Auto start isnt working!!

[zzizz]

hi,
i am trying to add the auto start to my application , for that i created a .rss file containing the following:

#include <startupitem.rh>

RESOURCE STARTUP_ITEM_INFO startexe
{
executable_name = "!:\\sys\\bin\\U_Test.exe";
recovery = EStartupItemExPolicyNone;
}

also i added the following to my .pro file

symbian {
autoStartBlock = \
"SOURCEPATH ." \
"START RESOURCE 200411C7.rss" \
"END"

MMP_RULES += autoStartBlock

deployRscFile = "\"$${EPOCROOT}epoc32/data/200411C7.rsc\" - \
\"C:/private/101f875a/import/[200411C7].rsc\""
deployFiles.pkg_postrules += deployRscFile
DEPLOYMENT += deployFiles
}

symbian {
rssresources = "SOURCEPATH ." \
"START RESOURCE dialogs_0x200411C7.rss" \
"HEADER" \
"TARGETPATH resource\apps" \
"END"
MMP_RULES += rssresources

addFiles.pkg_postrules = "\"/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/data/z/resource/apps/dialogs_0x200411C7.rsc\" - \"!:\\resource\\apps\\dialogs_0x200411C7.rsc\""
DEPLOYMENT += addFiles
OTHER_FILES += nativesymbiandlg.hrh
}

0x200411C7 is my uid3
and U_Test is my project name. The second symbian paragraph is for waitdialog...the application works without any error when it is executed.
but my application isnt running when i reboot the device!! what is wrong here
i used the auto start for a simple application that doesnt contain anything except the first paragraph:

symbian {
autoStartBlock = \
"SOURCEPATH ." \
"START RESOURCE 200411C7.rss" \
"END"

MMP_RULES += autoStartBlock

deployRscFile = "\"$${EPOCROOT}epoc32/data/200411C7.rsc\" - \
\"C:/private/101f875a/import/[200411C7].rsc\""
deployFiles.pkg_postrules += deployRscFile
DEPLOYMENT += deployFiles
}

and it worked!!! what should i do to make it work here?!??!?
Thank you

[rahulvala]

hi,
i am trying to add the auto start to my application , for that i created a .rss file containing the following:

also i added the following to my .pro file


0x200411C7 is my uid3
and U_Test is my project name. The second symbian paragraph is for waitdialog...the application works without any error when it is executed.
but my application isnt running when i reboot the device!! what is wrong here
i used the auto start for a simple application that doesnt contain anything except the first paragraph:

and it worked!!! what should i do to make it work here?!??!?
Thank you

Check this article :

How Qt applications start at reboot

Best regards,

[zzizz]

Check this article :

How Qt applications start at reboot

Best regards,

hi thx for your reply,
the link sent by you is exactly what i am using
and it is not working in my project!!
note if i used it just on simple app that do nothing it is working!!

is it related that i have now 2 "END" in my mmp file?
one for the autostart:

symbian {
autoStartBlock = \
"SOURCEPATH ." \
"START RESOURCE 200411C7.rss" \
"END"

MMP_RULES += autoStartBlock

and the other for the wait dialog

symbian {
rssresources = "SOURCEPATH ." \
"START RESOURCE dialogs_0x200411C7.rss" \
"HEADER" \
"TARGETPATH resource\apps" \
"END"
MMP_RULES += rssresources

i dont know what is happening
it is so weird !! i tried to create other project with other name and uid and used the same classes of U_Test and that didnt work too!!

[ltomuta]

You have two ENDs because you also have two STARTs, so that is not a problem. Still, the autostart is Symbian specific so you may want to read again how the Startup List Management API works in Symbian and then verify that your project's generated files (the *.rss and *_template.pkg) have the correct content.

If all OK, verify how you sign your application, self-signing is not enough to enable the autostart feature.

[zzizz]

You have two ENDs because you also have two STARTs, so that is not a problem. Still, the autostart is Symbian specific so you may want to read again how the Startup List Management API works in Symbian and then verify that your project's generated files (the *.rss and *_template.pkg) have the correct content.

If all OK, verify how you sign your application, self-signing is not enough to enable the autostart feature.

hi ltomuta,
i have compared the *_template.pkg between my application that the autostart is working on( suppose the name of the app is aa) and U_test application
i noticed that in aa application, the template.pkg contains the following:

; Manual PKG post-rules from PRO files
"/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/data/2003DD7A.rsc" - "C:/private/101f875a/import/[2003DD7A].rsc"

which is for the autostart,..and in U_Test this isn't found in the file..so thats why the autostart is not working
so what should i do to fix that?
as for signing the app, i am signing the application with a developer certificate but i should mention something:
my application contains another application( testingHide.sis) ,the U_Test is signed with developer certificate and testingHide.sis is self signed..
i added the following to my .pro to include the second app

symbian {
customrules.pkg_postrules = \
"@\"testingHide.sis\",(0xe8294dd8)"
DEPLOYMENT += customrules
}

when U_Test is executed then the testingHide will be started using QProcess.

so i just added the autostart code in my U_Test.pro file and kept the other app self signed without adding anything to testingHide.pro file
any help?
Thank you

[ltomuta]

You have two ENDs because you also have two STARTs, so that is not a problem. Still, the autostart is Symbian specific so you may want to read again how the Startup List Management API works in Symbian and then verify that your project's generated files (the *.rss and *_template.pkg) have the correct content.

If all OK, verify how you sign your application, self-signing is not enough to enable the autostart feature.

hi ltomuta,
i have compared the *_template.pkg between my application that the autostart is working on( suppose the name of the app is aa) and U_test application
i noticed that in aa application, the template.pkg contains the following:

; Manual PKG post-rules from PRO files
"/NokiaQtSDK/Symbian/SDK/epoc32/data/2003DD7A.rsc" - "C:/private/101f875a/import/[2003DD7A].rsc"

which is for the autostart,..and in U_Test this isn't found in the file..so thats why the autostart is not working
so what should i do to fix that?

Yes, you must add that type of entry to your application's *_template.pkg file, and for that you need to add a deployment statement to your *.pro script, as illustrated in step 2. of http://www.developer.nokia.com/Commu...ymbian_devices

as for signing the app, i am signing the application with a developer certificate but i should mention something:
my application contains another application( testingHide.sis) ,the U_Test is signed with developer certificate and testingHide.sis is self signed..
i added the following to my .pro to include the second app

symbian {
customrules.pkg_postrules = \
"@\"testingHide.sis\",(0xe8294dd8)"
DEPLOYMENT += customrules
}

when U_Test is executed then the testingHide will be started using QProcess.

so i just added the autostart code in my U_Test.pro file and kept the other app self signed without adding anything to testingHide.pro file
any help?
Thank you

The "testingHide" app is irrelevant for the autostart issue, since as far as I understand it is not the app to be autostarted.

[zzizz]

You need to add a deployment statement to your *.pro script, as illustrated in step 2. of http://www.developer.nokia.com/Commu...ymbian_devices

the deployment is already there..you can see it in the #1 comment:

symbian {
autoStartBlock = \
"SOURCEPATH ." \
"START RESOURCE 200411C7.rss" \
"END"

MMP_RULES += autoStartBlock

deployRscFile = "\"$${EPOCROOT}epoc32/data/200411C7.rsc\" - \
\"C:/private/101f875a/import/[200411C7].rsc\""
deployFiles.pkg_postrules += deployRscFile
DEPLOYMENT += deployFiles
}

and you're right about testingHide app ..it is irrelevant for the autostart..but i thought maybe the problem is from there since i cant find till now any real reason for the prob

[zzizz]

hi,
i guess the problem is solved now and found the problem
i was adding later in my pro a script to remove the db file when uninstalling the app with the same deployment name of the autostart

symbian {
deployRscFile = \
"\"\"-\"C:\UTest\mytest.db.sqlite\",FN"
deployFiles.pkg_postrules += deployRscFile
DEPLOYMENT += deployFiles
}

so the autostart wasnt added to the template.pkg..instead it was replaced with this .

""-"C:\UTest\mytest.db.sqlite",FN
so when i changed the name to

symbian {
deployRscFile1 = \
"\"\"-\"C:\UTest\mytest.db.sqlite\",FN"
deployFiles1.pkg_postrules += deployRscFile1
DEPLOYMENT += deployFiles1
}

then the autostart was added to the mmp..i dont have a device to test it right now but i guess that will be enough and will work
thank you a lot for your help
Regards

[ltomuta]

Yes, it does appear to be there, but if it doesn't show up in the *_template.pkg then something is wrong with that script, it does not get executed or it has an error.

[zzizz]

Yes, it does appear to be there, but if it doesn't show up in the *_template.pkg then something is wrong with that script, it does not get executed or it has an error.

thank you..refering to post #8

[ltomuta]

Great. :-)