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<blockquote data-quote="catavolt" data-source="post: 658120" data-attributes="member: 54906">AW: Skin MPEI InstallersHi Doug, here is my xmp2 file for PVHD 4.3. From there you can see how to build a safe installer without overwriting plugins with elder versions and to allow the user to choose which plugins to install.Hope this helps a bit <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" />But stumbled upon this one: If installing a plugin with the skin (e.g. you have chosen to install InfoService), it will be installed as expected.When installing a next version of the skin, the previous installation will be deleted - unfortunately with all plugins you installed. So if you now choose to NOT install InfoService, you end up with a MP without InfoService...As this is an unwanted behaviour, I PMed dukus already to give an option in the installer, what to be uninstalled, in case of skins I would prefer to define the skin folder only to be deleted. I think that could be done without big changes and I also think it´s absolutely necessary to have this.Therefore you will find in my xmp2 that I disabled the option to deinstall before installing the new version.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="catavolt, post: 658120, member: 54906"] [b]AW: Skin MPEI Installers[/b] Hi Doug, here is my xmp2 file for PVHD 4.3. From there you can see how to build a safe installer without overwriting plugins with elder versions and to allow the user to choose which plugins to install. Hope this helps a bit :D But stumbled upon this one: If installing a plugin with the skin (e.g. you have chosen to install InfoService), it will be installed as expected. When installing a next version of the skin, the previous installation will be deleted - unfortunately with all plugins you installed. So if you now choose to NOT install InfoService, you end up with a MP without InfoService... As this is an unwanted behaviour, I PMed dukus already to give an option in the installer, what to be uninstalled, in case of skins I would prefer to define the skin folder only to be deleted. I think that could be done without big changes and I also think it´s absolutely necessary to have this. Therefore you will find in my xmp2 that I disabled the option to deinstall before installing the new version. [/QUOTE]

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