Hmm...did you go into Personalize and see if it is in the Add a Tile list?

--Andrew

Any update on a way to debug this? I have the same issue.

RegisterSmartCenterApp is part of the HP TouchSmart software update that is necessary for third party applications to be added in. It adds new applications into HP TouchSmart by copying the XML file that describes the application in HP TouchSmart terms into a known location. HP TouchSmart monitors that location and keeps track of which applications have been added.

Perhaps the issue is that the application you're trying to register has the same AppID as one of the already existing applications.

Crap, the XML is stripped out. Look at the link above in the developers guide, and the only changes I made were to HelloTouchSmart, became TouchSmartTile (and the .exe)

Thanks,
Ben

Actually, I may have gotten confused on the AppID. I don't have all the information here right now, but it may be that the AppID is something that will be used in an upcoming version of the HP TouchSmart RegisterSmartCenterApp.exe. The one that's out as an update now may generate AppIDs internally but not require them to be present in the XML file you use to register. Let me double-check and post again later.

TouchSmart keeps track of which files in the monitored location have already been processed, so clearing out that folder won't help. What you'd need to look at is the user.config file in %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Hewlett-Packard\SmartCenter.exe_Url_*\[Version]\user.config I'm pretty sure you'll recognize most of the data in there.

Neither A) B) C) or D) should have much to do with the problem. Compiling somewhere else shouldn't matter. The *32 indicates that the app is a 32 bit app running on a 64 bit OS, I believe. The user.config file for Clock is there because it's a .NET app and it uses per-user configuration settings. The HelloTouchSmart app may not be using configuration settings. Your app only gets an .exe.config file if you use per-machine configuration settings in it. Again, that's a .NET thing you may not be using.

I'd need to see your XML file and the exe to dig into this more. Not sure if this site lets you attach files to private messages, but you could try that.

For the current version of the HP TouchSmart update on the support site that's correct. However, future versions of RegisterSmartCenterApp.exe may do more than that. I strongly recommend you use the tool provided, since manual copying may not be enough in the future.

If you're doing this for debugging and during development, no problem. Just be aware of the above.

You are correct in that the SmartCenter application watches those locations during runtime and reads them during startup. SmartCenter will update its user config file and refresh the UI during runtime, so a restart should not be necessary.

jdefranco:

Check out my reply to the Primer. I believe I've reproduced the issue you may have run into using RegisterSmartCenterApp.exe.

The essence is: although you get a success message when registering, if your AppPath element contains carriage return/line feed characters, registration won't work properly.

Sorry for the inconvenience this has caused.

Not sure I understand 1). Can you elaborate, please?

When no user.config file is found at startup, both "defaultconfig"- and "updateconfig"-registered XML files will get processed as far as I remember.

You may be right that, during development, hand editing the user.config is best and most reliable, but for release to users, RegisterSmartCenterApp.exe is the only practical way to get new apps into the user's HP TouchSmart shell.

#1: I understand. And I agree that an error message would be nice. Unfortunately I can't commit to creating one within any timeframe that would be meaningful to your situation. But I'll keep it in mind for future versions.

#2: Not quite, deleteconfig just deletes the user config file. We may consider adding some more developer capabilities to the RegisterSmartCenterApp.exe, but again, I can't make a commitment.

Like JoeS said above, the main thing RegisterSmartCenterApp.exe does is copy XML files, but in addition it assigns GUIDs it uses to track apps that have been added. During development I recommend that you look through the locations that JoeS pointed out and work with those files. For delivering your app to a user, make sure you use the RegisterSmartCenterApp.exe during installation.