> This looks more complicated than it actually is, but is slightly more > involved than the standard drop into the ProgFiles directory. It is > probably the most appropriate place for a data directory, though, so our > defaults should probably match that. (And no worries, the installer writes > a shortcut to the data directory in the Start Menu!) > > Any Windows users have any thoughts?
Thanks for taking this up - it results in a maddening set of problems when UAC is turned on. Ian commented on dropping shapefiles in a directory; after the shadow copy is made (if you edit a shapefile) you cannot really "remove" a modified shapefile unless you hunt down both copies ... very frustrating to explain. > * Jody, this is the default %APPDATA% environment variable, so evidently, > things would end up in the Roaming folder anyway... understood :-) If you would like to give this a go I am available to test this week; indeed I am very impressed with your installer and would like to update the udig training materials to use it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Geoserver-devel mailing list Geoserver-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel
