Click the upper-left menu button of the Config Tool, and select View User Data Directory.Ĥ. Open the KioWare Config Tool to the User Interface tab, and open the Default Toolbar for editing.ģ.

One of the best places to run external apps is from CustomToolbarCode.js because it always runs in your toolbars, and can be set up to stay running even during attract mode.ġ. Use the Auto-Start feature from the General tab of the Config Tool: If you wanted the app to automatically run when KioWare starts: Then click the CONT text on the right so that it says REGEX. ( would just be or If the page is just a local file on the file system, add a domain and set it to: ^$ Set Everything Else back to Medium Trust.Īdd a domain and set the domain to your page domain: WHEN you are able to successfully run the app from your page, set up the access list properly: Temporarily set Everything Else (in the bottom-right) to Full Trust.

Open the Config Tool to the Security tab and click Scripting Access. That will run the Windows Task Manager as an example. If you wanted the user to be able to run the app from your page: Var pid = KioUtils.Execute('C:\MyDir\MyProgram.exe') Yours will probably be more complicated because you will probably have a full path, and backslashes must be doubled up. That will run the Windows Task Manager as an example, and bring it to the front. Var pid = KioUtils.Execute('taskmgr', true) Open the Config Tool to the User Interface tab and click to edit the Default Toolbar.Ĭlick Add Control - Action Button - Toolbar JavaScript. If you wanted the user to be able to run the app at will from a KioWare toolbar: It's the most advanced of the options so, please let us know if we can provide any assistance during implementation.

You may need to go the CustomToolbarCode.js route if your app does not stay on top of KioWare and you don't want to show the KioWare taskbar.

In any case, you may want to check Show Taskbar on the User Interface tab if you need to be able to access the app after running it (and it's not top-most). There are at least four ways to run external apps from KioWare. If the application is browser-based, you can just use the guided setup and skip these specific instructions (below). You would then want to follow the below instructions to lock down to an EXE. KioWare Lite for Windows is available as a free demo download. If the program is an exe, the security measures are slightly different, and how secure the app is from users being able to access the OS depends on the app itself. You can do this with KioWare for Windows.

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