 HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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Jorge Tavares - UmZero
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Hi, In my environment, each option in the menu triggers a new instance of A-Shell using "xcall hostex, $ashell ...", meaning that all the switches used on the initial instance of A-Shell are preserved, including the initial icon in the -g switch. It happens that I want to be able to change that icon depending on the entered option adding another -g switch after the $ASHELL statement, but doing that, both icons conflict and the new session reverts to the default icon. Here is the debug for that xcall:
13 22:40:57 <MAIN:e622>CreateProcess(
C:\Users\User\OneDrive - Umzero\desenvolvimento\soft\BIN\ashw32.exe -n -2 TSKAAA -i "C:\Users\User\OneDrive - Umzero\desenvolvimento\soft\miame.ini" -g 10purple.ico
-o default.ash -g C:\Users\User\OneDrive - Umzero\desenvolvimento\SOFT\DSK0\040000\imagens\ico_mod_657.ico -e run admcommon\nSET TITLE "Documentos"\nrun dsv:[457,0]Y2K800 \nPP\n\n11\n2\n1\n1 \n )
(I've split in different rows for easier read) The second line corresponds to the $ASHELL translation, on the third is everything I add after it. As far as I know, I'm not able to remove the initial -g 10purple.ico, is it possible to fix this considering the last value for any repeated switch? There is no special urgence here, this is just for pure aesthetic refinement.
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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01 Feb 22 11:40 PM
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Jack McGregor
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It seems reasonable that the second -g should override the first one. I'll see if I can fix that in the version that I'm testing/debugging now.
But as an aside: I'm kind of surprised that it doesn't seem to need quotes around all those absurd path arguments!
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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01 Feb 22 11:48 PM
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Actually, after looking at this more closely, the -g handler is explicitly allowing for the possibility of multiple -g arguments. And if I test it by just adding two -g <iconspec> arguments to the desktop shortcut, the second one takes effect. Similarly, if I do this from the dot prompt...
.host $ASHELL -g <iconspec>
... the new instance uses the specified icon rather than the original or default icon. So now I'm even more suspicious that the problem is not the multiple -g arguments but either the lack of quotes around the paths containing spaces, or maybe there is some problem with the OneDrive access?
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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02 Feb 22 01:28 AM
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Huuummmm!
Let me double check that because I published here my trace but the complain came from a customer where the path should not be so hard-core.
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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02 Feb 22 02:46 AM
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You're right, the second -g switch takes effect. Appologize for the wrong diagnostic, the problem was in a mix of two scenarios. In my customer it was not working because the ICO file was not in the "icons" folder and I found a bug in the program not adding the path for the expected folder. In my environment the path with spaces was not working so, the wrong conclusion was, the second -g argument don't work  So, now, it's working fine in my customer where the path for the icon don't have spaces; it's not working here, where the path is that "spaced onedrive". But it still doesn't work after quoting it (path+filename)  If you can, please, check if this is true because I'm getting out of ideas and really need to rest now. Thank you and apologize
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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02 Feb 22 04:29 PM
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Jorge Tavares - UmZero
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Clarifying ...
host $ASHELL -g C:\temp\10white.ico OK
host $ASHELL -g "C:\temp\10white.ico" NOT OK, it ignores both icons, the initial brought in $ASHELL and the second in the -g argument and use the default
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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04 Feb 22 04:21 PM
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Just to light the bulb ... to confirm if it's really an issue or another stupid move on my side, but on the bottom of the relevant topics
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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04 Feb 22 05:03 PM
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Jack McGregor
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If you want to test the fix for the -g issue, here's a very-beta release... ash-6.5.1710.4-w32c-upd.zipWarnings: - It isn't digitally signed (I'm in adminstrative purgatory trying to get my certificate renewed.)
- If using PDFX, it requires an update to version 9, aka "PDFX-Change Standard" (link below)
- If using ASQL, it requires an updated libashodbc or libashmysql DLL (to be released shortly)
PDFX driver update: PDFX9.2.359_SA_sm.exe
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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04 Feb 22 05:39 PM
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This one did the trick  I'm glad to have found something to fix, that should credit me for the initial waste of time  Anyway, I'm going to keep this version only in house, to test it while waiting for the signed version. Also, I need to check the new PDF driver because I tried it in a customer and they complained about the email function behave different, by then, in the rush, I've reverted for the previous PDF, hopefully next week I will have time to check that. Thank you very much
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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04 Feb 22 07:11 PM
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Good! And thanks for the feedback on the PDFX email. I'll try to do some more testing of that over the weekend.
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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04 Feb 22 09:24 PM
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If I well remember, with the previous PDF-X, the email client open automatically with the PDF attached, with the newer, it asks for saving the and, not sure, the email client don't open.
But, as mentioned, I didn't get into the details of the problem, it can be just a matter of define some initilal settings?
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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05 Feb 22 12:07 AM
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I've just done a test of Email.Methods 4, 5, and 6, and all worked as expected. 4 emails silently and directly to the SMTP service. 5 launches your email client with the file attached, allowing you to type a message before sending. And 6 sends it via your client but without displaying the user interface. Depending on the version of Windows, local policies, etc., methods 5 & 6 may prompt you to consent to the fact that another application (A-Shell) is trying to access your email client. Aside from that, you probably want to turn off any PDFX settings which would cause it to prompt you regarding saving the file (like file already exists, etc). Here's my test file...
//;PDFX Email test (Method LaunchClient, new commands)
//; (uncomment one of the following pairs)
//;PDFX,Email.Method,4
//;PDFX,Email.Subject,"Test PDFX Method 4"
//;PDFX,Email.Method,5
//;PDFX,Email.Subject,"Test PDFX Method 5"
//PDFX,Email.Method,6
//PDFX,Email.Subject,"Test PDFX Method 6"
//PDFX,Email.To,santa@northpole.com
//PDFX,Email.From,tinytim@dickens.com
//PDFX,Email.SMTP.Address,???
//PDFX,Email.SMTP.Port,465
//PDFX,Email.SMTP.UserName,???
//PDFX,Email.SMTP.Password,???
//PDFX,Email.SMTP.UseSSL,1
//PDFX,Email.Content,"This is a simple PDFX email test"
//PDFX,Email.Content,"Attached is a Hello World PDF"
//PDFX,Save.ShowSaveDialog,false
//PDFX,Save.WhenExists,Overwrite
//PDFX,Save.RunApp,false
//;And this is the PDF document source to be attached...
Hello world!
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Re: HOSTEX $ASHELL icon issue
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07 Feb 22 07:00 PM
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FYI, I finally got the code signing certificate sorted out and have posted an almost-ready-for-full-release install package if you want to try it... ash-6.5.1711.0c.exeash-6.5.1711.0-web.exeNote: it contains the updated libashodbc/libashmysql modules, but if using PDFX, you need to install the new driver separately.
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