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Run an application in Background mode

RSHERRY — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 10:12:00 GMT

Hi All

I have been working with BP for 6 months now and have successfully written an object that interacts with an application called NITRO in the front end.

Nitro is a windows application and is used to merge documents into one document.

I have used global send keys and active application to navigate through the application .

The problem now is that the object needs to be run as a background process where the VM is not open on someone's desktop.

Would someone please have a list of the backend actions that I can use instead fo global send keys and is there a training course in the academy that will help me get a better understanding of creating a completely back end object that interacts with a windows application .

Many thanks

Rachael

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Rachael Sherry
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RE: Run an application in Background mode

zdenek.kabatek — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 13:55:00 GMT

Hi, Rachael,

in case you use Activate Application and Send Keys your process needs to have an active desktop. However, it does not mean that VM needs to be open on someone's desktop. You can use Login Agent to login into VM (without being open on someone's desktop) and then you can run the process itself. Then you can use Logout process to log out from the VM.

Regards

Zdenek

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Zdeněk Kabátek
Head of Professional Services
NEOOPS
http://www.neoops.com/
Europe/Prague
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RE: Run an application in Background mode

harish.mogulluri — Fri, 15 Dec 2023 14:59:00 GMT

Hi Rachel,

As suggested by Zdenek Kabatek - VM's are logged in by BOT by using login process. There is no restriction on global send keys or active application as long as the application is active.

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RE: Run an application in Background mode

RSHERRY — Mon, 18 Dec 2023 09:57:00 GMT

Thank you Zdeněk and Harish

I have discovered that my dev environment is not setup with the ability to schedule processes and so I was unable to test it properly.

I am working on getting a test environment that allows me to schedule processes so that I can test that everything works as expected.

Regards

Rachael

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Rachael Sherry
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