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How to remove APPX package installed by another user.

Posted by | UWP, Windows |

There is new option ‘-AllUsers’ in Windows 10 1709 so ‘LinesGame’ APPX package, for example, can be removed for all users with the following command:

Get-AppxPackage -all *lines*
Get-AppxPackage -all *lines* | Remove-AppxPackage -AllUsers

the first line outputs this:

Name                   : 48696GeoGraphX.Lines3D
Publisher              : CN=4596C2AF-8F16-46B2-976A-1D49B97B0C80
Architecture           : X64
ResourceId             :
Version                : 2.0.109.0
PackageFullName        : 48696GeoGraphX.Lines3D_2.0.109.0_x64__rc9z1pmca2qa0
InstallLocation        :
IsFramework            : False
PackageFamilyName      : 48696GeoGraphX.Lines3D_rc9z1pmca2qa0
PublisherId            : rc9z1pmca2qa0
PackageUserInformation : {S-1-5-21-1513020516-1447999005-958985207-1001
                         [S-1-5-21-1513020516-1447999005-958985207-1001]: Installed}
IsResourcePackage      : False
IsBundle               : False
IsDevelopmentMode      : True
IsPartiallyStaged      : False
SignatureKind          : None
Status                 : Ok
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How to run WIX bootstrapper application UI with elevated privileges?

Posted by | .NET, C# | Tagged |

WIX bootstrapper application (BA) can easily determine if it runs as admin with the following code:

using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.Security.Principal;

static bool IsAdmin()
{
    WindowsIdentity id = WindowsIdentity.GetCurrent();
    WindowsPrincipal principal = new WindowsPrincipal(id);
    return principal.IsInRole(WindowsBuiltInRole.Administrator);
}

and if it does not, run a new instance as admin and exit:

static void RunAsAdmin()
{
    ProcessStartInfo proc = new ProcessStartInfo
    {
        UseShellExecute = true,
        WorkingDirectory = Environment.CurrentDirectory,
        FileName = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainModule.FileName,
        Verb = "runas"
    };

    Process.Start(proc);
}

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A simple WIX installer that runs custom actions on install and uninstall.

Posted by | Win32, Windows | Tagged |

Below I provided the source code of WIX installer that shows the license, installation directory and runs custom actions on install and uninstall:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi">
    <Product Id="*" Name="My Game" Language="1033" Version="1.0.0.0" Manufacturer="SharLines Corporation" UpgradeCode="...">
        ...    

        <Property Id="WIXUI_INSTALLDIR" Value="INSTALLFOLDER" ></Property>
        <WixVariable Id="WixUILicenseRtf" Overridable="yes" Value="License.rtf"/>
        <UIRef Id="WixUI_InstallDir"/>

        <InstallExecuteSequence>
            <Custom Action="InstallService" After="InstallFiles">(NOT Installed) AND (NOT REMOVE)</Custom>
            <Custom Action="UninstallService" After="InstallInitialize">(NOT UPGRADINGPRODUCTCODE) AND (REMOVE="ALL")</Custom>
        </InstallExecuteSequence>
        <CustomAction Id="InstallService" Return="check" Impersonate="yes" Execute="deferred" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" ExeCommand="[INSTALLFOLDER]$(var.MyService.TargetFileName) parameters..."/>
        <CustomAction Id="UninstallService" Return="check" Impersonate="yes" Execute="deferred" Directory="INSTALLFOLDER" ExeCommand="[INSTALLFOLDER]$(var.MyService.TargetFileName) parameters..."/>
    </Product>
    ...
</Wix>

MyService is project referenced by my wixproj in VS2015. If Impersonate=”yes” the command is run as the current user, if “no”, the command is run as “NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM“. INSTALLFOLDER is defined as follows:

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Installing Google Play Services on a Windows 10 with MS VS2015

Posted by | Android, QT, Windows |

If Android support is enabled in MS VS2015, it installs Android SDK without Google Play Services and I did not find an option in SDK Manager that installs them. When I started “C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\SDK Manager.exe” with admin privileges, it automatically offered to install some 9 packages:

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Multiple views with OsgQtQuick

Posted by | C++, QML, QT |

I wrote a sample application using OsgQtQuick that shows the Earth in two views:

with the following QML, that I copied from OsgQtQuick samples:

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Qt Quick Controls 2 has TableView but without the header yet

Posted by | QML, QT |

QT 5.13 supports SplitView and TableView but without TableHeader yet. Probably TableHeader can be implemented with the overlays. And there is an interesting example of implementation of table header with the source code.

The information provided below is outdated.

Qt Quick Controls 2 does not support TableView and looks like they are not going to support it, some notable missing features from Qt Quick Controls 1 also are Action, SplitView and TreeView, so the following QML code would not work:

TableView {

    TableViewColumn {
        role: "time"
        title: qsTr("date/time:")
        width: parent.width - 30
    }

    TableViewColumn {
        role: "score"
        title: qsTr("result:")
        width: 30
    }

    model: boardModel.list

    ScrollIndicator.vertical: ScrollIndicator { }
}

But there is a solution with ListView, so there can be something like this:

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What packages QAudioDecoder may require on Ubuntu and CentOS?

Posted by | CentOS, QT, Ubuntu |

If QAudioDecoder does not decode mp3, reporting a format error (GStreamer; Unable to start decoding process), the following package can help:
On Ubuntu:

apt-get install gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3

On CentOS:

yum -y install http://li.nux.ro/download/nux/dextop/el7/x86_64/nux-dextop-release-0-5.el7.nux.noarch.rpm
yum install gstreamer{,1}-plugins-ugly

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QML DropShadow is very slow

Posted by | QML, QT |

QML DropShadow is an interesting effect that acts in a very simple way. It works fine in my application and produces the following result:

QML DropShadow is very slow

The only disadvantage of DropShadow effect is that is slows down my application from 60 FPS to 30 FPS on Android Phone. The following code demonstrates how I use it with StackView:

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How to start Lines 3D game in auto-play mode.

Posted by | UWP |

Lines 3D is a fun logical game with different difficulty levels.  While “Beginner” level is an easy to play relaxing game, the “Professional” and “Expert” levels are good exercises for your brain where you can apply your knowledge in the area of the probability theory. There is also some specific “Baby” level for babies, allowing them to move balls and do not worry about the result.

For IT professionals, there is auto-play mode for testing the application performance and stability. To start Lines 3D game in auto-play mode first install Lines 3D game from Windows Store, start it and select the following game options:

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Lines 3D application structure (Windows Store version)

Posted by | C++, UWP |

Lines 3D game is a UWP application based on “XAML App for OpenGL ES (Universal Windows)” VS2015 project template (written in C++/VS2015 using OpenGL ES 2.0 and elements of OpenGL 3.0). You can install Lines 3D  from Windows Store and play for free, or at least see the game screenshots.

Main components

Game logic and OpenGL rendering engine in Lines 3D are cross-platform. Their code uses STL, OpenGL and abstract C++ interfaces for doing the following tasks:

  • Loading sounds from wav files and playing them with different speed and volume.
  • Loading textures from PNG images (this code uses Windows API, but probably it can be made cross-platform).
  • Logging game events, such as “game over” to the Windows Store. They used to collect statistics on what game levels the users play and what score they get. The possible application crashes (unhandled exceptions and memory failures) and internal errors (like file not found, etc.) are also logged to the Windows Store.
  • Accessing application installation path and application data path in the file system.

All the graphic controls, including the main windows, application bar (main menu), dialogs, message boxes and advertising are written using XAML and Windows-specific code.

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