Desktop interaction

Hi, i have a problem. I need to interact with a Desktop environment (For example, Windows Desktop or GNome ). The idea is as fallows: I have a full screen capture image of My Desktop, for example, i can see my winamp draw on the image and i want to change to the next song with a click.
Thx, Pollo
no creo que este muy claro con mi ingles, lo pondre en espa�ol por si alguien me puede ayudar:
Estoy haciendo una aplicacion que dibuje sobre el escritorio (windows o linux), lo que hago es capturar una imagen del escritorio y dibujarla en el JFrame/JPanel. Hasta el momento me funciona muy bien dibujar sobre la imagen, pero necesito tener sierta interaccion con el escritorio, o sea, si alguien esta usando PowerPoint pueda seguir cambiando las transparencias sin necesidad de minimizar mi aplicacion, la idea es que no se de cuenta que hay una aplicacion corriendo sobre el PPT salvo por los dibujos

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html

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Installatiescript CIC Client SU6 32 bit (kantoor)
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#>
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powershell.exe -excecutionpolicy bypass -file Install_UserApps_SU6_Kantoor.ps1
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+++ Starting Install enforcement for App DT "Interaction Client - Standaard SU6" ApplicationDeliveryType - ScopeId_2EC1E80A-D73E-4152-A94F-546E7827CCB6/DeploymentType_720b132a-5626-4055-9555-18b4775724c4, Revision - 7, ContentPath - C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\13, Execution Context - System AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:05 640 (0x0280)
A user is logged on to the system. AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:05 640 (0x0280)
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App enforcement environment:
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UI mode: 0
User token: null
Session Id: 1
Content path: C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\13
Working directory: AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:05 640 (0x0280)
Prepared working directory: C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\13 AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:05 640 (0x0280)
Found executable file Powershell.exe with complete path C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Powershell.exe AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:05 640 (0x0280)
Prepared command line: "C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -executionpolicy bypass -file Install_UserApps_SU6_Kantoor.ps1 AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:05 640 (0x0280)
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Working directory C:\WINDOWS\ccmcache\13 AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:05 640 (0x0280)
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Matched exit code 0 to a Success entry in exit codes table. AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:08 640 (0x0280)
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I'm thinking of going back to a batchfile because that seems to do the job, but Powershell is much more powerfull.
Anybody got any answers on what is going wrong are some suggestions for a better script?

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1. As mentioned you have UNC paths ... which means there's no reason for a package at all. f you want SCCM to use the package it just downloaded you should use $PSScriptRoot (PS equivelant of %~0dp). If the client is using v2 or earlier
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Matched exit code 0 to a Success entry in exit codes table. AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:08 640 (0x0280)
Performing detection of app deployment type Interaction Client - Standaard SU6(ScopeId_2EC1E80A-D73E-4152-A94F-546E7827CCB6/DeploymentType_720b132a-5626-4055-9555-18b4775724c4, revision 7) for system. AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:08 640 (0x0280)
+++ Application not discovered. [AppDT Id: ScopeId_2EC1E80A-D73E-4152-A94F-546E7827CCB6/DeploymentType_720b132a-5626-4055-9555-18b4775724c4, Revision: 7] AppEnforce 17-4-2015 16:31:08 640 (0x0280)
So either your installation script is spitting out a exit code 0 regardless of the event OR your detection is wrong.
EDIT: you have exit statemetns after failed installs ... but no exit code (simply exit). Change those to exit 1 so sccm knows it's a failed exit and not just a generic exit. That's probably your problem (unc can't be reached as system, you're
getting an exit .... not defining exit 1).
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<#
Installatiescript CIC Client SU6 32 bit (kantoor)
Versie 1.3
17 april 2015 - Uitbreiding logfile. Fix opschonen startmenu
16 april 2015 - Aanpassing verwijderen oude client, logfile aanmaken in TEMP
13 maart 2015 - Eerste versie
#>
If (!$PSScriptRoot) {
$PSSCriptRoot = Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path -Parent
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$SourceDir = $PSScriptRoot
# Bepaal logvariabelen
$logfile = "$env:TEMP\cic_su6-install.txt"
$Logdate = get-date -f yyyyMMdd-HHmm
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$val = (Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{543BE3AC-426D-4FDD-8160-ECEEC2E211B6}").DisplayVersion
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else {
Write-Output "$logdate - Client cannot be succesfully removed" | out-file $logfile -Append
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exit 1
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Write-Output "$logdate - CIC Client SU6 (kantoor) has been succesfully installed" | out-file $logfile -Append
else {
Write-Output "$logdate - CIC Client SU6 (kantoor) cannot be succesfully installed - " $process.ExitCode | out-file $logfile -Append
exit 1
# Installeer CIC Client SU6 NL Language Plugin
$Arguments = "/i `"$SourceDir\LanguagePlugins\ICUserApps_LanguagePlugin_nl.msi`" /l*vx `"$env:TEMP\cic_su6_nl.log`" PATCH=`"$SourceDir\LanguagePlugins\ICUserApps_LanguagePlugin_nl_SU6.msp`" /QN /norestart"
$process = Start-Process -Filepath "msiexec.exe" -Argumentlist "$Arguments" -Wait -Passthru
if ($process.ExitCode -eq 0) {
Write-Output "$logdate - CIC Client SU6 Languagepack NL has been succesfully installed" | out-file $logfile -Append
else {
Write-Output "$logdate - CIC Client SU6 Languagepack NL cannot be succesfully installed - " $process.ExitCode | out-file $logfile -Append
exit 1
# Opschonen Desktop en Start menu
Remove-Item -Path "$env:PUBLIC\Desktop\Interaction Fax.lnk"
Remove-Item -Path "$env:PUBLIC\Desktop\Interaction Voicemail Player.lnk"
Move-Item -Path "$env:SYSTEMDRIVE\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Interactive Intelligence" "$env:SYSTEMDRIVE\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Abvakabo FNV" -force
Exit 0

AIR: allow scripted window.open popup windows for specified sites ?

I'm adding desktop interaction to an existing webapp using AIR.
The webapp allows portlets to be undocked into their own window using a scripted "window.open" call.
When running the webapp in AIR, the "window.open" call is blocked (window ref returned is "undefined").
Presumably AIR is detecting the invocation of "window.open" isn't directly linked to the mouse click event.
With a "standard" browser, you can configure the popup blocker to allow popups for urls specified as Exceptions.
Is there a way to do this in AIR ? (either by config or by overriding one of the AIR classes).
I've looked at using a custom HtmlHost but the popup blocking occurs before the HtmlHost.createWindow () call

I couldn't find a way to customize the pop-up blocker in AIR.
I tested the same thing with Safari 4.0.5 (AIR uses WebKit 4.0.3) and got the same result.
After some testing I found that changing the Javascript to ensure that the event was bound to "onClick" fixed it (previously was bound to "onMouseDown")

Patching and auto installing SAPgui for Windows

Hi,
is it possibile to patch directoly SAPgui DVD installation with last released patch so we can install in one way SAPgui 7.10 and last patch ?
is it possibile to install SAPgui with unattended installation and/or without desktop interaction ? ... or with our saplogon.ini settings ?
Regards.
Ganimede Dignan.

Hi,
SAP GUI has a Installation server option, You can install installation server, create a package with required components & patch it. This package can be then extracted to a SELF EXTRACTING EXE, which can be installed on PC with minimal quesitons asked while installation.
One problem with this is that, it does not check if Microsoft DOTNET component is installed or not, so you may end up having BI components not working.
Regards,
Guriq

WWI Installation

Dear All,
I am trying to Install WWI with EHS Management Server
As per config guide
a) Install EHSSTART.EXE as a service
Host <Name of local PC>
Name For example, EhsStart
Display Name For example, EH&S Failure Recovery
Executable path <WWI or Expert Bin directory>\EHSSTART.EXE
Service Arguments
User Account LocalSystem
Service Type Own Process
Desktop Interaction No
Start Type Automatically
Error Control Normal
Service Dependency EventLog (generated automatically)
Use event logging Yes
Event logfile Application Logfile
Event types Information, Warning, Error
Message files <WWI or Expert Bin directory>\WIN32SVC.DLL <WWI or Expert Bin directory>\EHSSTART.EXE
but to do all these activities, when I am executing EhsStart.exe Nothing is Happening..no sepra
could you pleaes explain me how Install EHSSTART.EXE as a service
Please guide me
Thanking You
Regards
Amol

Hello Amol,
If any executable is not starting means either you dont have authorization, or not supported in the given OS or there is a pending system boot or there is a dependency program which actually invokes this program.
Now coming to EHSSTART.EXE as Windows Service, you need to start Services admin, which starts with SVc* and start entering the parameters as you described.
You will find this executable in the same folder where you have installed WWI server.
Thanks
Jayakumar

SJAS 8.2 PE as Service on Windows 2003

Hello all, running into a problem and I'm curious as to whether anyone else has seen it.
I have installed SJAS 8.2 PE on a multihomed Windows 2003 server using default directories, no password prompting (it's a little intranet app), and I have followed Sun's procedure to use appservService.exe to wrap the AppServer in a Windows service. The application server starts from the command line and processes all requests normally. However when I attempt to start as a service (the app server is of course not running when I attempt this), I receive a "service-specific error code," which I presume is being returned by appservService.exe. If in the Service Properties I set the Logon to allow desktop interaction, the code returned is 9698848. If I turn that off, or select a different user to own the process, the code returned is 7077408. Are these numbers simply garbage, or is this useful information?
Moreover, the Applcation Event Log contains, "executeCommand failed: Overlapped I/O operation is in progress". This error only appears when attempting to start as a service; when the application server is started from the command line, no complaints are registered in the Event Log or application server log.
So the questions are:
1. What does it mean when appservService returns 9698848 or 7077408?
2. What I/O operation is "overlapping" when starting as a service, that does not overlap when starting from the command line?
Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me.

Nevermind! PEBKAC!
For the record, if you omit the .bat in the "asadmin" arguments to appservService, the service control mgr returns those errors. How non sequitur.

Problem starting AIR app from windows server 2003

Hello,
I have an AIR app that I am trying to run using a c#
webservice under Win 2003.
I am starting the application process (air .exe file) as the
"Network Service" user which has full-rights on the app-folder and
app-working folder. The problem is that once with the applications
the "Adobe AIR Updater.exe" process is starting to (using the same
user N.S.) and both of the processes stop responding.
I have tried to start the process as "Local Service" with
"Desktop Interaction" too but unfortunately with no result.
I must tell you that under XP and Vista it runs perfect...
Is there any security issue related to win 2003 or any way i
can start an air app from command line.
Also i am interested why "Adobe Air Updater.exe" is starting
?

Not sure about copying eulaAccepted file from one location to another - that would really depend on which user account your service is running under.
A better approach (IMHO), is to open the services window (My Computer | <right-click> | Manage, then navigate to Services and expand the tree) so you can see your service on the RHS.
Stop your service, then inspect it's properties, select the 'Log on' tab, then check the checkbox which says "Allow system to interact with desktop". Apply the change, then restart your service.
next time the AIR runtime prompts you to accept the EULA, the window will appear on the screen, so you can click "I accept".
After accepting, reverse the procedure which allowed the service to interact with the desktop, and make sure that you have modified the registry to prevent AIR from updating as mentioned in:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/AIR/1.5/air_admin/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3 d11c0f59823a-7ff0.html
You should be all set.

EXEC xp_cmdshell

Hi Guys,
In SS 2008 r2 im trying to unpack a zip file trough the cmd.
exec xp_cmdshell 'set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\7-Zip\
echo %PATH%
7z'
go
exec xp_cmdshell '7z e D:\Share\restorefile.bak.zip -od:\Share'
go
is there any way to get this working from SS? CMD keeps on telling that 7z is not recognized or the function e is not recognized. Code is going to be placed in a job that runs daily.

First of all, have you verified that 7z.exe is strictly a command-line utility and does not have any desktop interaction? Because if it can pop up messages boxes, windows or whatever, this is a dead end and the rest of the discussion is moot.
No, you should not add anything to PATH through the control panel. To that end you would need to change the path for the service account for SQL Server. And two years later when you move the database to a new server, you would have forgotten all about it,
and wonder why things has stopped working.
Eric's post has some errors. When you get that message in a command-line window it is typically because you have the double quotes wrong. Here is a corrected version of Eric's command:
exec xp_cmdshell '"C:\Program Files(x86)\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "D:\Share\restorefile.bak.zip" -o"d:\Share"'
But as I don't have 7x installed, I cannot vouch for that it is entirely correct.
And I stress again that you should consider alternatives. It is not the job of SQL Server to unzip files.
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, [email protected]

Howto avoid disk I/O?

I hate when my disk spins up every 10 seconds just to write 28k and a 4k block (at least that's what dstat tells me).
I use laptop mode tools (http://paste.pocoo.org/show/271842, hard disk settings begin on line 214), and I think I have configured it correctly.
`touch a` makes my hard disk to wake up in ~ 7 seconds.
I want it to wake up after, say, 5 minutes, if the amount of data is, say, < 3mb.
Any tips?
Last edited by dauerbaustelle (2010-10-06 18:10:37)

assuming that you are not running whatever indexing/crap facilitating daemons: use syscals to fix vm.dirty_writeback_centisecs, dirty_background_ratio
vm.dirty_ratio, vm.vfs_cache_pressure,
you may consider I/O scheduler optimized for your fs,
there are syscals specific for fs
ext3/4 do a lot of stuff by default if not controlled
properly set up should help with desktop interactivity and file transfer
hope this will help

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