Association launching sample

This sample shows you how to launch the user's default app for file type or a protocol. You can also learn how to enable your app to be the default app for a file type or a protocol.

 
 
 
 
 
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    File Launch Failed
    1 Posts | Last Post May 20, 2013
    • Written May 20, 2013 
      I can get the SDK example to launch any desktop apps.  It always reports "Failed to launch" in output section of the screen and no app is launched.  I'm trying to get a metro app to launch a decktop app and I can't get it working.  I'd love to see an example that works.  There is not enough information to debug.
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    Handle protocol activation by same app
    1 Posts | Last Post October 30, 2012
    • Written October 30, 2012 
      I'm using a WebView and I'm loading some Content into it with links starting with "mylink://".
To catch the Navigation to those links I added a protocol activation for "mylink", which works perfect.
My only problem is, that the app asks the user if he wants to change the app:
"MyApp tries to open MyApp". How can I supress this message, because I actually stay in my app?
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    Filehandle?
    1 Posts | Last Post October 18, 2012
    • Written October 18, 2012 
      Is it possible to get some sort of file handle?

E.g. I launch a docx from my app, the user changes a letter, saves the file and closes it. Can I get notified after the other application closes its handle?
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    Open a PDF file from URI
    1 Posts | Last Post June 28, 2012
    • Written June 28, 2012 
      Is there a way to open the PDF with the default PDF viewing program whereby the PDF must be loaded from an URI before (with a metro app coded in JavaScript and HTML)? I tried the sample http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/hh452687.aspx but it crashes on the point where "getResultsOfAsyncOp(op)" should return the result. Is this due to wrong CORS settings on the server side?
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    Exceptions
    3 Posts | Last Post April 11, 2012
    • Written September 18, 2011 
      Can you briefly explain the details around how and why you handled exceptions in this case?
    • Written September 26, 2011 
      The API throws exceptions when the launch fails. For example, if multiple handlers for the launched type are installed, the user may be presented with a dialog to chose which handler to use. If the user cancels the dialog instead of selecting a handler, the API will throw an exception.
    • Written April 11, 2012 
      The behavior of this API changed in the consumer preview. The API no longer throws on failed launches and instead returns a "false" Boolean. It may still throw on invalid arguments.
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    Getting Compilation Error
    1 Posts | Last Post February 07, 2012
    • Written February 07, 2012 
      I am trying to compile and run this app (C# version). I'm getting:

"This Member 'Resources' has more than one item, use the Items property	"

No File or Line # is given.