A service is a true-blooded Windows process, no difference there.  The only thing that&#39;s special about a service is that it is started by the operating system and runs in a separate session.  An isolated one that keeps it from interfering with the desktop session.  Traditionally named a [*daemon*](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computing%29).

A service is a process **without** user interface. You can call service as a subset of process. 

Windows services are essentially long-running executable applications that run in their own windows sessions and do not possess any user interface. These can be automatically started when the computer boots up and can be paused and restarted.

I am writing tests in Protractor for an Angular app. I want to fill out a login form and submit it. 

How can I do this? I have got this far, but I don&#39;t know how to set the value of the email and password fields. 

    describe(&#39;The dashboard&#39;, function() {
      ptor = protractor.getInstance();
    
      beforeEach(function() {
        ptor.get(&#39;#/dashboard&#39;);
        var email = ptor.findElement(protractor.By.model(&#39;email&#39;));
        var password = ptor.findElement(protractor.By.model(&#39;password&#39;));
        var submit = ptor.findElement(protractor.By.tagName(&#39;button&#39;));
        // Fill out the form?
        submit.click();
      });
    
      it(&#39;has a heading&#39;, function() {
        heading = ptor.findElement(protractor.By.tagName(&#39;h1&#39;));
        expect(heading.getText()).toEqual(&#39;My Dashboard&#39;);
      });
    });

Protractor testing: How to set the value of text elements in a login form?

I have a controller &quot;UserController&quot; that should respond to normal and ajax requests to `http://localhost:3000/user/3`.

When it is a normal request, I want to render my view. When it is an AJAX request, I want to return JSON.

The correct approach seems to be a `respond_to do |format|` block. Writing the JSON is easy, but how can I get it to respond to the HTML and simply render the view as usual? 

      def show
        @user = User.find(params[:id])
        respond_to do |format|
          format.html {
            render :show ????this seems unnecessary. Can it be eliminated??? 
          }
          format.json { 
            render json: @user
          }
        end
      end

Rails: respond_to JSON and HTML

What is the **difference** between a Windows **service** and a Windows **process**?

What the difference between a Windows service and a Windows process?

What is the difference between a Windows service and a Windows process?

I got problem when i want to add an android platform to my phoneGap application.
I got this message in my CLI when i execute the command cordova platform add android : 

`Checking Android requirements...
(Error: An error occurred while listing Android targets)`

I already try to add my android sdk location in the path variable.

Please help me ! :D

I work on Windows 7 64 bits, i install the android API 17, 18 and 19 with the android SDK.
I am on 3.2 phoneGap version.

cordova platform add android not working while listing Android targets

I am creating a batch file with some simple commands to gather information from a system. The batch file contains commands to get the time, IP information, users, etc.  

I assembled all the commands in a batch file, and it runs, but I would like the batch file, when run to output the results to a text file (log). Is there a command that I can add to the batch that would do so?  

Keep in mind I do not want to run the batch from cmd, then redirect output ; I want to redirect the output from inside the batch, if that is possible.


Redirecting Output from within Batch file

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**Edit:**
Some people started to mark my question as a duplicate. Do not forget that many similar questions existed when I asked this one (see e.g. the list below). However, **none of these answers solved my problem**. After a long search I found **a comment** which had been ignored by all users pointing to the missing lib. Now, many months later, the comment has been changed to an answer. However, when I answered this question by msyself I intended to help other people by directly providing the solution. This should not be forgotten and so far my answer helped a lot of people. Therefore my question is definitely not a duplicate.  **By the way: The accepted answer within the provided link on top does not solve the problem**!


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Yes, i used the search:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17366967/failed-to-load-platform-plugin-windows-available-platforms-are-error

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18368826/deploying-qt-c-application-from-visual-studio-qwindows-dll-error

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14963881/failed-to-load-platform-plugin-windows-available-platforms-are-windows-minim


However, in my case the problem still persists. I am using Qt 5.1.1 with Visual Studio 2012 and developed my Application on Windows 7 with Qt Creator 2.8.1. Application is compiled in &quot;Release&quot;-mode and can be executed if directly started with Qt Creator.

However, when starting from the &quot;release&quot;-Folder, i get the following message:

&gt; This application failed to start because it could not find or load the
&gt; Qt platform plugin &quot;windows&quot;.  Available platform plugins are:
&gt; minimal, offscreen, windows.

Folder structure looks like this:

    release
    + gui.exe
    + icudt51.dll
    + icuin51.dll
    + icuuc51.dll
    + libGLESv2.dll
    + Qt5Core.dll
    + Qt5Gui.dll
    + Qt5Widgets.dll
    + platforms

Platforms is the folder directly copied from **Qt\Qt5.1.1\5.1.1\msvc2012\plugins\platforms** including e.g. qwindows.dll. Does not matter if I rename it to &quot;platform&quot; as some other users did. Qt is still not finding the &quot;platform plugin windows&quot;, where is my mistake?

Qt 5.1.1: Application failed to start because platform plugin &quot;windows&quot; is missing

How do I make 

&gt; git status

ignore line ending differences?

Background info:

I use randomly Windows and Linux to work on the project. The project is in Dropbox.

I found a lot about how do make git diff ignore line endings. Since i use meld git diff opens meld for each file. And meld says &quot;identical file&quot;. 

So how do I avoid this. Git should only open meld for changed files.
And git status should not report files as changed if only the file ending is different.

**EDIT: Cause:**

This happened because of this setting on Windows 

&gt; core.autocrlf true

So I checked out the working copy on Linux and set core.autocrlf false on Windows.

It would be still nice to know how to make git status ignore different new lines.

Git status ignore line endings / identical files / windows &amp; linux environment / dropbox / meld

I have added `notepad++.exe` to my Path in Environment variables. 

Now in command prompt, `notepad++.exe filename.txt` opens the `filename.txt`. But I want to do just `np filename.txt` to open the file. 

I tried using `DOSKEY np=notepad++`. But it is just bringing to the forefront an already opened notepad++ without opening the file. How can I make it open the file? 

Thanks. 

Aliases in Windows command prompt

How to configure nicely Spring Boot application packaged as executable jar as a Service in the Linux system? Is this recommended approach, or should I convert this app to war and install it into Tomcat?

Currently, I can run Spring boot application from the `screen` session, which is nice but requires manual start after a server reboot.

What I&#39;m looking for is general advice/direction or sample `init.d` the script, if my approach with executable _jar_ is proper.

Spring Boot application as a Service

I have a general question. How does one start a systemd unit `*.service` after a particular `*.service` has started successfully?

More specific question is, how do I start `website.service` only after `mongodb.service` has started? In other words `website.service` should depend on `mongodb.service`.

Start systemd service after specific service?

I am trying to make a linux executable as a service

I execute my program like this below

    java -jar mytestprogram.jar

creates a process that runs continuously and serves REST requests. But I want to run it as a service where I can do

    service mytestprogram start
    service mytestprogram stop
    service mytestprogram status
    chkconfig mytestprogram on

etc. What is the most simple way of doing it?


Linux: process into a service

What&#39;s the difference in calling  
`stopSelf()` , `stopSelf(int)` or `stopService(new Intent(this,MyServiceClass.class))`  
inside `onStartCommand()` ?

for example if I start the same services twice this way:

    ...
    Intent myIntent1 = new Intent(AndroidAlarmService.this, MyAlarmService.class);
    myIntent1.putExtra(&quot;test&quot;, 1); 
    Intent myIntent2 = new Intent(AndroidAlarmService.this, MyAlarmService.class);
    myIntent2.putExtra(&quot;test&quot;, 2);
    startService(myIntent1);
    startService(myIntent2);
    ...

 
And implement onStartCommand in this way:

    public int onStartCommand(Intent intent, int flags, int startId)
    {
    Toast.makeText(this, &quot;onStartCommand called &quot;+intent.getIntExtra(&quot;test&quot;, 0), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    stopService(new Intent(this,MyAlarmService.class));
    return START_NOT_STICKY;
    }

I get exactly the same behaviour with the three methods,
that is onDestroy will only be called after onStartCommand is executed twice.




stopSelf() vs stopSelf(int) vs stopService(Intent)

I have seen many posts in SO regarding this but could not get the exact and most easy way to call an activity method from service class. Is broadcast receiver only the option? No easy way out ? I just need to call the following method in Activity class after the media player is prepared in Service class .

Activity class:

     	public void updateProgress() {
		// set Progress bar values
		songProgressBar.setProgress(0);
		songProgressBar.setMax(100);
		// Updating progress bar
		updateProgressBar();
	}
Service class:

       @Override
	public IBinder onBind(Intent intent) {
		Log.d(this.getClass().getName(), &quot;BIND&quot;);
		return musicBind;
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onUnbind(Intent intent) {
		return false;
	}
        @Override
	public void onPrepared(MediaPlayer mp) {
		try {
			mp.start();
		} catch (IllegalStateException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
                   
               // updateProgress();// Need to call the Activity method here 
      }

Calling activity class method from Service class

I was reading up the difference between [Thread and Processes][1] and came across the comment left by users in the second answer which stated

&gt; As so long as you don&#39;t format a floppy at the same time.

It has 27 upvotes but no one has explained the reason behind it .

I would like to know what the commentor means when he said the above comment ??

Can someone suggest a more meaningful question name which reflects what the question is asking


  [1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/200469/what-is-the-difference-between-a-process-and-a-thread

Why was the comment that said &quot;Don&#39;t format a floppy at the same time&quot; funny when talking about threads and processes?

What exactly are `process` and `update` in PrimeFaces `p:commandXxx` components and `execute` and `render` in `f:ajax` tag?

Which works at the time of validation? What does `update` attribute do rather than updating value to component from back end? Do `process` attribute bind value to model? What exactly do `@this`, `@parent`, `@all` and `@form` in both attributes?

The example below is working fine, but I am a little confused in basic concepts.
     
    &lt;p:commandButton process=&quot;@parent&quot;
                     update=&quot;@form&quot;
                     action=&quot;#{bean.submit}&quot; 
                     value=&quot;Submit&quot; /&gt;

Understanding PrimeFaces process/update and JSF f:ajax execute/render attributes

I have been developing an app for 1 or 2 weeks now and just yesterday I have updated my iPhone 5S to the iOS 8 GM. Everything worked fine and I could test on my device as well until I deleted the app from my phone and wanted to build again. The following error appeared:

    Could not launch &quot;My App&quot;
    process launch failed: Security

[![Screenshot added][1]][1]

When I test with the simulator it works fine.
Is this because of the iOS 8 GM update and how can I fix this launch problem?
I want to be able to test on my iPhone and in the simulator.


  [1]: http://i.stack.imgur.com/TzLwB.png

Xcode process launch failed: Security

I am using node.js to create a web application. When I run the application (either by opening index.html on the browser or using the command &quot;npm start&quot; on the terminal) I get two errors:    


Uncaught ReferenceError: process is not defined    


Uncaught ReferenceError: require is not defined

I solved the &quot;require is not defined&quot; error by specifically including in my index.html head tag the link to [this][1] script, where the require function is defined.
However, I cannot find something similar for the process function.

My question is doublefold:

1. Why do built-in node.js modules need to be re-defined? Why are they not recognized as they are, that is &quot;built-in modules&quot;? Doesn&#39;t the term &quot;built-in module&quot; mean that a module need not be redefined externaly/second-handedly?

2. Is there a way to solve this problem? My script is very simple, I am just trying to use a basic function of node.js, so I cannot figure out what errors I might have done.

If anyone has come about this problem and has found a way around it or a reason this happens, you would be of great help.


  [1]: http://requirejs.org/docs/release/2.1.17/r.js

Content Type	Original Author	Original Content on Stackoverflow
Question	M.Rezaei	View Question on Stackoverflow
Solution 1 - Windows	Hans Passant	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 2 - Windows	Karthick S	View Answer on Stackoverflow
Solution 3 - Windows	Vishwanath Heddoori	View Answer on Stackoverflow

What the difference between a Windows service and a Windows process?

Windows Problem Overview

Windows Solutions

Solution 1 - Windows

Solution 2 - Windows

Solution 3 - Windows

Rails: respond_to JSON and HTML

Protractor testing: How to set the value of text elements in a login form?

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