Deploy to Windows Store: Just lots of guessing
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I have an app in the Windows Store (100% free & built on 100% FOSS) -- see it in store here[^]. This is built on ElectronJS (runs on all 3 big OSes Linux, Win, macOS). That's why I built it in Electron just to see if I could easily deploy* anywhere any time. For the most part it is quite easy. Anyways, I added a feature I'm quite excited about which will allow you to 1) encrypt your SiteKeys using user-provided password & AES256 encryption 2) export them to a WebAPI 3) user can retrieve them via the app so they can always have their site keys available but also encrypted. My Point Ok, enough of that the point here is that deploying the new .APPX to the Microsoft Store was basically a bunch of guessing and rebuilding until the Store finally replied nicely. Just guess, guess, guess. Change a thing in the App Manifest, build. Push. Guess. Guess. Guess. I don't know why but when I gen'd my Certificate it said my CN had to be some magical number and the name of my package was like 20430Cyapass-aghasdf23834535 :confused: What?! But it said it worked. :~ :| Now just have to wait 2 days or so & hopefully the new one will be available to download and install. Meanwhile Over In Linux-Land I deployed to Linux "App Store" SnapStore.IO in about 5 minutes. You can see it at: Install C'YaPass - Never type a password again. on Linux | Snap Store[^] Screenshots of the app, etc. are already there. *The Magical Dream of All True Software Devs :rolleyes:
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I have an app in the Windows Store (100% free & built on 100% FOSS) -- see it in store here[^]. This is built on ElectronJS (runs on all 3 big OSes Linux, Win, macOS). That's why I built it in Electron just to see if I could easily deploy* anywhere any time. For the most part it is quite easy. Anyways, I added a feature I'm quite excited about which will allow you to 1) encrypt your SiteKeys using user-provided password & AES256 encryption 2) export them to a WebAPI 3) user can retrieve them via the app so they can always have their site keys available but also encrypted. My Point Ok, enough of that the point here is that deploying the new .APPX to the Microsoft Store was basically a bunch of guessing and rebuilding until the Store finally replied nicely. Just guess, guess, guess. Change a thing in the App Manifest, build. Push. Guess. Guess. Guess. I don't know why but when I gen'd my Certificate it said my CN had to be some magical number and the name of my package was like 20430Cyapass-aghasdf23834535 :confused: What?! But it said it worked. :~ :| Now just have to wait 2 days or so & hopefully the new one will be available to download and install. Meanwhile Over In Linux-Land I deployed to Linux "App Store" SnapStore.IO in about 5 minutes. You can see it at: Install C'YaPass - Never type a password again. on Linux | Snap Store[^] Screenshots of the app, etc. are already there. *The Magical Dream of All True Software Devs :rolleyes:
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I have an app in the Windows Store (100% free & built on 100% FOSS) -- see it in store here[^]. This is built on ElectronJS (runs on all 3 big OSes Linux, Win, macOS). That's why I built it in Electron just to see if I could easily deploy* anywhere any time. For the most part it is quite easy. Anyways, I added a feature I'm quite excited about which will allow you to 1) encrypt your SiteKeys using user-provided password & AES256 encryption 2) export them to a WebAPI 3) user can retrieve them via the app so they can always have their site keys available but also encrypted. My Point Ok, enough of that the point here is that deploying the new .APPX to the Microsoft Store was basically a bunch of guessing and rebuilding until the Store finally replied nicely. Just guess, guess, guess. Change a thing in the App Manifest, build. Push. Guess. Guess. Guess. I don't know why but when I gen'd my Certificate it said my CN had to be some magical number and the name of my package was like 20430Cyapass-aghasdf23834535 :confused: What?! But it said it worked. :~ :| Now just have to wait 2 days or so & hopefully the new one will be available to download and install. Meanwhile Over In Linux-Land I deployed to Linux "App Store" SnapStore.IO in about 5 minutes. You can see it at: Install C'YaPass - Never type a password again. on Linux | Snap Store[^] Screenshots of the app, etc. are already there. *The Magical Dream of All True Software Devs :rolleyes:
... and over in the walled orchard?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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... and over in the walled orchard?
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012