Re: [wpkg-users] Questions

2006-04-11 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
sbotsford wrote: Question: for the developers: 1. What determines whether a piece of information is embedded as an attribute or as a separate tag. Eg: Check has 3 attributes, but install has only command. It's up to you, as a system administrator, to determine how many checks you have a

Re: [wpkg-users] Installing shockwave

2006-04-11 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
sbotsford wrote: My default rollout has 3 browsers on it. (Students do NOT believe that things in Internet Explorer aren't the same as in FireFox.) The shockwave installer always finds Internet Explorer, but only finds firefox or opera if they are the default browser. Any idea how to ins

Re: [wpkg-users] Feature request: Consolidated error window.

2006-04-11 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
sbotsford wrote: At present when debugging, you get: A window saying which xml file it was working on. OK A window saying what the problem was OK A window saying what line number it occured on OK A window saying the offset in the line OK A windows saying the file offset (a number I don't believ

Re: [wpkg-users] Feature request: Global environment variables for packages.

2006-04-11 Thread Tomasz Chmielewski
sbotsford wrote: Perhaps we need a 4th xml file for this. After writing just a couple packages, I can see merit in being able to define global environment variables for wpkg. Example: suppose that my installation share point is \\conan\installers\wpkg. I would much rather have $WPKG. and

[wpkg-users] Feature request: Consolidated error window.

2006-04-11 Thread sbotsford
At present when debugging, you get: A window saying which xml file it was working on. OK A window saying what the problem was OK A window saying what line number it occured on OK A window saying the offset in the line OK A windows saying the file offset (a number I don't believe...) OK Can thes

[wpkg-users] Feature request: Global environment variables for packages.

2006-04-11 Thread sbotsford
Perhaps we need a 4th xml file for this. After writing just a couple packages, I can see merit in being able to define global environment variables for wpkg. Example: suppose that my installation share point is \\conan\installers\wpkg. I would much rather have $WPKG. and later, as I accumu

[wpkg-users] Installing shockwave

2006-04-11 Thread sbotsford
My default rollout has 3 browsers on it. (Students do NOT believe that things in Internet Explorer aren't the same as in FireFox.) The shockwave installer always finds Internet Explorer, but only finds firefox or opera if they are the default browser. Any idea how to install for all browe

[wpkg-users] Questions

2006-04-11 Thread sbotsford
Question: for the developers: 1. What determines whether a piece of information is embedded as an attribute or as a separate tag. Eg: Check has 3 attributes, but install has only command. 2. Some tags seem be used for multiple meanings. E.g: in check, Path can mean either a registry pa

[wpkg-users] deciphering a package description.

2006-04-11 Thread sbotsford
I'll admit I find the package syntax daunting. I had to grovel about on the web, looking at XML FAQ's to decode it. If I'm having trouble, probably others do to. (Or I have a monopoly on wpkg ignorance...) Let's look at the example package. 1. My first step was to break these long run on