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<blockquote data-quote="Bleazle" data-source="post: 602088" data-attributes="member: 53582">Hi dukusThanks for sending me the updated file, that worked! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> I couldn't tell what you had changed from the previous file but I have worked with what you sent me (added a lot of things) and have finally come up with an MPE1 Installer file that I'm happy with <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />I'm replying here (instead of emailing you) because I wanted to cover something which I have found difficult to work with and I want to see what others (and you) think.The &quot;problem&quot; I have with the Extension Maker is the &quot;Overwrite if older&quot; setting. It can be really hard to work with (for me anyway!) For example in the BleazleWide installer I have had to use 3 different BasicHome xml files to give the User the choices I wanted to give. For this to work properly I have to save the files in the correct chronological order for the installer to work. Sounds easy, but if I decide to make a change to one file I then have to go back and make sure it hasn't mixed up the order the files should be saved in - this cost me a lot of time while putting the Installer file together because I kept making little changes to different XML and PNG files which had &quot;options&quot; assigned to them.I can see why &quot;Overwrite if older&quot; is an important command but in the &quot;Install/Edit Action&quot; section of the Extension Maker it says &quot;Install all files which have group checked&quot; - which I assume means the files that are shown in the &quot;Tree View Selector&quot; section? and then it installs the selections a user has made in the &quot;Image Radio Button&quot; sections based on the &quot;Overwrite if older&quot; command? Would it be possible to also add a command which says &quot;install if selected&quot; to the Groups &amp; Files section? That way if 2 options are offered in an &quot;Image Radio Button&quot; screen the installer will automatically install the option (group) which has been selected - that just seems a lot easier on the skin maker...I don't know how any of this stuff works in the background so I could be asking for something which is impossible, or maybe isn't best practice (or it could just be a dumb idea!<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops!&nbsp; &nbsp; :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" />) but I wanted to ask the question anyway. I hope I've made sense.Having finally created 2 MPE1 files I've got to say that this is a great addition to MP! Thanks for all of your hard work!Bleazle</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Bleazle, post: 602088, member: 53582"] Hi dukus Thanks for sending me the updated file, that worked! :D I couldn't tell what you had changed from the previous file but I have worked with what you sent me (added a lot of things) and have finally come up with an MPE1 Installer file that I'm happy with :-) I'm replying here (instead of emailing you) because I wanted to cover something which I have found difficult to work with and I want to see what others (and you) think. The "problem" I have with the Extension Maker is the "Overwrite if older" setting. It can be really hard to work with (for me anyway!) For example in the BleazleWide installer I have had to use 3 different BasicHome xml files to give the User the choices I wanted to give. For this to work properly I have to save the files in the correct chronological order for the installer to work. Sounds easy, but if I decide to make a change to one file I then have to go back and make sure it hasn't mixed up the order the files should be saved in - this cost me a lot of time while putting the Installer file together because I kept making little changes to different XML and PNG files which had "options" assigned to them. I can see why "Overwrite if older" is an important command but in the "Install/Edit Action" section of the Extension Maker it says "Install all files which have group checked" - which I assume means the files that are shown in the "Tree View Selector" section? and then it installs the selections a user has made in the "Image Radio Button" sections based on the "Overwrite if older" command? Would it be possible to also add a command which says "install if selected" to the Groups & Files section? That way if 2 options are offered in an "Image Radio Button" screen the installer will automatically install the option (group) which has been selected - that just seems a lot easier on the skin maker... I don't know how any of this stuff works in the background so I could be asking for something which is impossible, or maybe isn't best practice (or it could just be a dumb idea!:ooops:) but I wanted to ask the question anyway. I hope I've made sense. Having finally created 2 MPE1 files I've got to say that this is a great addition to MP! Thanks for all of your hard work! Bleazle [/QUOTE]

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