Re: [Installbase-devel] InstallBase 1.0a3 and recursive file groups

[Damon C. <da...@yo...>]

> Hey, that's handy. A few suggestions/questions:
> 
> What does "Use this directory explicitly" do?

    It means to use the directory given as the explicit directory to
add these files to instead of appending their actual directory name.
Like, if you dropped jvm/foo and set <InstallDir>/jvm as the directory,
it would create a File Group 'foo' that installed to <InstallDir>/jvm/foo.
If you check "Use this directory explicitly," 'foo' would be installed to
<InstallDir>/jvm explicitly.  InstallBase wouldn't append the /foo to the
directory.

> When adding a directory tree to a group with "Prompt for base directory"
> turned on, the original group's installation base dir doesn't change as it
> probably should. (I add the contents of the lin-sun-jvm-140 directory to
> the "JVM Files" group; "bin", "lib", "lib/server", etc. groups are created
> with an installation root of <InstallDir>/jvm, but the top-level files in
> "JVM Files" would still go into <InstallDir> instead of <InstallDir>/jvm,
> unless I remember to change the install directory.)

    This should be easy enough.  I'll make this happen if you have
"Prompt for base dir" turned on.

> It would save time checking off file groups in the Components tab if the
> entire directory structure from "Add directory" went into one file group.
> The Windows JRE has 25 directories and the Linux one has 64 - that's a lot
> of clicking :)
> 
> Along the same lines, it'd be nice to be able to shift-highlight multiple
> groups in the Components tab and select/deselect them.

    I'll have to think about this.  I see the merit in having all of the
files drop into one file group, but it makes things kind of difficult
code-wise.  I'll put it on my list and give it some more thought.  I probably
will add in the multi-select / deselect in Components and Setup types though.

> Also, in order to get a pop-up menu in most list contexts, you need to
> select (left mouse button) then popup (right mouse button). It'd be nice
> if the right mouse click could do a select & popup.

    I'll see what I can do.  The problem here is deciding when it's
appropriate to adjust the selection.  IE, if you have multiple things
highlighted and the right-click will alter the selection, it would
select the one item under the cursor and lose the selection of the others.
I'm sure I can come up with something though. 0-]

> What does shortcut type (link/application) in the GNOME & KDE shortcut
> platform target dialog box mean? I tried leaving it blank, and no shortcut
> got created. I'll have to try again with one or the other when I get the
> chance.

    In Gnome and KDE, you create a shortcut of two types.  A link or an
application.  An application means some file or application on the
current system and is mostly what you're looking for.  A link, on the
other hand, means a URL somewhere on the internet.  So, you could create
an HTML "link" shortcut to your home website on the desktop or something.

> Copy & paste doesn't work in the Windows shortcut input fields. Seems to
> in the GNOME & KDE ones, though. I only noticed this because I have a long
> set of command line arguments to pass in each shortcut.

    I don't see this happening.  I can copy-and-paste fine to and from any
field in the Windows Shortcut window.  What system are you testing on?

> Anyway, thanks again - InstallBase rocks.

    Thanks.  I'm really glad you like it.  It's nice to know all the time
I put into it isn't wasted. 0-]  I sometimes get discouraged looking at
everything InstallShield MP does and thinking I'll never be able to
catch up. 0-]  They're really the only competitor who supports all the
multiple platforms.

Thanks again,

Damon