Re: [Installbase-devel] Where are the docs?

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

> That browser thing fixed the help problem.
> 
> Now I will read the documentation about Components and External
> Programs. I have tried that but it has yet to actually run any thing.
> 
> As for my quick fix to running a program before install I was just
> wrapping the install in my own script after it was made. That works but
> I was hoping for a better way.
> 
> Thanks for the fast reply.

    So, you are trying to execute an external program on a UNIX platform
I would assume?  A shell script?  I will check on the "External Program"
component and make sure it's functioning properly.  That only fires at
the end of the entire install though.

    Ultimately, you should be able to distribute the install as a single
file.  I really don't want the way that some are forced to do it now
with zipping (or tar'ing) the install with external scripts and the like.
When everything is said and done, you should be able to execute everything
from within the single binary.

    Give me a little background on what you're doing, and I can probably
give some advice on how to make it all work. 0-]

Damon