[Installbase-devel] Re: Small installbase problem...

[Georgios P. <pe...@ii...>]

=D3=F4=E9=F2 =D0=E5=EC 17 =CF=EA=F4 2002 12:07, =E3=F1=DC=F8=E1=F4=E5:
> > Just a small problem: when you delete the file
> > in the user's home directory that installase keeps
> > its preferences, an error is shown up when
> > you try to load an install. The solution is
> > to open the preferences dialog and activate/deactivate
> > the options (probably some variables get defined :-)).
> > The error was "expected integer but got """...
>
> Thanks again,
>
>     It was a simple fix.  Since I moved preferences into a procedure,
> it was a simple matter of returning a 0 if the preference doesn't exist
> yet.  I was just using a return, which is bad juju. 0-]
>
>     You should really join the ins...@li... mailing
> list sometime.  Currently, it's only me and one other guy, but it's
> helpful to have a place to try out new ideas on people who are actively
> using InstallBase.

Already done :-)
>
>     Any new features / enhancements you can think of?  I'm running out =
of
> ideas.  I may have to actually go beta sometime soon. *shudder*  That m=
eans
> I have to enforce a feature freeze on myself, and I'm terrible at that.=
 0-]

Me also :-) However, regarding enchancements I have a few ideas.
First of all, it would be great if in the custom setup pane the user coul=
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select with more detail what to install. For example, in my application I=
 have
some categories like help files, tools, modules. But there is no way to
select and install some of the tools and modules and not all of them. It=20
would be great if there was at least one more level there...

Also, I still miss an easy way to update the setup. My app is huge, and
re-creating the setup is out of the question. Every time a new release is=
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build, I manually examine all directories to locate any new/deleted files
and then I make the changes in the install. It would be great if installb=
ase=20
could monitor the directories and ask the user if he wants to automatical=
ly
add in the install any new files. Also an exclusion list would be great, =
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not to keep asking about files that don't belong in the distribution.

Also, I have noticed a small problem: when I use the linux installs, the=20
desktop icons are not always added. An icon is added every second (!)
install, which is not logical. Also, the icons are added when I install
the app over an existing installation. The same happens with the uninstal=
ler,
which shows up only when the desktop icons show up. But installing
everything for the first time does not install the icons/uninstaller. Doi=
ng
a second install without erasing the first one solves the problem :-)

Best regards,

George