RE: [Installbase-devel] InstallBase

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

> Thanks for your reply.  I thought I had looked though all the options
> available, but obviously I had missed the option "Create new file groups
> while adding directories.".  Makes me sound like the users I support!  :-)

    Hehe... Well, some of the help documentation can be a little
less-than-helpful sometimes, but I'm planning on really working on that
before I reach 1.0 (which should be soon, hopefully).  Like I said, the
new release will have no question as to what adding directories does.
It's very simplified.

> In all honesty I do enjoy the software, I like the look and feel of the
> software and enjoy its features.  I was first attracted to InstallBase
> because of its multi-platform support, something we need for installation of
> server style software.

    Well, I plan to add more platforms as time goes on.  I got a report
that Solaris wasn't quite working properly, and I don't really have a
Solaris machine to test on. 0-]  But, I plan on adding a lot more
platforms over time.  Over 20 when it's all said and done. 0-]

> I will happily provide any information I can on possible improvements and
> defects.
> 
> As for the problem I have experienced when double clicking, I expect it may
> be a winXP or other software compatibility issue, from memory the error is a
> windows error.  I can't remember clearly because I tend to avoid causing it.
> When I get some time I'll try and generate the error and provide details
> (and screen shots).

    If you can, I'd really appreciate it.  If it is a Windows problem,
I'd still like to see if I can maybe make up for the shortcoming.

> As for making it easier to work with java, well you don't really need to do
> anything.  If a java developer knows how to use java properly, your tool
> provides more than enough functionality to install a java based software
> solution.

    Well, I've had a couple requests for a condition that could tell
the installer what versions of Java are currently installed on the system
and so on.  I will probably add that feature into later versions along
with some other nice little condition commands.

    Conditions are about to get an overhaul as well to allow for easily
making multiple conditions.  Right now, you can just use || or && in a
condition statement and get the same deal, but some non-programmers
might not grasp that too well.  I'm fine with it. 0-]

    Thanks for the comments though, and if you come up with anything
you think is missing or some feature you'd like to have, don't hesitate
to e-mail me.  InstallBase gets better when good programmers tell me
the features I'm missing. 0-]

Thanks,

Damon