iOS : restarting the Omnis app

Thu Dec 16 12:45:18 EST 2010

Yes I am talking about a windows pc.If you still want the external let me
know your email address where I can email it to you.

On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Andy Hilton <andyh at totallybrilliant.com>wrote:

> 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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