Hi Neil, > On Sat, 11 Sept 2021 at 22:43, Oliver Rettig <oliver.ret...@orat.de> wrote: > > I am still using the netbeans buildin installing stuff but it was always > > difficult for me to figure out how to implement specific needs. Main > > disadvanatage for me was need of a jre installed on the pc to use the > > installer and the lack of a tool to includes the app-icons in the > > executables. > > I've not used the built-in installers for the platform for years > myself now for these reasons, and more.
I would suggest to create a cwiki-page maybe under How-to-Articles or is it a better place? I think a place to collect all the informations about the advantages and disadvantages of the nbi and also to collect old documentation parts to the usage of the nbi would be great. Also to collect alternatives as your approach ... > > it needs a better structure which makes it possible to implement > > app-specific parts in the src of the app instead of all putting in the > > harness dir > Are there particular app-specific things you have in mind? What > customizations, packaging types, support, etc. might we need to > consider if we take this route? I always need support for Windows and Linux. I often us to set platform dependend file-type-associations which to allow that a double-click on a file of specific type automatically opens my Netbeans-RCP-App. I also use the possiblilty to add app specific dialogs into to installer, e.g. to configure the place for additional app-specific DATA folders which can be used from more than one application or different versions of the same application. In my scientific applications I typically add into the installation to make a choice between several "models" which are installed as an bundle of files and folders at a user defined place which has to be saved in the netbeans.conf file to be found by the application later. Trouble with UAC and variants to be able to install the applications in central administered windows environment of universities or big companies has to be keep in mind. With nbi it was sometimes complicated to solve such problems. An further point in this szenario in the past for me was that often the user has often liminted space for the cache it it is per default on a remote harddisk. For these cases it would be great if the installer is able to change the place where the application stores the cache, e.g. on a local folder. With nbi I often run into problems for deinstallation of the complete application due to file-rights-problems. This point should be overcome the tools of your approach, I think. best regards Oliver > Best wishes, > > Neil > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
