Is it possible to use Blackberry's native loading icon(progress bar) from code?
I want to display a progressbar like above when I call a webservice. This progress bar appears when installing an app onto a BlackBerry device.
Most of the images and resources used in standard BlackBerry applications can be found in "Program Files" of BlackBerry Theme Studio.
That said, as Richard mentioned, for BlackBerry users this particular clock means "garbage collector is running", which is associated with slowdowns, battery drainage and possible need for re-boot. The hour glass is even worse, it is called "hour glass of doom" or "hour glass of death" and often means re-installing the OS.
I would recommend creating very simple field with paint method showing actual downloading progress. GaugeField might help you here, see this discussion about how to use it.
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I require my app to Scan barcode automatically , i have the barcodes, i have the app required, how can i make the App read physical bar codes using automation in appium,
In manual i can scan the code by pointing out the camera to an bar code.
I dont know how to do it while executing an test suite.
i got idea of placing Mobile device on an Stand, tripod and placing barcode in front of it.
But the problem is we can test only one barcode. i want to run for about 100-200 barcodes ans see app performance does not decrease, can any one suggest some ways?
This is a very interesting case. If you really want to test your app scanning the bar codes through camera then I think instead of looking for a solution through appium you have to look for a solution to exactly match your manual process.
You can click scan button using appium(I assume) - for example you can write a script to click on this button every 10 seconds.
Challenge is to point the camera to the next barcode as soon as first scan is complete. Possible solutions- I believe that all the bar codes can be captured in a file in a pc. Copy these bar code images in a ppt or using any other program so that these images can automatically displayed one by one.
Put your device in front of this pc as you are already planning to use tripod stand etc. Focus them on screen(may be first time you might need to do all these adjustments). Run your script. Do some trial runs. Synchronize the process with correct time outs. I think this should be feasible though really not the best way to automate this scenario.
I haven't tested it, but this blog post can be your answer http://www.mobileqazone.com/profiles/blogs/simulating-camera-in-android-emulator. If not, you can try bypass it by creating API to upload an image to your server instead of reading it from the camera. I think the impact on your QA will not change dramatically (besides, it's very easy and fast to check that part manually)
We do have an app that scans plenty of items such as bar codes plus tracking the dimensions of objects through the camera.
I read the idea of synchronizing images into a slideshow which is absolutely hilarious. The way I do it, is by using my own node server app with websockets that will toggle images through http requests. When this app is hosted in a laptop/ipad positioned exactly in front of the AUT, the test will have full control on which barcode to be shown at particular time frame.
No synchronization required at all and does the job.
It is a modified version of https://github.com/JangoSteve/websockets-demo
I have 3 monitors, but I don't need them all turned on all the time. I can just shut them down with power button, but I want to use their standby mode, like Windows does when we let PC idle for a while - it shuts down monitors, HDD, etc.
But of course, I wanna keep using PC and let just that monitor on standby. Others must remain on and that one doesn't wake up even with me using PC.
Is it possible to do that? It would be great to have a shortcut like Winkey+1, 2, 3 etc to shut down and wake up each monitor.
An existing app with this feature is not likely to exist, but is there a Windows API function that can control monitor state, for each monitor in a MultiMonitor system?
The display control panel applet calls SetDisplayConfig to start or stop forced projection on a particular target
You can probably use MS Detours or some other API hooking tool to inspect the usage pattern of the API while using the applet to adjust display settings.
You'll want to try Display Fusion. You should be able to do what you're asking for using Monitor configurations.
I know I'm late on this but use DDC to control your display. You can easily create hotkeys that send a command via DDC to the display to turn-off. This would be equivalent to turning off the display using the button. Works like a charm for me. The only trick is that DDC command specs vary across monitor manufacturers but its not hard to find the right codes to send with the help of google.
Ready made tools also exist for this; search for anything that is related to DDC or EDID and you should find.
Be aware though that this does not remove the display from Windows which means that apps may find their way onto displays that are off and you will be looking for them.
Good afternoon all!
I'm experiencing a rather annoying issue with one of my current projects. I'm working with a hardware library (NVAPI Pascal header translation by Andreas Hausladen) in one of my current projects. This lib allows me to retrieve information from an NVIDIA GPU. I'm using it to retrieve temperatures, and with the help of Firemonkey's TAnimateFloat, i'm adjusting the angle on a custom-made dial to indicate the temperature.
As FMX defaults to Direct 2D on Windows, i can monitor the FPS with any of the various "gamer" tools out there (MSI Afterburner, FRAPS, etc).
The issue i'm having is that when i put the system into sleep mode (suspend to RAM/S3), and then start it up again, the interface on my application is blacked out (partially or completely), and nothing on the UI is visibly refreshing. I'm calling the initialization for the NVAPI library regularly and checking the result via a timer, but this doesn't fix the issue. I'm also running ProcessMessages and repaint on the parent dial and it's children controls (since i can't seem to find a repaint for the form or even an equivalent).
I tried various versions of the library, and each one presents the same issue. The next paragraph indicates that this was in fact NOT the issue, and that it's actually the renderer at fault.
I have one solution, but i want to know if there's something more... elegant, available. The solution i have involves adding FMX.Types.GlobalUseDirect2D := False; before Application.Initialize in my projects source. However, this forces FMX to use GDI+ rather than Direct2D. It works of course, but i'd like to keep D2D open as an option if i can. I can use FindCmdLineSwitch to toggle this on/off dependant on parameters, but this still requires me to restart the application to change from D2D to GDI+ or vice-versa.
What's weird about it is that the FPS counter (from FRAPS in my case) indicates that there's still activity happening in the UI (as the value changes as would be expected), but the UI itself isn't visibly refreshing.
Is this an issue related to Direct2D, or a bug with Firemonkey's implementation? More importantly, is there a better method to fixing it than disabling D2D? Lastly, also related, is it possible to "reinitialize" an application without terminating it first (so perhaps i can allow the user to switch between GDI+ and D2D without needing to restart the application)?
This is may be of the issues with FM prior to the update 4 hotfix - 26664/QC 104210
Fixes the issue of a FireMonkey HD form being unresponsive after user unlock - installing this might resolve the issue for you.
The update should be part of your registered user downloads from the EDN (direct link http://cc.embarcadero.com/item/28881).
I am working on porting an XNA game to another platform. Some of the items in the compliance check list involve making sure the game remains in full-screen mode, cannot be minimized and that the windows key, win - m, and alt-tab are disabled. The only way to exit the game is supposed to be through the platform API (think exiting an Xbox or PS3 game by pressing the home or guide buttons).
It been difficult to find any information on this since most responses to previous questions are "never remove system functionality" but in my case specifically, those are requirements.
So is there a way to handle forced full-screen and disable minimizing? I haven't been able to find a way to get WndProc to work. Likewise for key events I need to disable. I can't find a way to intercept and handle the windows messages that control these events.
This post seems to give the interop code needed for hooking into the window message loop and overriding the Windows key events:
Disable Special Keys in Win App C#
Will the .IsFullScreen = true property not solve your issue? It will help with the screen but not with the keyboard disablement.
This is absolutely driving me crazy. While I'm a fan of the availability of asynchronous calls in AIR, I'm finding that being forced to use them for something that should be SUPER simple is a severe limitation. So severe that I may end up abandoning AIR and writing native Android and iOS apps instead of using the shared AIR platform.
OK, now that I have that off my chest, here's what I'm trying to accomplish. I have an app that, when deployed, is relatively small. But once deployed to a user's device that user will log in using a login name/password. Once they log in, content specific to that user needs to be downloaded and saved to the local device. Since the content varies by user I can't include it in the package for deployment.
But I cannot figure out how to accomplish this: say I want to download 10 files and each file is 2-3mb and I want to show a "Downloading, please wait..." view during the download. The application cannot proceed until all 10 files are downloaded. But since from what I've seen URLStream and URLLoader are both async I cannot figure out how to block the app from opening the "View available content" and say on the "Downloading, please wait..." view. Can anyone point me in the right direction??
I am new to AIR/Actionscript, but am a seasoned developer. Perhaps too seasoned in my old ways to think of an elegant solution to the above!
I would take a look at BulkLoader with a combination of dispatching/listening for completion. That way you can update the progress meter if you want, so on. Hope this helps.