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Re: Is it possible to not show the "Projects" and "Variables& [message #1728753 is a reply to message #1728737] |
Thu, 07 April 2016 06:00 |
Ed Merks Messages: 33142 Registered: July 2009 |
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Taylor,
Comments below.
On 06.04.2016 21:07, Taylor Abrahamson wrote:
> I have come to the conclusion I should use the simple installer,
> however I have configured the installation.location variable to point
> to the location we want all developers to install their eclipse,
That seems a little unexpected but I suppose if that's what you want...
> but on the simple installation page, it doesn't show that value in the
> installation location drop down.
It's expecting to use the install.root variable, which is generally
stored in the user.setup once it's been set, and then compute the
installation.id based on the selected product's branding information...
> After clicking install, it correctly goes where the variable has set
> it to install, but it is confusing for our developers when the drop
> down on the installation page doesn't show where it will actually be
> installed. Is there a way I can get it to show the actual path for
> where it will be installed?
Not unless we change something to accommodate this unexpected scenario...
I wonder, do you want the user to have any choices at all?
>
> Thanks!
Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/
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Re: Is it possible to not show the "Projects" and &quo [message #1729202 is a reply to message #1729184] |
Tue, 12 April 2016 06:46 |
Ed Merks Messages: 33142 Registered: July 2009 |
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Taylor,
Comments below.
On 11.04.2016 23:22, Taylor Abrahamson wrote:
> Ed Merks wrote on Thu, 07 April 2016 06:00
>> > I have come to the conclusion I should use the simple installer, >
>> however I have configured the installation.location variable to point
>> > to the location we want all developers to install their eclipse,
>> That seems a little unexpected but I suppose if that's what you want...
>
>
> Well, I guess what I would like to do is set a variable that will make
> the default location in the simple installers drop down be "D:/Program
> Files", and then if they choose to change it, they can. So I can I
> just change the install.root in my products variables then?
Does that really work though. In my experience Program Files causes all
kinds of problems. That folder is owned by admin and even if the user
has admin rights, it still tends to cause problems (because the home
folder of admin is not the same as the home folder of the user, so
confusion over where to put the bundle pool arises).
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> For background on my setup, I have placed my teams oomph installer on
> a shared drive. Anyone who needs to install eclipse can just go the
> shared location and start the installer exe from the shared drive.
> This would usually be installing eclipse onto a completely fresh
> installation of windows where the user hasn't ever installed eclipse
> before.
Have you tested that this actually works? And the install.root variable
doesn't work?
Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/
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