So I have a problem getting symbols (such as ntdll.pdb) for Windows XP x86.
I know that in the past you could download these symbols, but today you can only do this from the microsoft servers like mantioned here
The problem is that my XP machine can't access the Internet. Is there any way to get the symbols offline? Maybe someone here has symbols in "c:\symbols" and can upload them?
Thank you very much
You can use SymChk from a WinDbg package compatible with Windows XP to generate a manifest file on the offline machine, then use that manifest file on another machine with Internet access to download the symbols. Quoting from the Using a Manifest File with SymChk page:
In some cases, you might need to retrieve symbols for files that are on an isolated computer; that is, a computer that is either not on any network or is on a network that has no symbol store. In that situation, you can use the following procedure to retrieve symbols.
Run SymChk with the /om parameter to create a manifest file that describes the files for which you want to retrieve symbols.
Move the manifest file to a network that has a symbol store.
Run SymChk with the /im parameter to retrieve symbols for the files described in the manifest file.
Move the symbol files back to the isolated computer.
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I am using Flash Builder 4.6 to develop an Android game using Air. When I debug on PC it works fine, however when I plug in my Android phone and attempt to debug, I get an error with the location of a db file.
This is what I presently have the location set to:
private static var DefaultDB:File = File.applicationDirectory.resolvePath("com/arakaron/Assets/Database/DefaultDb.db");
What / where should I be setting it to? It seems that when I debug the app, nothing gets transferred to the phone as I can't find any Arakaron resources on the phone.
Any help would be great.
Thanks.
You can't access the DB in this way.
Please use below code.
File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("DefaultDb.db");
Your db has to be within the application storage. If you want to have inside the folder then you define the folder name like below:
File.applicationStorageDirectory.resolvePath("db\DefaultDb.db");
The File.applicationDirectory on Android refers to your application and assets. On Android this is contained packaged in your APK and assets are decompressed in memory by the OS when you access them. You shouldn't use this directory unless you are reading assets from your package. Assets in this directory can only be accessed via a url and won't have a nativePath property.
Most likely you should use the File.applicationStorageDirectory or if the files can be safely deleted without breaking the operation of your application you should use the File.cacheDirectory.
You can read more on these locations: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/as3/dev/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118666ade46-7fe4.html
If you package a database with your application you should use the File copy process to copy the file to one of the above locations before attempting to access it as a database.
Solution: Turns out this win 8 machine was hiding known file extensions. Both of my test files ended up being testing.txt.txt and testing.pdf.pdf which of course would fail when I tried to find testing.txt.
For some reason any part of the VBA api that does file operations fails on my system running windows 8, but succeeds on windows 7 (both running Access 2013).
I was trying to use the FollowHyperlink method as a simple way to open a .pdf file. So I started simple:
FollowHyperlink "C:\TestingFolder" - Yields an explorer window opened to the path (great!)
FollowHyperlink "C:\TestingFolder\foo.pdf" - Yields Error 490 Cannot open the specified file
So then I tried the Filelen function and got another error that it could not access the file.
I ended up at the conclusion that any operation that actually accessed a file would fail, likely due to some security setting. The fact it works on Windows 7 and not 8 seems to indicate that something at the OS level may be at fault.
Resolutions I tried:
Ran Access explicitly as administrator
Moved files into user directories and out of root
Went into the Access Trust Center and disabled all security measures (temporarily)
Tried different file types (.pdf, .txt)
Your problem is not the Windows API, but the installation of the software. The FollowHyperlink, uses the system registry where the file type association is involved. If PDF files are associated with Adobe Reader and you have it installed and made PDF to be, by default open with Adobe then you will not have a problem. However if your system lacks the program that could open a file with a "creepy" extension then it will fail miserably.
Your solution is to find the appropriate program to open the file. Then use the code, it will open the appropriate file with its associated program.
Turns out this win 8 machine was hiding known file extensions. Both of my test files ended up being testing.txt.txt and testing.pdf.pdf which of course would fail when I tried to find testing.txt.
I am using Chrome to test some of my WebGL texture programs. According to the book 'WebGL Programming Guide', if I need to access files from my local disk, I should add the option --allow-file-access-from-files to Chrome.
How do I do that?
The short answer is DON'T
Open up a shell/terminal/command line and type
cd path/to/htmlfiles
python -m SimpleHTTPServer
Then in your browser to go
http://localhost:8000
If you find it's too slow consider this solution
The reason you don't want to allow file access is allowing it can be used to steal data from your machine. For example, you go to a site and download some webpage. You then view that page locally. With file access on that locally run page can now access all your files AND upload them to a server.
Is it possible to physically copy files to Isolated Storage using the ISETool? I'm trying to add a text file into Isolated Storage and then, through code, check if that file exists. When I do this, I get a "File does not exist" error.
If I add a file to Isolated Storage in code, it works successfully and I can access it in Isolated Storage via the ISETool to copy it to my PC.
Consider scenario 2:
I add a file into Isolated Storage in code, and then using the ISETool get it back to my PC. Without modifying the file, I place the SAME FILE back to Isolated Storage and try to open it through code, I see the same "File does not Exist" error.
You haven't said how you're writing files to Isolated Storage.
Instead, consider using something like Windows Phone Power Tools for this as it makes it much easier to work with files in Isolated Storage.
According to this MSDN article, you are able:
...to replace the files and directories in an app’s local folder on an
emulator or a device with files and directories from your computer....
Steps:
Deploy the app that you want to test to the emulator or a device.
Get the Product GUID for the app specified in the ProductID attribute of the App element of the WMAppManifest.xml file.
Open a Command prompt window and navigate to the location of ISETool.exe.
To replace all the files in the app’s local folder with files from your computer, type the following command using the Product GUID obtained in the previous steps and specify the source directory on your computer.
ISETool.exe rs <xd|de> <product-id> <desktop-path>
The following example shows a command that replaces the files and directories in an app’s local folder with the files from the directory "C:\Data\My Files" on your computer.
ISETool.exe rs xd 11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555 "C:\Data\My Files"
Hope this helps!
yes it is possible to copy to and from isostorage of phone or emulator
try this to upload or download files into iso storage
for wp8.1 only
https://isostorespy.codeplex.com/
for wp7
Windows Phone 7 Isolated Storage Explorer
for wp8
Windows Phone Power Tools
I have one in house Perl web application (Windows OS), and I need to find the best way to open shared folder from my application with user default file explorer. I prefer some Perl module or some cross browser method (I don't know what browser would be used by user).
I tried with file:/// but I am searching for something better.
If what you are trying to achieve is something like accessing a file on a samba share, I would suggest simply using UNC paths (\yourserver\shared_folder\filename). If you point to an actual file it will be opened by the default program associated with that extension in Windows. If you point to a folder, the windows explorer would open up in that folder, as if you typed the UNC path in a start -> run dialog box.
So in perl this would be like below, if your shared folder is on server named "phobos" with a share "movies".
system('\\phobos\movies'); # mind the quoting!!
If you were trying to open up a file in the default program in windows you would use something like:
system('\\phobos\movies\my_cool_movie.avi'); # mind the quoting!!
Is that what you mean with your question?