Class ApplicationModule

Provides access to the OpenFin representation of the current code context (usually a document such as a OpenFin.View or OpenFin.Window), as well as to the current Interop context.

Useful for debugging in the devtools console, where this will intelligently type itself based on the context in which the devtools panel was opened.

Asynchronously returns an Application object that represents the current application

Example

async function isCurrentAppRunning () {
    const app = await fin.Application.getCurrent();
    return app.isRunning();
}

isCurrentAppRunning().then(running => {
    console.log(`Current app is running: ${running}`);
}).catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
});

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Synchronously returns an Application object that represents the current application

Example

async function isCurrentAppRunning () {
    const app = fin.Application.getCurrentSync();
    return app.isRunning();
}

isCurrentAppRunning().then(running => {
    console.log(`Current app is running: ${running}`);
}).catch(err => {
    console.error(err);
});

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Creates and starts a new Application.

Example

async function start() {
    return fin.Application.start({
        name: 'app-1',
        uuid: 'app-1',
        url: 'https://cdn.openfin.co/docs/javascript/stable/tutorial-Application.start.html',
        autoShow: true
    });
}
start().then(() => console.log('Application is running')).catch(err => console.log(err));
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Retrieves application's manifest and returns a running instance of the application.

Example

fin.Application.startFromManifest('http://localhost:5555/app.json').then(app => console.log('App is running')).catch(err => console.log(err));

// For a local manifest file:
fin.Application.startFromManifest('file:///C:/somefolder/app.json').then(app => console.log('App is running')).catch(err => console.log(err));
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Asynchronously starts a batch of applications given an array of application identifiers and manifestUrls. Returns once the RVM is finished attempting to launch the applications.

Example

const applicationInfoArray = [
    {
        "uuid": 'App-1',
        "manifestUrl": 'http://localhost:5555/app1.json',
    },
    {
        "uuid": 'App-2',
        "manifestUrl": 'http://localhost:5555/app2.json',
    },
    {
        "uuid": 'App-3',
        "manifestUrl": 'http://localhost:5555/app3.json',
    }
]

fin.Application.startManyManifests(applicationInfoArray)
    .then(() => {
        console.log('RVM has finished launching the application list.');
    })
    .catch((err) => {
        console.log(err);
    })
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Asynchronously returns an API handle for the given Application identity.

Remarks

Wrapping an Application identity that does not yet exist will not throw an error, and instead returns a stub object that cannot yet perform rendering tasks. This can be useful for plumbing eventing for an Application throughout its entire lifecycle.

Example

fin.Application.wrap({ uuid: 'testapp' })
.then(app => app.isRunning())
.then(running => console.log('Application is running: ' + running))
.catch(err => console.log(err));
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Synchronously returns an API handle for the given Application identity.

Remarks

Wrapping an Application identity that does not yet exist will not throw an error, and instead returns a stub object that cannot yet perform rendering tasks. This can be useful for plumbing eventing for an Aplication throughout its entire lifecycle.

Example

const app = fin.Application.wrapSync({ uuid: 'testapp' });
await app.close();
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