Hi all, sometime back, someone at GW pointed out that some of the names for apps which we had chosen could be better. For instance: instead of my app being named "MS Word" (which really didn't describe anything about what it did, but only named the program it worked with), a name such as "Word Advanced Features" would be more descriptive, and better for allowing other "Word" app developers to also name their app something relating to Word.
A discussion followed re the problems of renaming an app already in place, and the conclusion arrived at was unfortunately, there's no simple way to rename an existing app and have it be completely transparent to the current users. I have now added a new wiki article entitled "How to Rename an Existing App", which details the approach I used for my Word Advanced Features app; including an app which can be included in your .wepm file, to aid in the renaming process. This seemed to work well for me, with no complaints from end users as the renaming took place. As always, the article is open to all, for anyone who'd like to improve/correct it, or add other approaches. Or you could just send me any email if you'd just rather let me know of any needed corrections and I'l be glad to make them. Obviously, one other approach is to just tell users of your app that they must uninstall it, and download and install the newer version! Chip
