[Rainbowportal-devel] Portal Module Installer

[Leo D. <le...@cl...>]

After writing the document about creating Rainbow Plug-Ins, it has
become apparent to me that we need to write an Admin Module that allows
a user to upload a ZIP'd version of the module and have it be installed
to the Rainbow portal automatically.

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Has anyone started to write one, or started to spec one out? I have no
problem writing one, but I would like some help making sure it is
complete and conforms to all the current module management features in
Rainbow.

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I have questions about the Install.xml, install.sql and uninstall.sql. I
need someone to show me how to use them properly so that when I write
the module it uses those modules for the install process. Another
concern I have related to installing/uninstalling is upgrading from one
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I imagine the flow of the module to be something like this...

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1.	User goes to Admin All (admin all portals), selects Add to add a
new module.
2.	There is an option to install from ZIP, which allows you to
upload a zip file to be installed.
3.	The appropriate folders for the module are created as defined in
the install.xml file.
4.	The module files (ascx, aspx, etc) are copied to the appropriate
folder under DesktopModules.
5.	The module DLL is copied to the Bin folder... Note: Is this
going to cause the application to restart?
6.	The Install.SQL file is run against the database.

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Please send me your thoughts.

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Leo