Opening/Using applications installed in the user space
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05-12-17 11:11 PM
We have an application that's installed in the user space (C:\Users\\Application) and are having difficulties coming up with a method to allow multiple robots to open and access the Object.
Since Blue Prism doesn't support windows variables (like %username%) in the application modeler, I attempted to create a BAT file that we could use to launch the application.
Unfortunately, after launching through a BAT file, Blue Prism can no longer find the application once it launches.
Has anyone found a good method to launch a user space application across multiple robots, without recreating the mapping multiple times?
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15-12-17 04:27 PM
I wont ask why applications are being installed in user specific locations, it might be worth asking your infastructure team to install the application in a standard windows program directory instead.
Most applications can be attached to when launched (only a couple of mainframes that I know of will not allow it) - can you attach to the application by just using the window title?
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16-12-17 02:20 AM
It's based on a .Net click once install, and installs the executable in the user space only.
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19-12-17 03:38 PM
Can you not use a Navigate to launch, and supply the exe path as a Data Item? Just before the Navigate use a Calc to dynamically construct the path, using Utility - Environment.Get User Name
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21-12-17 02:27 PM
Can you not use a Navigate to launch and supply the path as in input? Before the navigate use the Environment utility object and a Calc to dynamically construct the path using the current Windows user name.
