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APPX Background Processing on a Windows Server

This document will APPX background processing when APPX is installed on a Windows server.

APPX Background Processing

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You should also have the variable APPX_BG_SCRIPT=appx_submit.cmd. You can place this variable setting inside your appx.env file. The appx.env file should go into your %APPXPATH directory (C:\Appx\data\appx.env)

DMO Demo APPX Application

DMO is demonstration application that is included with APPX on default installations.

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Quick steps

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Steps

APPX Designer

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Modify the JOB's OUTPUT process type to have Separate Task (Sep. Task) checked.

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Modify the JOB's OUTPUT process type to have Separate Task (Sep. Task) checked as shown in the figure below.

APPX Server

This configuration needs to be done to files placed on the APPX Windows server.

The appx.env file.

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# APPX_PRT_FI_DIR is used to set the disk location for creating print files # on your system. The default location in unix is /tmp/. The default

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# location in Windows is $APPXPATH\print\{userID}#

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# location in Windows is $APPXPATH\print\{userID} #

#APPX_PRT_FI_DIR=/tmp/

# APPX_PRT_SCRIPT points to the name of the script used to spool APPX reports

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#APPX_KEATERM=NoButtons

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# SCRIPTING & REGRESSION TESTING CONFIGURATION SECTION

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# SCRIPTING & REGRESSION TESTING CONFIGURATION SECTION

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# APPX_SCRIPT_OUT will record all enduser keystrokes (and selected

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APPX_BG_SCRIPT=appx_submit.cmd

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The appx_submit.cmd Windows batch file

The appx_submit.cmd file is a Windows batch file that you can parse the 8 argument pairs that APPX passes it.

The appx_submit.cmd command should contain

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:: following loop:

:: FOR %%A IN (%*) DO (

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:: echo %%A >> c:\Appx\arglist.txt

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:: echo %%A >> c:\Appx\arglist.txt

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:: You would likekly see something like this in arglist.txt

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APPX Run Time

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On the JOB's output disposition screen select SUBMIT to BG

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On the JOB's output disposition screen select SUBMIT to BG.

Bugs:

Fixed - Bug Description 1.

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META FILEATTACHMENT	attachment="JOB-OUTPUT-002.gif" attr="" comment="JOB OUTPUT - Notice Submit to BG button" date="1236716030" name="JOB-OUTPUT-002.gif" path="JOB-OUTPUT-002.gif" size="24911" stream="JOB-OUTPUT-002.gif" user="Main.JoeOrtagus" version="1"

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