Oh, and one important note for those playing with the new installer: uninstall the NSIS based Groovy first and make sure GROOVY_HOME, %PROGRAM_FILES%\Groovy, and PATH are free from references to the old installation before proceeding.
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 9:26 PM Keegan Witt <keeganw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Oh, one more item > > Is 200 the installer version I should use? > > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 9:24 PM Keegan Witt <keeganw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'm working on a new installer for Windows using WIX to create an MSI >> installer, which should be more robust for things like altering environment >> variables and make it easier to do corporate installations. >> >> I'm a total noob when it comes to Windows Installer and WIX, so I'm sure >> I've done some dumb things, but I hacked together a basic working installer >> this weekend. I've put the initial version of the installer here. Your >> feedback is appreciated. >> >> Some things I'm still thinking about or working on: >> >> The start menu shortcuts for documentation don't go into a subfolder, I'm >> not sure why. >> Heat will generate new GUIDs for the binaries and docs folders every time >> the project is built -- I'm not sure if that's the correct thing to do. >> Would you ever want to set GROOVY_HOME without adding to PATH? Or add to >> PATH without setting GROOVY_HOME? Currently the installer groups these >> together in a single feature. >> We should use registry entries to remember which features the user selected >> to install, so those are automatically selected during upgrades. >> Desktop shortcuts. >> Quick launch shortcuts. I don't think people use these much anymore, but I >> can throw them in -- maybe disabled by default? >> Should I create an exe version of the installer as well as the msi? >> >> -Keegan
