Auto-Start Property

[dilipsinh]

Hello Friends,


I have already discussed this point "how to start application on phone restart" but the question is what will be the effect if we include the autostart application in other non-autostart application ( autostart .pkg -> non-autostart .pkg ) to create one installation sis file.

Once i have tried by including my autostart application into my GUI application ( autostart-Console .pkg -> GUI .pkg ) , but i didnt get success. And then tried by doing vice versa, after that my application is able to start on restart.



Now, suppose i have three application, One is GUI and another Two is AutoStart-CONSOLE applications.

And i want two create one sis file, also i want both console applcation to start on device reboot. Then what should be the arrangement ?

[wizard_hu_]

It is documented (http://library.forum.nokia.com/index...ification.html is a link for the on-line one, just you will have to open it twice)
Check the 4th bullet in section "Using Startup List Management API"

[dilipsinh]

Check the 4th bullet in section "Using Startup List Management API"

according to your post, i checked the following :-

■In case of an embedded package, the control file must be included in the parent package.

but as discussed in #1

Once i have tried by including my autostart application into my GUI application ( autostart-Console .pkg -> GUI .pkg ) , but i didnt get success.

In above case, i have included all needed files of Autostart-Console into GUI .pkg file and .mmp file, even though my autostart application was unable to start but individually, its working just fine.

[wizard_hu_]

Just to make sure, is this what you have tried?
Auto-started-app.pkg

#{"Auto-started-app"),(0xA1234567),1,0,0,TYPE=SA
...
"..."-"!:\sys\bin\auto-started-app.exe"
"..."-"c:\private\101f875a\import\[A1234567].rsc"

and it happily worked

Then embedding:
GUI.pkg

#{"GUI"},(0xABCDEF12),1,0,0,TYPE=SA
...
@"Auto-started-app.sisx",(0xA1234567)
"..."-"c:\private\101f875a\import\[ABCDEF12].rsc"

So
- the startup resource was put into the outer package
- and its name matches with the UID of the outer package?
Forgetting any of the two will result in a non-working attempt.

[dilipsinh]

No, i have not done like this.
here you making [ABCDEF12].rsc file for GUI too, and make it "TYPE=SA"

what i have done is as below :

...
"..."-"!:\sys\bin\auto-started-app.exe"
"..."-"c:\private\101f875a\import\[A1234567].rsc"

just put the above files in the GUI.pkg.


Here you have create [A1234567].rsc for GUI, so in this we also have to put the code that is in [A1234567].rsc

then what is the use of [A1234567].rsc.

[dilipsinh]

Also for 2nd edition, generally we are using the autostart application which work as server and start the main application. as below :-

#else
	TFileName fnAppPath = _L("\\system\\programs\\xyz.exe");


	RProcess server;

	CleanupClosePushL(server);
	User::LeaveIfError(server.Create(fnAppPath, _L("")));
	server.Resume();

	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy();
#endif

So in this manner, can we start more than one application, and if not than pls tell me the way.

[wizard_hu_]

No, i have not done like this.
...

Whatever you have tried, the rules are simple
- the X in [X].rsc is the UID of the .pkg file (what is highlighted in the #-line), and it has to be in the outermost installer file, so the one you are installing directly
- a single [X].rsc can start multiple .exe files, regardless of their UID-s.

[dilipsinh]

And for 2nd edition, (post #6)

[wizard_hu_]

And for 2nd edition, (post #6)

If that was a question, the answer is yes.

[joukovierumaki]

Hi!

You should be aware that due to a bug in Symbian3 your application is not autostarted when the phone has Autolock turned on and during phone startup user types the code after small delay (like 10 sec).