Parallels Virtualization SDK - Can't connect to dispatcher

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BradC4

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I'm using the Parallels Virtualization SDK Guide to interface with Parallels.

http://download.parallels.com/deskt...els Virtualization SDK Programmer's Guide.pdf

I've gotten a basic app working using the C examples to login and logout. The app works if I have previously run prlctl or have the Parallels Desktop app open.

If I haven't run prlctl or I don't have the Parallels Desktop app open the Login_Local call will fail with error PRL_ERR_CANT_CONNECT_TO_DISPATCHER. A similar issue happens with the Python API.

I'm guessing that there's a process running on the app that my client app interacts with while the Parallels Desktop app is running.
I see there's several binaries in /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS that may be what I'm looking for, such as launchd_setup.

- What is the process that needs to run on my computer in order for my client app to successfully work?
- Where is there documentation regarding this required process? The Programmer's Guide doesn't contain any reference to this.

Regards,
Brad
 
I've made some progress:

There's a bash script called service in the /Applications/Parallels Desktop.app/Contents/MacOS folder.
I run the following in the terminal:
./service start
This command does a lot of things but seems to run the dispatcher which is what I want.

Mods - could you confirm this is the command that should be run? Is there a typical way to automate this at startup? If you can't answer this could I get a contact in the developer team that can answer this?

Thanks,
Brad
 
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