iOS : restarting the Omnis app

[Andy Hilton]

Dan

Sounds like you are talking about restarting a Windows PC ??

I am specifically talking about the iOS Omnis app on an iOS platform (so iPhone or iPad) at this point - although I can certainly see uses for your component elsewhere :)

Andy

On Dec 15, 2010, at 1:44 PM, Dan Horner wrote:

> Yes Andy,
> 
> I will send you a copy as soon as I get one. Today if possible tomorrow at
> the latest. It is named SysPath. I wrote it a long time ago so it is well
> field tested. It returns the path to the Windows System Directory or the
> System32 Directory. SysPath also provides the ability to set the system
> time, and to shutdown or restart the computer.
> Regards,
> Dan
> 
> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Andy Hilton <andyh at totallybrilliant.com>wrote:
> 
>> Dan
>> 
>> That sounds like a great idea - could I get a copy of that external ?
>> 
>> Andy
>> 
>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Dan Horner wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Andy,
>>> 
>>> If you would like to do this programmatically there is an external that
>>> Directline Technologies offers that you can use to do to restart the
>> machine
>>> as well.
>>> 
>>> Dan
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Andy Hilton <
>> andyh at totallybrilliant.com>wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Ray
>>>> 
>>>> Excellent and very informative - thanks for posting that link !
>>>> 
>>>> Andy
>>>> 
>>>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Raymond W. Treß wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi $iPhoners,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I published extracts of my EUROMNIS 2010  iOS sessions, may be you'll
>>>> find the one or other hint :
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.raymondtress.com/Services/Services/RaysSessions2010.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> $regs ray
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Am 15.12.2010 um 16:27 schrieb Andy Hilton:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Also seen how to restart the Omnis app on the device - this *was* in
>> an
>>>> email from Ben Butler on Nov 29th - I had forgotten about it till now !
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Double clicking the Home button shows all running apps with a red
>> minus
>>>> symbol that you can use to kill the process - which obviously then
>> allows it
>>>> to restart cleanly next time you open that app......
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> So for Omnis, switching between Design mode and non-Design mode
>> requires
>>>> the app to restart......
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers Ben !
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Andy
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Dec 15, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Andy Hilton wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Progress so far :
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I have communication going between my iPad simulator and my server -
>>>> and also between my iPad and my server......
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2 small problems which I currently have :
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 1 - currently when I open my 'Omnis' app on the iPad I don't get
>>>> anything seen - the only way I can currently work is by doing a ctrl-T
>> on my
>>>> web server app remote form.....I suspect this is to do with my settings
>>>> somewhere - just not sure where ! Does anyone know how you get a remote
>> form
>>>> to automatically 'load' when starting the iOS app on the device ?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 2 - now we have multi-taskign entering the picture ! If you time out
>>>> your connection on the iPad there seems to be a problem in reconnecting
>>>> currently. A message comes up on the device telling you that you are
>>>> disconnected and to use the home buttton to quit the app. All of which
>> would
>>>> be fine - except that in the world of multi-tasking iOS - it doesn't
>> quit
>>>> the Omnis app, so opening it again simply has you in the exact same spot
>> !
>>>> i.e. disconnected......so the question now is : how do you actually
>> force a
>>>> restart of the Omnis app on the device ?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am realising that I may not get too many answers as yet so am
>> putting
>>>> these out as much as a trail for others to follow !!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Oh and another small thing I discovered by accident when trying to
>> get
>>>> my xcode build on to my iPad :
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I was diligently following the manual and created my build app -
>> using
>>>> the 'Distribution' option as it says to do in the Omnis Whats New 5.1
>> doc -
>>>> however I then hit an error in xcode that the executable is signed with
>>>> invalid entitlements. After a little googling I realised that what this
>>>> means is that I am currently only signed up to Apple as a development
>> only
>>>> profile - not with a full distribution profile.....so in this case I
>> have to
>>>> switch my xcode build to a 'Debug' build - which the Omnis manual says
>> not
>>>> to do - but it works !
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> This then probably also explains why the rest of the manual example
>> of
>>>> using iTunes to sync the 'Omnis' app to the iPad followed the same path
>>>> (same entitlement error)......but what I did discover - which is a very
>>>> useful thing - is that if your device is hard wire connected to your mac
>>>> when you make your build - the build is put straight on to your device
>> as
>>>> well at the same time - hurrah ! So no need to then sync via iTunes as
>> well
>>>> - which saves a step....
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> But hey - I have a remote form working with data passing back and
>> forth
>>>> so I'm pretty happy so far :)
>>>>>>> 
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