Re: dqGOOP beta

[Michael A. <mi...@ai...>]

If you make it a package installable form Commander then handling OS and 
LV versions is already handle for you through the Commander interface. I 
would recommend investigating this approach.

Thank You
Michael Aivaliotis

Brian Gangloff wrote:

> Jim Kring wrote:
>
>> Brian,
>>
>> I presume that you used the Nullsoft Scriptable Installer System 
>> (NSIS) for
>> the dqGOOP installer.  Does NSIS support installing something to more 
>> than
>> one location?  For example, it would be VERY cool if you could have 
>> multiple
>> optional installation locations, such as:
>>
>> C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 6.1
>> C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.0
>> C:\Program Files\National Instruments\LabVIEW 7.1
>>
>>  
>>
> Yes, that is the plan.  I will have a components page similar to 
> LabVIEW Version Chooser that will list all of the installed LabVIEW 
> versions so you can check the the ones you want dqGOOP installed to.  
> The maintenance page will also be working so you can add and remove as 
> well.
>
>> I'm not sure how this would be done, as I have yet to really learn the
>> capabilities of NSIS.
>>  
>>
> The registry is the best for Windows (to find out installed versions 
> of LV) and maco's could be used for the NSIS code.
>
>> Anyhow, I would recommend creating an OpenG Package file with dqGOOP 
>> since
>> this would allow a cross platform and LabVIEW version installation 
>> approach.
>> BTW, in a couple months we may have a GUI for building packages.  It 
>> on the
>> to-do list.
>>  
>>
> I may need some help in verifing non windows installations.  I've read 
> how to distribute help for the mac, but would need someone with a mac 
> to test that everything still works.
>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Jim Kring
>>
>
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