topic RE: Application running in background not foreground in Product Forum

Application running in background not foreground

KieranMeakin — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 11:34:00 GMT

Hi,

I'm trying to use a free application Cyberduck to upload items into our Amazon S3 bucket; its a very automate-able program with an easy interface.

It works perfectly fine in process studio, however when i try to run from control room the process starts as a background process (not foreground) so it immediately terminates after launch as it can't see the home screen.

Does anyone know a way to pass via the command line a method to force it to run it as a foreground process?

Thanks

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Kieran Meakin
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RE: Application running in background not foreground

ManojDhamrala — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 12:06:00 GMT

Hi Kieran,

You can get the application to foreground by using navigate stage.

1. Use a Navigate stage
2. Select the application root element
3. Select "Activate Application" option from drop down.

Hope this will resolve your issue.

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Manoj Dhamrala
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RE: Application running in background not foreground

KieranMeakin — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 13:44:00 GMT

Hi Manoj,

I've tried to activate but I can't seem to select the application root with Cyberduck. Instead I need to spy the main window and activate that, but then it provides the error message:

"ERROR: Internal : Failed to perform step 1 in Navigate Stage 'Activate' on page 'Launch' - Could not identify process owning the current foreground window"

Any suggestions?

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Kieran Meakin
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RE: Application running in background not foreground

ManojDhamrala — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 14:27:00 GMT

Kieran,

Please check the object Run Mode in Initialize page. Set it to Foreground.

After launching the Cyberduck application stage use action "Wait for Process Window" under Utility - Environment VBO. Then you can use the activate application stage.

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Manoj Dhamrala
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RE: Application running in background not foreground

KieranMeakin — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:28:00 GMT

Hi Manoj,

None of the utility - environment actions appear to pick up Cyberduck... the application will attach, but those actions can't detect it.

Any knowledge?

Best regards,

Kieran

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Kieran Meakin
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RE: Application running in background not foreground

ManojDhamrala — Fri, 29 Nov 2019 15:31:00 GMT

Can you please provide the snap shot of the flow you built.

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Manoj Dhamrala
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