Hi Eric, Thanks for your reply about agpkgs and VenueVNC. Maybe once I fix the association for .agpkg files I'll have a bit more luck with shared apps. Hope you don't mind me annoying you with a couple more questions:
I notice in the AG2 Venue Client there are sections for "Services" and "Application Sessions". What will actually show up in the Venue Client window when you (a) are running a VenueVNC server and (b) when you show up in a venue where someone else is running a VenueVNC server. Will the VenueVNC Server be a "service"? If not can you explain briefly how the client/server thing is implemented as an Application Session? I'm still not sure I fully understand services. So, -- anyone -- Can anyone explain to me how you would use a service? Are the services that appear in the Venue Client the same in nature to vic and rat? When you double click on a service in the VC do you obtain a file which basically contains information (such as an IP address) which tells a previously-registered associated application how to use the service? Hope this email doesn't sound as confused as I am... Any enlightenment gratefully received, /\ |) /\ |\/| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr Adam Carter (Applications Consultant) |epcc| e: a...@epcc.ed.ac.uk w: http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~adam r: 3405 JCMB t: +44 131 650 6009 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----Original Message----- From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov]On Behalf Of Eric Olson Sent: 25 June 2004 15:19 To: Adam Carter Cc: Ag-Tech@Mcs. Anl. Gov Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] agpkg Hi Adam, The VenueVNC agpkg is only the client (and is already installed with 2.2). Since it's just the client, you aren't able to start a VenueVNC server and therefore you won't see any entry in the VenueClient menus to start a VenueVNC shared app. This is not obvious and we plan on giving you a better view of the installed packages in the near future. The VenueVNC server is unreleased as of yet, but the current version is in cvs, works only in linux, and is started from the commandline. So to answer your questions 1) You're right, you should be able to double-click the .agpkg (or right-click and open) and it will just work. 2) agpkgs should be associated with agpm.py which will install the package for you. The full command to install generally looks like this: > agpm.py -p some.agpkg 3) If someone starts a VenueVNC server, you only need to right-click and open the shared application (since the VenueVNC client is already installed with 2.2). If you want to start your own VNC server, that's not supported yet, but the VenueVNCServer.py is in cvs. Eric On Fri, 25 Jun 2004, Adam Carter wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to understand how to use agpkgs. In particular, I'm trying to get > VenueVNC to work. After a few google searches, I found a PowerPoint > presentation suggesting that if you upload a file with the extension .agpkg > to the Data section in the venue client and then open it from there, the > program should install. I've tried this and nothing happens. > > For the record, I'm using AGTk2.2 on Windows 2000 personal node. > > Incidentally, when I look at the properties of the .agpkg file in Windows, > it says that it runs this type of file with python, which seems unusal if it > is actually a zip file of the various files required for the app (a fact > that I've also picked up from the ppt presentation). Indeed if I try to run > it from the command line, I get this: > > C:\Documents and Settings\adam\Desktop>python SharedQuestionTool.agpkg > File "SharedQuestionTool.agpkg", line 1 > PK??¶name = Shared Question Tool > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > as I'd expect from a zip file in disguise. > So my questions are these: > > 1) Should agpkgs "just work" when opened from the venue client? > 2) Should agpkgs be associated with Python in Windows > 3) (Ultimately) How can I get VenueVNC to work?! > > Thanks in advance, > > /\ |) /\ |\/| > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Dr Adam Carter (Applications Consultant) |epcc| > > e: a...@epcc.ed.ac.uk w: http://www.epcc.ed.ac.uk/~adam > r: 3405 JCMB t: +44 131 650 6009 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >
