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<blockquote data-quote="vuego" data-source="post: 660418" data-attributes="member: 23741"><p>I have a very simple task I'm trying to acomplish. I've got three different styled TV-logos. The user should be able to select among the three and the corresponding .png files should be copied to the thumbs folder and that's it. It seems the process is not very straight forward using MpeMaker. I could use some help and also got some improvement suggestions.</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">1. Do I need to download mpeInstaller.zip or is it now included in 1.1.0? Perhaps this information could be added to the first post to assist new users.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">2. I started MpeMaker, clicked around without changing anything, but when closing I get a warning that all changes will be lost. I think the program should help the users who forget to click Save - not confuse them. Is it possible to show this warning only if there actually been any changes done to the project?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">3. <strong>General Informations/Extension Informations: </strong>I added my Extension description, This version description and clicked Save. It all looks good until I open the project again at a later occation. Now it looks all messed up (but it turns out that just the new lines disappeared). If you need to remove all new lines could you instead do it as the user type or when saving?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">4. <strong>Setup/Groups & Files: </strong>I added two more groups but when trying to change Display name they are still called Default, Group 1 and Group 2. Even after saving and reopening the project. How do I rename the groups?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">5. <strong>Setup/Groups & Files: </strong>I added my files (155 files to each group) using the Add files button and all defaults to %Base% as Install location. No problem, I'll just change them to %Thumbs%\tv\logos. The problem is that Install location gets greyed out when selecting two or more files which means I'd have to do it one bye one, 465 times. Could it be possible to select multiple files and change Install type, Update Option and Install location?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">6. <strong>Setup/Groups & Files: </strong>Next, I selected the group instead and changed the Install location there in hope that it also update all files in the group. At first it looks like it didn't work since all files still are named %Base% but after looking closer it seems to have updated the files after all. Perhaps the file list displayed should also update after clicking Set to avoid confusion?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">7. Small useability issue regarding the <strong>Know path templates (Select double click)</strong> window that opens when setting Install location. Its initial size is just a little bit to small which means the user has to resize it everytime it opens (since the window size is not remembered). Also the title sounds a bit strange. Perhaps we could change it to "Path templates (double click to select)" or similar?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">8. <strong>Setup/Groups & Files: </strong>Wise from my previous mistake I'm now about to set the Install location for the next group of files before adding them to the group. But Install location is grayed out again after selecting Group #2 and the File tab. Wouldn't it make sense to be able to set the group's install location before adding files?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">9. <strong>Setup/Groups & Files: </strong>The Update Option of the File tab is also somewhat confusing. The options are: Newer overwrite, Always overwrite and Overwrite if older. You should consider using other terms to replace Newer/Always since it's easy to confuse with Never/Always. Also I don't see when I'd like to Overwrite if older. Or perhaps it means to overwrite if the target file already exists and is older which means that Newer overwrite would be Never overwrite after all...? Perhaps the options should instead be Overwrite: Always, Never or If newer.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">10. <strong>Setup/Install sections bug: </strong>Down arrow changes position when the window is resized but up arrow doesn't.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">11. <strong>Setup/Install sections: </strong>I learned from this thread that I have to customize a Setup Complete screen to let the user choose between more than two radio buttons. I would never have guessed it so perhaps we could improve things by upgrading the Image Radio button Section or create a pre customized Setup Complete section and call it Radio button Section? It could save new users some time.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">12. <strong>Setup/Install sections/Setup Complete screen: </strong>It looks like it's always the last radio button that is selected by default. I tried to change it by checking Default selected for only one group but it doesn't seem to have any effect. Perhaps this checkbox means something else?</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">13. Before I build the package I wanted to move my files from the temporary directory to another location but this makes MpeMaker crash when trying to open the .xmp2 file.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">14. <strong>Setup/Install sections/Install section: </strong>In the Actions tab I selected InstallFiles and click Edit Action (small typo: "Befor Wizard Screen Show" should be "Before" and "Install all files witch have group selected" should be "which"). My question here is what to select in Condition group. I want the installer to copy the files of the group that was selected. Can I leave it blank or do I need to create one InstallFiles action for every group? I selected Default group and then built the package. When running the .mpe1 file it now seems that two groups are installed and I end up with files from the last group in my tv logo folder (it doesn't matter which radio button I select). I rebuild the package with InstallFiles changed to Group 1 but that makes all three radio buttons copy no files at all. Any ideas?</p><p></p><p>Sorry for the long post. I realize that most issues are trivial can be worked around by trial and error but if stuff like this could be fixed or clarified we could save lots of documentation and new users like me could start creating installers without having to request help <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vuego, post: 660418, member: 23741"] I have a very simple task I'm trying to acomplish. I've got three different styled TV-logos. The user should be able to select among the three and the corresponding .png files should be copied to the thumbs folder and that's it. It seems the process is not very straight forward using MpeMaker. I could use some help and also got some improvement suggestions. [INDENT]1. Do I need to download mpeInstaller.zip or is it now included in 1.1.0? Perhaps this information could be added to the first post to assist new users. 2. I started MpeMaker, clicked around without changing anything, but when closing I get a warning that all changes will be lost. I think the program should help the users who forget to click Save - not confuse them. Is it possible to show this warning only if there actually been any changes done to the project? 3. [B]General Informations/Extension Informations: [/B]I added my Extension description, This version description and clicked Save. It all looks good until I open the project again at a later occation. Now it looks all messed up (but it turns out that just the new lines disappeared). If you need to remove all new lines could you instead do it as the user type or when saving? 4. [B]Setup/Groups & Files: [/B]I added two more groups but when trying to change Display name they are still called Default, Group 1 and Group 2. Even after saving and reopening the project. How do I rename the groups? 5. [B]Setup/Groups & Files: [/B]I added my files (155 files to each group) using the Add files button and all defaults to %Base% as Install location. No problem, I'll just change them to %Thumbs%\tv\logos. The problem is that Install location gets greyed out when selecting two or more files which means I'd have to do it one bye one, 465 times. Could it be possible to select multiple files and change Install type, Update Option and Install location? 6. [B]Setup/Groups & Files: [/B]Next, I selected the group instead and changed the Install location there in hope that it also update all files in the group. At first it looks like it didn't work since all files still are named %Base% but after looking closer it seems to have updated the files after all. Perhaps the file list displayed should also update after clicking Set to avoid confusion? 7. Small useability issue regarding the [B]Know path templates (Select double click)[/B] window that opens when setting Install location. Its initial size is just a little bit to small which means the user has to resize it everytime it opens (since the window size is not remembered). Also the title sounds a bit strange. Perhaps we could change it to "Path templates (double click to select)" or similar? 8. [B]Setup/Groups & Files: [/B]Wise from my previous mistake I'm now about to set the Install location for the next group of files before adding them to the group. But Install location is grayed out again after selecting Group #2 and the File tab. Wouldn't it make sense to be able to set the group's install location before adding files? 9. [B]Setup/Groups & Files: [/B]The Update Option of the File tab is also somewhat confusing. The options are: Newer overwrite, Always overwrite and Overwrite if older. You should consider using other terms to replace Newer/Always since it's easy to confuse with Never/Always. Also I don't see when I'd like to Overwrite if older. Or perhaps it means to overwrite if the target file already exists and is older which means that Newer overwrite would be Never overwrite after all...? Perhaps the options should instead be Overwrite: Always, Never or If newer. 10. [B]Setup/Install sections bug: [/B]Down arrow changes position when the window is resized but up arrow doesn't. 11. [B]Setup/Install sections: [/B]I learned from this thread that I have to customize a Setup Complete screen to let the user choose between more than two radio buttons. I would never have guessed it so perhaps we could improve things by upgrading the Image Radio button Section or create a pre customized Setup Complete section and call it Radio button Section? It could save new users some time. 12. [B]Setup/Install sections/Setup Complete screen: [/B]It looks like it's always the last radio button that is selected by default. I tried to change it by checking Default selected for only one group but it doesn't seem to have any effect. Perhaps this checkbox means something else? 13. Before I build the package I wanted to move my files from the temporary directory to another location but this makes MpeMaker crash when trying to open the .xmp2 file. 14. [B]Setup/Install sections/Install section: [/B]In the Actions tab I selected InstallFiles and click Edit Action (small typo: "Befor Wizard Screen Show" should be "Before" and "Install all files witch have group selected" should be "which"). My question here is what to select in Condition group. I want the installer to copy the files of the group that was selected. Can I leave it blank or do I need to create one InstallFiles action for every group? I selected Default group and then built the package. When running the .mpe1 file it now seems that two groups are installed and I end up with files from the last group in my tv logo folder (it doesn't matter which radio button I select). I rebuild the package with InstallFiles changed to Group 1 but that makes all three radio buttons copy no files at all. Any ideas?[/INDENT] Sorry for the long post. I realize that most issues are trivial can be worked around by trial and error but if stuff like this could be fixed or clarified we could save lots of documentation and new users like me could start creating installers without having to request help :) [/QUOTE]
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