource by far is Joe Clark's book Building Accessible Websites, available online to read for free. (It is – perhaps surprisingly given the subject matter – one of the most readable books about the web available.)
Usability - check against Usability.gov and W3C guidelinesNot an area I'm very familiar with. If you're going to do it right then you need to perform proper usability testing, probably by engaging a specialist usability consultant.
Browser compatibility1. Code to standards.
2. Define browser support requirements, allowing for graceful degradation in less supported browsers.
3. Test test test.
The latest UK Government guidelines on browser testing have met with support in the standards community, and provide good advice on how to proceed.
You then need a test environment that provides all the browser versions you are going to support. This is complicated because certain vendors don't make it easy to install multiple versions of their browsers simultaneously, or you might have requirements to test several browser and OS version combinations. The best approach to this is to use VMs: they're isolated from your developer/organisation builds, so you won't break anything internally; you can build up a library of test environments as browser and OS versions change; they're disposable if they get hosed by hacks (e.g. to install multiple browser versions).

Inconsistent results with Windows App Certification Kit

Hi, I asked about this issue before on a different forum but didn't get a response. Support pointed me towards this forum so I'm asking here as maybe the other forum wasn't the appropriate one. My company is attempting to renew our ms partnership, and we are
trying to certify our desktop
app for windows 8. I have attached a screen shot below showing the registry entries that our app makes. When we try to test for certification (windows 8) we get the different (but similar) results on different systems using the exact same installation package.
Here is an example of the results we get:
Results:
An optional value 'VersionMajor' is missing or invalid      for program Chiro8000.
An optional value 'VersionMinor' is missing or invalid      for program Chiro8000.
An optional value 'MajorVersion' is missing or invalid      for program Chiro8000.
An optional value 'MinorVersion' is missing or invalid      for program Chiro8000.
A non-optional value 'DisplayName' is missing or      invalid for program Chiro8000.
A non-optional value 'Publisher' is missing or invalid      for program Chiro8000.
A non-optional value 'ProductVersion' is missing or      invalid for program Chiro8000.
An optional value 'InstallLocation' is missing or      invalid for program Chiro8000.
Can anyone point us in the right direction?

How did you publish this package? Here are some similar questions, maybe caused by installer:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21182856/windows-app-certification-kit-test-result-app-didnt-create-the-require-regist
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=21368
http://www.advancedinstaller.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=29782
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/e61c393d-e5af-4fee-ad8b-29c36e889043/windows-app-certification-kit-tests-fail-for-desktop-app-installed-from-msi?forum=windowscompatibility
Best Regards,
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I have completed Oracle 11g OCP. As I understand a hands-on training course is manadatory to get the certification kit.
Can I do a Self-Study CD course or do I have to do Instructor led course?
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[WPSL]Windows App Certification Kit Test Fails, binary is built in debug mode

Hi,
Windows phone 8.1 App fails Windows App Certification Kit test (WACK Test).
It is producing below error in Debug configuration test,
The debug configuration test detected the following errors:
1)The binary Phone.Controls.dll is built in debug mode.
Impact if not fixed: Windows Phone Store doesn’t allow a debug version of an app.
How to fix: Please make sure the app isn't linking to any debug versions of a framework and it is built with the release configuration
And i got a solution like,
Universal Apps (And Silverlight 8.1 Apps) have a different certification requirement. You cannot publish assemblies built in debug mode.
You'll need to contact the NuGet authors of ICSharpCode and ImageTools and have them provide you with a version built in release mode.
How to proceed with this solution. I'm very help full if any solution provided.
Thanks and Regards,
Ranjit.

Hi Franklin,
Thanks for your replay. I created my package in 'Release' mode only.
Actually my project in windows phone 7.1 and i upgraded it to windows phone 8.1. In "Release" mode i created my build, but i'm having this error in WACK(Windows
App Certification Kit) test.
I'm able to run my App in windows phone 8.1, but if i submit it to store then will be rejected definitely.
The debug configuration test detected the following errors:
1)The binary Phone.Controls.dll is built in debug mode.
The WACK test fails in debug configuration test, for "Phone.Controls.dll "
it is built in debug mode.
There should be a solution like, how to convert .dll to release mode.
Please help me in this.
Thanks
Ranjit.
Hi ranjit,
>>Actually my project in windows phone 7.1 and i upgraded it to windows phone 8.1
Okay, this may be due to the upgrading process, could you tell us what the detailed version of your Visual Studio is(for example: Visual Studio 2013 Update 4)?
You may need to create a new Windows Phone 8.1 Silverlight project and try to upload it to Store, if this problem can be resolved, I think this should be related to the upgrading process, you may need to start from scratch by recreating a WP8.1 SL project.
To exclude environment facts, I would also suggest you retesting it on a new machine with the latest IDE.
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Windows App Certification Kit Test Fails, binary is built in debug mode

Hi,
Windows phone 8.1 App fails Windows App Certification Kit test (WACK Test).
It is producing below error in Debug configuration test,
The debug configuration test detected the following errors:
1)The binary Phone.Controls.dll is built in debug mode.
Impact if not fixed: Windows Phone Store doesn’t allow a debug version of an app.
How to fix: Please make sure the app isn't linking to any debug versions of a framework and it is built with the release configuration
And i got a solution like,
Universal Apps (And Silverlight 8.1 Apps) have a different certification requirement. You cannot publish assemblies built in debug mode.
You'll need to contact the NuGet authors of ICSharpCode and ImageTools and have them provide you with a version built in release mode.
How to proceed with this solution. I'm very help full if any solution provided.
Thanks and Regards,
Ranjit.

Hi Franklin,
Thanks for your replay. I created my package in 'Release' mode only.
Actually my project in windows phone 7.1 and i upgraded it to windows phone 8.1. In "Release" mode i created my build, but i'm having this error in WACK(Windows
App Certification Kit) test.
I'm able to run my App in windows phone 8.1, but if i submit it to store then will be rejected definitely.
The debug configuration test detected the following errors:
1)The binary Phone.Controls.dll is built in debug mode.
The WACK test fails in debug configuration test, for "Phone.Controls.dll "
it is built in debug mode.
There should be a solution like, how to convert .dll to release mode.
Please help me in this.
Thanks
Ranjit.

OCA and OCP Certification kit not yet received

Hi,
I had cleared my OCA in Dec,2012 and when followed up with Oracle Support then they told that my success kit was shipped on 21-Dec-2012 and I would receive it by the first week of Feb,2013,which never happened.I have raised so many SR's in this regard and each time they replied that I had to change my address on PearsonVue to get 2nd shipment done as the new address has to be different from the first.
In Feb,2013 I cleared my OCP and the shipment in Certview for it shows first shipment as 10-FEB-13.
I have received neither of my certification kits till date and I am very much frustrated by this service of Oracle as it should at least provide a tracking no so that people can track their kit from time to time.Each time I follow up with the support they give excuse to change the address and all and till now they haven't initiated a 2nd shipment for any of my certificates.I have taken other certifications too like ITIL and got the certificate within 15days their service was hassle free.But Oracle is worst than what people used to say in terms of shipment of certification.I don't have any hope now as almost 1 year is going to pass and I haven't received my 1st certificate also.
Here I have mentioned all the SR's raised by me along with their respective dates,in this regard.If you have time from your busy schedule then please have a look at them.I would appreciate your consideration.
Service Request Number: 497386-231952116 -- 19.12.12
Service Request Number: 497386-233962375 -- 25.12.12
Service Request Number: 497386-253830926 -- 29.01.13
Service Request Number: 497386-260975366 -- 10.02.13
Service Request Number: 497386-261383622 -- 11.02.13
Service Request Number: 497386-331854185 -- 03.06.13
Rgds,
Vinni Sharma.

Vini,
I will pass this request along to the team lead for support. Unfortunately, there are some regions in which we have an immense amount of difficulty getting the certificates delivered. This is more extreme than most cases I see. I am not sure what the issue is, but I will try to help you get it sorted out. I'm sure this has been frustrating for you.
Regards,
Brandye Barrington
Certification Forum Moderator

Errors when running Windows App Certification Kit for desktop application

Hi,
I ran the tool over our application and there was only one area in which it failed. However, all the files it mentions in the log are files that were created by the tool itself!
The errors are included below.
Can you please advise how I should proceed?
Attack surface analyzer
Error Found: The attack surface analyzer test detected the following errors:
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File: C:\Temp\Default\MacroView.DMF.LocalService.exe\MacroView.DMF.LocalService.XmlSerializers, Version=7.8.2005.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=6f7d66a3bb7de652.HTM Writable by: Authenticated Users Rights: FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES, FILE_WRITE_EA,
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FILE_WRITE_EA, FILE_APPEND_DATA, FILE_WRITE_DATA
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Folder: C:\Temp\NativeImage\te.processhost.exe     Contents with bad ACLs: 1. C:\Temp\NativeImage\te.processhost.exe\System.Core, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089.HTM 2. C:\Temp\NativeImage\te.processhost.exe\System.Drawing,
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Matt Small - Microsoft Escalation Engineer - Forum Moderator
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If anybody has any idea about the certifications of Oracle Applications (Finance modules); Kindly share it across.
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The first exam in the certification track, Oracle 11i E-Business Suite Essentials, is now available and you can attend a course for it or utilize CD based training to cover the exam content. Personally, Id rather learn off a CD so I think Ill be going that route. I couldnt find much more on the Oracle site about these certification tracks and what other exams are going to be included so if you know something I dont, please add your comments.
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Oracle University is announcing the availability of the first 11i eBusiness Applications Certified Professional Consultant programme including:
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Oracle 11i Applications Technology Certified Professional Administrator
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You are right michael.
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