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#87 Shell support (Intellisync integration)
This isn't so much a feature request, but a request for one of the programmers to confirm that C:\sys\bin\python_launcher.exe can accept a Python script as a command line argument. I discusses this with some users at http://discussion.forum.nokia.com/forum/showthread.php?t=130734 who are better at reading source code, and they agree it *should* work, but so far it does not. Now the average user does not have access to this interface, but my company uses Intellisync Mobile Suite (8 SP3 MR1), which includes a Device Management action "Run Executable", that lets me run a program and an argument. I can use IMS to run C:\sys\bin\Python.exe , for example, to see the interactive shell, so I know Intellisync at least half works. I can also run third party software like C:\sys\bin\YuccaBrowser.exe (the popular file browser program). I am attempting to run a Python script this way, for example
Program to run: C:\sys\bin\python_launcher.exe
Program arguments: C:\Python\ball.py
but nothing happens. If you can confirm this should work, I can then use this as ammunition with the IMS division. Otherwise, if it doesn't work...and you see no good reason to keep it disabled...then I suppose this is a feature request after all. :-)
I tested Python 1.4.2 on an E61i running the last (?) firmware, from 3 October 2007.
Intellisync "Run Executable" action
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python_launcher.exe is intended for running background scripts that have no UI component. That's why you don't see anything.
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So what you're saying is that python_launcher.exe should work, provided the scripts have no GUI component? If I stick to parsing files, renaming files, making directories, etc, that should work as expected? I believe I tried this once, using Intellisync to create a directory or write a 1-line text file, but the operation failed with no error. (This was months ago and I will need to retest.) If there is no more subtlety but I still cannot make this work, I will send my findings to Intellisync TAC and go from there. Jukka, thanks very much for your reply!
Python test file
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I ran another Intellisync test, using the into.py file attached below and the Intellisync action described above. The fields were
Program to run: C:\sys\bin\python_launcher.exe
Program arguments: C:\Python\INFO.PY (I tried both upper and lower case)
Like before, the operation failed silently. Intellisync pushes the publication, but nothing happens.
Can you confirm that according to the python_launcher.exe code, the info.py script should run properly as a shell argument...without being signed and without any other trickery? It does work from the Python "Run Script" interface. Thanks!