Hi! I hacked together an installer [1] for Windows that does the following: - Copies forrest 0.8 to the program directory (C:\Program Files) - Sets FORREST_HOME - Seeds a new project (new folder on the user's desktop) - Creates desktop shortcuts to start forrest and open localhost:8888
The installation is based on the zip-file for forrest-0.8 and results in a total size of 23.088.307 Bytes (slightly *smaller* than the original zip file). I'll attach the script to generate the installer to this e-mail (you'll probably need to adapt the sources, line 42). I don't know how to proceed: - Is such an installer of general interest? - Who may help "polish" it (e.g. uninstall, icons, ...)? - How to commit? The script is easily committed but what about the .exe? Cheers, Johannes [1] http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ plus plugin: [2] http://nsis.sourceforge.net/ShellLink_plug-in -- User Interface Design GmbH, Ludwigsburg, Germany Phone/Fax +49 7141 37700-46/-99, Mobile +49 170 4914567 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] * www.uidesign.de Offices: Martin-Luther-Straße 57-59, D-71636 Ludwigsburg Truderinger Strasse 330, D-81825 Muenchen Friedrichsring 46, D-68161 Mannheim Legal information according to EHUG: User Interface Design GmbH; Managing Directors: Dr. Claus Goerner, Franz Koller; Head office: Ludwigsburg; Commercial register of the local court of Stuttgart, Germany, HRB 205519 +++ We have moved to new premises: As of October 15, you will find the UID head office at Martin-Luther-Strasse 57-59 * 71636 Ludwigsburg. +++
; forrest.nsi ; ; Installation script to install Apache Forrest 0.8 ; - Extracts all Forrest files to $PROGRAMFILES (usually "C:\Program Files\") ; - Seeds a new project on the desktop ; - Sets FORREST_HOME ; - Creates desktop shortcuts to start Forrest and open a browser ; ; No uninstall (yet), simply delete all of the above ; !include WriteEnvStr.nsh ;-------------------------------- ; The name of the installer Name "Apache Forrest 0.8" ; The file to write OutFile "apache-forrest-0.8.exe" ; The default installation directory InstallDir $PROGRAMFILES\apache-forrest-0.8 ; The default seed directory VAR FSEED ;-------------------------------- ; Pages Page components Page directory Page instfiles ;-------------------------------- Section "Apache Forrest 0.8 (required)" ; Set output path to the installation directory. SetOutPath $INSTDIR File /a /r c:\programme\apache-forrest-0.8-orig\*.* SectionEnd Section "Set FORREST_HOME (optional)" Push "FORREST_HOME" Push $INSTDIR Call WriteEnvStr SectionEnd Section "Create New Project (on Desktop, optional)" Push $OUTDIR StrCpy $FSEED "$DESKTOP\Forrest-Project" ; this should be asked during installation! SetOutPath $FSEED ClearErrors FileOpen $0 $INSTDIR\fseed.bat w IfErrors done FileWrite $0 "D:" FileWriteByte $0 "13" FileWriteByte $0 "10" FileWrite $0 "cd $FSEED" FileWriteByte $0 "13" FileWriteByte $0 "10" FileWrite $0 '"$INSTDIR\bin\forrest" seed' FileWriteByte $0 "13" FileWriteByte $0 "10" FileClose $0 ExecWait "$INSTDIR\fseed.bat" done: Pop $OUTDIR SectionEnd Section "Desktop Shortcuts (optional)" ClearErrors FileOpen $0 $FSEED\run-forrest.bat w IfErrors done FileWrite $0 '"$INSTDIR\bin\forrest" run -Dforrest.jvmargs="-Djetty.port=8888"' FileWriteByte $0 "13" FileWriteByte $0 "10" FileClose $0 CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\start-forrest.lnk" "$FSEED\run-forrest.bat" "" "$INSTDIR\forrest.ico" 0 ShellLink::SetShortCutWorkingDirectory "$DESKTOP\start-forrest.lnk" "$FSEED" pop $0 ; error handling missing CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\show-forrest-project.lnk" "http://localhost:8888/"; "" "$INSTDIR\forrest.ico" 0 done: SectionEnd
