I try to create a win 8 store app by using winJs.
This app should have a desktop tray, which is not visible if used win RT.
Tray should be able to send and recieve data from the App.
It is possible?
I am going to use winforms tray with wcf to connect app.
You're mixing a lot of stuff here.
When you create a Windows 8 app (as in Windows Store apps) you will not know if it's running on WinRT or full Windows.
Also, as of today, when Windows 10 is not out yet, Windows Store apps run in a separate view from old school windows (WinForms) apps.
So, I guess the answer to you question, if I understood correctly, is no, what you want is not possible (today)
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I need advice about the best way to make an application (written in c++/mfc) communicate with an extension in chrome (I am also studying edge chromium)
As far as I understand, the native application that the extension can communicate with by using native host messaging is launched by chrome. As my win32 application is launched by the user and not by chrome, I need the native application to be a third component, launched by chrome.
What is the best way to let my win32 application communicate with my native app ? Making it a COM server is a good idea ?
I have searched on the other posts but they often talk about the native app talking to another app, not the other way.
Thank you
I would like to create a custom 2FA on Windows XP (and above) for personal computers.
I know Windows XP is discontinued, but I'm using an old program relying on Windows XP, so for now I'm stuck on it.
I can write C/C++ code, but I don't know C#. So I'm trying to figure out a way to suspend userinit to show my app, then my app will either let userinit do its thing, or logout the user.
I've tried changing userinit in the registry to put my app which would load userinit itself, but it's easily hackable: My app can be closed, leaving the computer in a lockdown state, or taskmgr can be used to launch userinit or explorer.
If there are better way, I'm opened to suggestions, but I'd like to avoid ready made solutions (Rohos Logon Key works but can sometimes be worked around)
As far as I know you can do it only on C++ to implement GINA (for Windows XP). For Vista (and above) you need to implement Credential Provider. It can be implemented in both C++ and C#.
I am creating a Windows app that will run on Windows 2012r2 and soon be migrated to newer servers.
This app will be started from task scheduler and run several times a day.
It will start up, monitor a file system and, based on what it finds on the file system, will update a database.
I want it to run even when the user is not logged in.
I don't want it to pop up a console window while it is running because I inherited some applications that are doing that and it is quite annoying.
I will be writing it in C#.
In Visual Studio 2017 which project type should I choose?
Blank App
WPF App
Console App (.NET Core)
Console App (.NET Framework)
Other?
I am new to Windows development so please use terminology that I will see in Visual Studio 2017 so I can understand the answer.
[EDIT] I changed Console App (.Net Standard) to (.Net Framework) because Standard does not exist. I was suffering from temporary insanity when I listed that as an option.
Since there is no user interface, and you are just monitoring the file system and updating a database and running on a Window Server I would recommend:
4. Console App (.NET Framework), and in the Application/Properties for the app set the output type to Windows application and this will prevent any type of console window from showing. This is the type of application I use on a frequent basis to accomplish tasks very similar to what you are describing. The security settings you have for the user account logging into the server will determine if you can run it whether the user is logged in or not.
I would like to access Bluetooth LE devices using the corresponding UWP APIs. However, my application is a "classic" C++ application (3D game) that can't run as a UWP app. Is there a way to do that? Accorind to enter link description here these APIs are published, but I don't know the steps to access them I have only found some posts for Windows 8/8.1 apps that include the Windows.winmd and Platform.winmd metadata files and set the /ZW compilation flag, but this doesn't seem to apply to Windows 10.
You should be able to do this, as the Bluetooth classes (e.g., BluetoothLEAdvertisement) are marked up with DualApiPartitionAttribute (callable from desktop and UWP apps).
Using one of the older Win8.1 desktop samples should give you a good starting point for calling the APIs without requiring /ZW or referencing the winmd files. A good example is the desktop toast API sample.
If you go that route, you can use classic COM to create the UWP/WinRT classes via WRL helpers.
You can use the web that you make a web server and the C++ application use the same server and if UWP send the info to server then it will send the info to C++ application.
To safe,the UWP can't use the desktop app.
I work on a desktop sales app that is run off a tablet and was wondering if this and other "traditional" desktop tablet applications could be viable as a offline web application. The main difference with tablet applications being the inking support. I think a web app can get close with browser gestures.
The main different is the inking (gesture) support.
I don't see the distinction between a tablet and a laptop. The decision to build an off line web application should be no different regardless of the medium.