[Wraith]

I'll be off uni next friday, for a week and a half. (Yay for the uni following the easter holiday tradiition...)

What this means, essentially, is that I'll have 10x more time to add/fix stuff in XPlode.

SO... you people have 3 days to think up what you need.

One thing planned is the optional redrawing of the XPlode GUI-install background.

Lucky thing for you lot, I still have the code lying around for it, so it won't be too much of a problem to reimplement.

As I've been busy for the last couple of weeks, you people are going to have to remind me of what else needed doing.

I'll add a poll soon of what I remember needs doing.

[Sie Tjin Kian]

Hi Wraith,
thank you for these chance!!! Here is what I would preffer.

GUI Options, like Weight and Height of used Images, a CHM Help with explain to progress bar. (Doesn't work under Version 1.0.5)

A Network Configurator, maybe with the Windows Built In Command "Netsh".

If you can use 3rd party DLLS, please built in AutoIt V2, it would be great to use AutoIt inside from XPLode.

Finally, your XPLode is great. I love it.

P.S.: I have problems with the XML File Format, I can use only Notepad for editing. When I use an Editor like Textpad, I can't save in the correct format, every time my XML-File is broken. What Do I wrong?

Have a nice time, Sie Tjin Kian

[Wraith]

I won't be providing a CHM any longer - I had planned to update the site so it used the database for configuration docs. This is going to be the main priority over the break.
If I have my way, ALL documentation will be working at the end of THIS week.

I don't know about the netsh stuff, maybe you could find a list of things, and see whether they run mid-install. (Shift+F10 to get a command prompt during installation - try them there as some things may not work...)

As for the AutoIt stuff, I've never used it before... looking at the introduction, there's a way to make them into executables, so maybe that would be easier. As far as using the DLL, it would probably be more like adding a plugin rather than building support into XPlode natively. (this cuts down the internal complexity)
The netsh would probably be best implemented as a plugin as well.

The XML has to be in unicode. Any program that supports unicode text files should be able to be used with the xml's XPlode uses.

[Sie Tjin Kian]

Hi Wraith,
Have you seen on the AutoIt Site, that there is allready a ready DLL for this?

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The XML has to be in unicode

I read this at your documentation and in the forum, but when I try to save in unicode, the xml won't work! I dunno why!

What Programming is XPLode, is it C-Code?

Have a nice day, Sie Tjin Kian

[Wraith]

Sie Tjin Kian, on Apr 5 2004, 11:22 PM, said:

Hi Wraith,
Have you seen on the AutoIt Site, that there is allready a ready DLL for this?

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The XML has to be in unicode

I read this at your documentation and in the forum, but when I try to save in unicode, the xml won't work! I dunno why!

What Programming is XPLode, is it C-Code?

Have a nice day, Sie Tjin Kian

Yes, I saw the DLL, but you'd still need to link it through another plugin.
I'm not going to put it straight into XPlode.

You have to be using 1.0.5? for unicode to work.
If it's still not working, and you're sure it's in unicode, attach the XML here.

It's C++.

[prathapml]

Yay for you, wraith.

Well, I say my answer is "none of the above"
All the above things are being done anyway by us (or not needed).

Just fix-up the "fixmain" param please..........
All else is fine.
Basically, in GUIinst mode it should not need the fix main - it should fill the entire Y-coordinate of the screen aotomatically (let X-coordinate stay configurable).


Thanks for all your attention towards XPlode (been using this since XPinstall 0.01).

[Alanoll]

Sie Tjin Kian, on Apr 5 2004, 07:22 AM, said:

Hi Wraith,
Have you seen on the AutoIt Site, that there is allready a ready DLL for this?

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The XML has to be in unicode

I read this at your documentation and in the forum, but when I try to save in unicode, the xml won't work! I dunno why!

What Programming is XPLode, is it C-Code?

Have a nice day, Sie Tjin Kian

have you tried using the /log: option? If it says your XML files still isn't Unicode, try opening it in Internet Explorer or another XML viewer.

I had that problem once, and I forgot to close a tag, but XPlode said it wasn't saved as Unicode.



oooh oooh! I know of another option, SP2 compatibility

[Wraith]

@prathapml:
You're going to have to explain a bit better than that
Can't you just use <show total='-1'> ?

@Alanoll:
Shh. Only when SP2 is released.

[Alanoll]

i think the man was tyring to say, when using GUIInstall mode, instead being "fixmain" via parameter...

it should draw the ENTIRE vertical length of the screen, while the width of it is editable

[cyberdiamond]

Is the speed issue going to be fixed on the transparent gui mode?

[Wraith]

What speed issue?

[KMan]

Sie Tjin Kian, on Apr 5 2004, 04:59 AM, said:

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P.S.: I have problems with the XML File Format, I can use only Notepad for editing. When I use an Editor like Textpad, I can't save in the correct format, every time my XML-File is broken. What Do I wrong?

Have a nice time, Sie Tjin Kian

Hi!

you will have to either add a documentclass for xml (cant hurt anyway, syntax highlighting makes life easier anytime ) or edit the standard document class, from TextPad 4.7.0 and above the header writing for Unicode files has been turned off, i am translating from german so i am not sure the option is called exacly like that but there should be something like Write UTF-8 BOM Header if you enable this, you will be able to edit XPlode configs in TextPad again without any problems. You can always check after writing if you .xml is ok with a HexEditor (or with TextPad when opening as binary) the first two bytes of the file need to be the header which is FF FE

Hope this helps

Greetz

KMan

[big_gie]

I would be pleased to see the good old GuiInstall with no transparency... I could then upgrade still using v1.0 because of that...

[exiteable]

i love the prog Wraith i just need some help with the syntax for most wanted appz
id add as with runonce i can duplicate and pick up easy but with this in xml prog im struggling

i gotta have winamp 5
isobuster
winrar
power dvd
and basic mirc
and norton internet security
to live
and for life of me cant work them out after the hotfixes etc
in this script
so if anyone has these for xplode or xpinstall

so maybe more scripts im needing

[Alanoll]

exiteable, on Apr 6 2004, 06:06 PM, said:

i love the prog Wraith i just need some help with the syntax for most wanted appz
id add as with runonce i can duplicate and pick up easy but with this  in xml prog im struggling

i gotta have winamp 5
isobuster
winrar
power dvd
and basic mirc
and norton internet security
to live
and for life of me cant work them out after the hotfixes etc
in this script
so if anyone has these for xplode or xpinstall

so maybe more scripts im needing

wrond thread dude......

but it might help posting your XML file

[Wraith]

Okay, if I do installation selection... it's not going to be normal XPlode GUI, it'll be standard windows and controls etc.

If you people can live with that, I'll add optional support for popping up another dialog before the main XPlode one.

Should hopefully be a couple of hours to do this way, if I did it with the XPlode UI, it'd take a heck of a long time, which was why I was avoiding it.

So, if ppl are happy with it, I'll do it that way... I'll be back home in 6 or so hours after my last class at uni, so that's when I plan to start coding.

You people decide.

[Alanoll]

NOO!! Don't surprise me!!!!


(the world has now come to an end)










I woudl say Multiple disk, but I use DVDs and not even half full.....
I would say GUIInstall fixer upper, but......i dunno.....

[Sie Tjin Kian]

Hi KMan,
how you can see, my english is stupid too and in this case I understand what mean.
I have configured Textpad like in your Topic. Now it works!
big Thanxfor your great help!

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syntax highlighting makes life easier anytime

do you have a ready syntax file? Could you post it? Please


Have a nice day, Sie Tjin Kian

[spyderx]

big_gie, on Apr 6 2004, 05:41 AM, said:

I would be pleased to see the good old GuiInstall with no transparency... I could then upgrade still using v1.0 because of that...

+1 !!!!

[cyberdiamond]

Wraith, on Apr 6 2004, 01:26 PM, said:

What speed issue?

Didn't it take 2-3 times as long in Gui Transparent (full screen) mode as the normal (small box)?