I have an AIR desktop app and I want to made another app that works like an admin panel. It must have the same applicationStorageDirectory to comunicate each other. It is posible? How?
Thanks!
Don't believe this is possible.
Alternatively you could create and access a common directory for both your apps in File.documentsDirectory. eg,
var common_file:File = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath("cibermans_apps/data.xml");
If you want to truly communicate between them live (not just edit common files) and both apps are running, you could use the Local Connection class.
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I'm developing a Windows store app and need to display files in user computer like in file explorer. Everywhere it says windows store apps only access "library" files and not other locations on the hard drives of PC. And I don't mean something like FileOpenPicker, I want to show file on may application like explorer.
What is the library I should use? System.IO class missing those methods on store apps. I know it is possible. Cos I have seen many applications in store has done that. Few examples are
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/file-browser/9wzdncrfj29m
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/apps/my-explorer/9wzdncrfj0lm
Thanks in advance
Apps like the ones you mention typically use a FolderPicker to let the user pick the root of the file system and then remember that permission in a FutureAccessList for later use.
Your research was correct: apps cannot get general access to the file system. APps can declare access to the libraries, and app have automatic access to their local data, but anywhere else requires user permission via a picker or equivalent. See File access permissions on MSDN.
I am wondering if it is possible to create a master app or suite or container (not sure what to call it) to house multpile apps? I am working in Flash using as3 and packaging as air.
I am working on creating multiple apps for a company and they would like to have an app that when you click on it, all of the apps the person has downloaded from the company would appear inside of it. Keeping all of that companies apps on your device in one location, easy to find. For example, the kindle app. It is one app on your device that when you click on it, it opens up and displays all of the books you have chosen to download. You click the book you want and it opens up. Any ideas?
I don't want to package all of the apps together because I want the person to be able to choose which apps they want to download. I have no clue where to start on this one.
Sorry if my explanation is kind of confusing but I appreciate any help. Keep in mind I am fairly new at this stuff. Thank you!
If your idea is to target iOS then no, you can't. Because it's not allowed to load extra code from anywhere else but the app's own directory so you have to package everything into one app. Android may be a different story though.
I have a desktop app which creates files under c:\ProgramData folder on windows 7. (I can't move the files location to document folder.) I want to provide a metro version of this application as well. The metro application should be able to read and write the same files which are created by the desktop version. As I see, metro does not allow this in some obvious way. Is there a way to make that folder available to metro app?
Metro applications can't access most of the windows desktop folders. C:\ProgramData is not one of the allowed locations. See here for a list of the allowed locations and how to get to them.
You can add possibility to 'send' your data to your desktop app from WinRT app. Try to use sharing contract (check there and there ) for this. I understand that isn't well solution for this but it is better than nothing.
EDIT: This way isn't possible. I've just checked and get message - Nothing can be shared from desktop.
Is there any way to export you open graph settings, or copy them between apps?
We have domain names that we used to deploy our code to before it goes into production.
http://dev-mysite.blah.com
http://int-mysite.blah.com
http://preprod-mysite.blah.com
http://mysite.blah.com
We have setup facebook apps for each of these domain names. And now I need to configure each of these apps to have Open Graph actions and objects. It seems like a pretty common scenario so what do you do?
No, currently you have to do this manually.
However, you can rationalise it down to two app ids - one for production, and the other for all pre-prod and dev environments. This should cut down the work.
I have a java swing based UI which I use to monitor a filesystem folder. Anytime a new file is added to the folder, i upload it onto my web server.
I'd like to drop the java interface and go for a web app with a simple file uploader UI where the user can see the files being upoaded and which were uploaded.
The workflow;
User open browser. Opens the web app page. Browses and selects the local filesystem folder which needs to be monitored. Over the hours as the new files are added to the local folder, they are shown in the web interface and get uploaded onto the server.
My question is what all technologies can i use to implement this. I already have the HTMl based web Ui ready. I now need to monitor(/sync?) a selected local folder. what all do i need to do that. I remember there was something created by google which allowed a background process to monitor folders.
regards
To my knowledge I do not think its possible from the browser because of security concerns. You'll need to rely on client software. You could provide your Java app as a software, similar to Dropbox.