Igor:
Sorry for the late reply about this. Some comments inline:
> > What 'd like it to show is a list of the add-on binaries
> > that Kaboodle uses: Gnucleus, VNC, WinPCAP, ZeBeDee.
> There are members of two kind in above list:
> a) - Binaries, which are *obligatory* part of Kaboodle.
> Without them a user cannot to run Kaboodle.
> Please try to remove GnucleusProto.dll and start Kaboodle.
> You will see a MessageBox
> *The dynamic link library GnucleusProto.dll
> could not be found in the specified path...*
> and Kaboodle didn't runs.
Okay, we should fix that first. Kaboodle shouldn't require
GnucleusProto.dll to run. If it's not there, the user simply cannot
use the VPN capability.
> Also I know that Kaboodle always activate GnucleusProto.dll at
> start up. I guess that Kaboodle will activate ZeBeDee at start
> up also. (I didn't know that Kaboodle uses WinPCAP now.)
See, if this feature was working, you'd know that Kaboodle
was trying to use WinPCAP. :)
> It seems to me that it is not interesting for user to see
> an information about such binaries.
> I suggest didn't include in "Components" list binaries,
> which are *obligatory* part of Kaboodle.
> Otherwise the status of them will be "active" always.
> There are many other system binaries,
> which are *obligatory* part of Kaboodle, for example:
> ws2_32.dll, Rpcrt4.dll, Crypt32.dll, netapi32.dll, mpr.dll, etc.
> You can open Kaboodle in "Dependency Walker"
> - Microsoft Visual Studio\Common\Tools\depends.exe
> and see list of all binaries, which used by Kaboodle.
> There are several tens of such binaries.
> Why we need show GnucleusProto and don't need show above tens?
I don't want to show system binaries, but I do want to
list optional component binaries. My list right now is: Gnucleus,
VNC, WinPCAP, ZeBeDee. Each of them should have a status field
that says either "Active" or "Not Installed".
> b) - Binaries, which are *optional* part of Kaboodle,
> but which allow to expand Kaboodle's functionality.
> For example, VNC is such binary.
> If a user will open "Components" tab and see that VNC didn't installed
> yet, then the user can click "Get Info" button and
> see how interesting VNC service is.
> After that the user may be decide to install VNC.
>
> So I suggest include in "Components" list binaries,
> which are of kind 1.b only.
> Please let me know what you think about that.
I think we pretty much agree. Gnucleus, VNC, WinPCAP,
and ZeBeDee are all optional parts of Kaboodle and should be
listed.
> 2. Now I see only single component VNC,
> which can be implemented in above tab.
> I suggest divide that component into two parts:
> VNC server and VNC viewer and show both these parts independently.
Actually, it's very unusual for a system to have one
and not the other. I'd rather it just have one line that says
either "Active" or "Not Installed".
I'd also like to change the layout of the Components
tab so that it looks like the "Main" tab of the VNC Service
icon. That is, it has some explanation text on the left, and
then a scrollable list of Components in the middle, and then
then "Get Info" and "Homepage" buttons either on the right
or at the bottom. The explanation text can read "Kaboodle
makes use of a number of other standalone applications to
achieve its overall functionality (hence the name!). A list
of these components, and their installation status, is shown
here".
Thanks!
-Scott
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Scott C. Best" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Igor Kotelevsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: "Kaboodle-devel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 10:56 AM
> Subject: Components tab
>
>
> > Igor:
> > Now that the "Web Config" is working, in addition to
> > the interface bug problem, here's what I was hoping you could
> > work on: the Component tab of a PC running Kaboodle is currently
> > empty. What 'd like it to show is a list of the add-on binaries
> > that Kaboodle uses: Gnucleus, VNC, WinPCAP, ZeBeDee. For each
> > of these components, I'd like there to be a column called
> > "status" which indicates whether the binary is installed and
> > active or not. Each one of these components should be select'able,
> > and the user can click a "Get Info" button, which will open
> > a messageBox that tells about the binary (have a look at
> > www.Kaboodele.org, click on "Components", for some sample text).
> > I'd also like there to be a "Homepage" button underneath the
> > "Get Info" button -- clicking on that while a components is
> > selected will open a browser to that app's homepage.
> >
> > You've seem to got a good feel about how I like the
> > PropertyTabs to be laid out, so feel free to design it as you
> > have been doing. Thanks!
> >
> > -Scott
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