Installation Packages [MM3]

Post by **jiri** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:03 am

Yes, when you execute a script/function from MMIP, you can do anything you would do using an ordinary MM script, including ini files editing. As for new sections and keys - they are created automatically when you write their values.

Jiri

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:24 am

I see. I thought you might need to do it differently in this situation.

Am I correct in thinking that during installation the [Execute] runs a file/function which is outside of the package and during the uninstallation the [Execute] runs just a file which is inside the package? Or can you also run a file/function which is inside the package during the installation?

How is the UpdateURL going to work? Presumably it will always point to an XML file in a certain format? Are there any details about what this XML file should contain?

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:42 am

And on a slight side note (but very much related) - will there be an access method (like SDB.IniFile) to get straight to the Scripts.ini file? I know you can use SDB.Tools.IniFileByPath("...") to get to it, I was just wondering.

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Thu Sep 13, 2007 4:56 am

Well I just tried my first one and it copied the files and wrote the ini entries correctly, however the "Tools, Scripts" menu bar was not updated. I thought the Scripts.ini file would be re-read after the installation - is this not the case? The uninstallation seems to work fine as well (all the files and ini entries were removed).

Post by **jiri** » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:24 am

Re. Update of menu - you are right, it wasn't implemented yet, I added this method http://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/index.p ... criptItems which resolves the issue.

Re. Uninstall - I slightly updated the documentation to make it clearer. Also, the next release will have several smaller improvement allowing you to execute any script or function from the uninstaller, not only uninstall.vbs.

Jiri

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:17 am

Thanks for the info. Any comments on the access method to get the Scripts.ini file or more details about the UpdateURL ini key?

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:14 am

Has anyone managed to successfully create and install an installation package for a script yet? I'm still struggling!!

Morten · Post by **Morten** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 5:59 am

I can sure try to make an installation package.

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:33 am

Having much more success now - blame M$ Vista!

However, when I register an OnPlay event in the function which is executed by the Install.ini, the event does not fire. I know that the sub has run so the event must have been registered, well the code was called to register it anyway...

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Script.RegisterEvent SDB, "OnPlay", "CueReader"

gege · Post by **gege** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:17 am

I'm creating an installation package, but I'm having some trouble trying to figure out how to copy multiple files to diferent locations during installation process.

My script will use a structure like this:

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{app}
|__ Scripts\
    |__ Auto\
    |   |__ MyScript.vbs
    |
    |__ MyScript\
        |__ Languages\
        |   |__ english.lng
        |   |__ spanish.lng
        |   |__ portuguese.lng
        |
        |__ MyStyleSheet.css
        |__ MyImage1.png
        |__ MyImage2.png

- How should the [Copy] section of Install.ini file look like, in this case?
- If I try multiple Src=/Tgt= pairs, copying one file at a time, only the first file is copied. If try something like

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Src=MyScript\*.*
Tgt={app}\Scripts\MyScript\

the folder structure is lost... Is it possible to copy multiple files mantaining folder structure with just one Src=/Tgt= pair?
- In the Uninstall.ini, how can I delete the folders created by my script?

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:26 am

Each file needs to be done individually, like this...

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[Copy]
Src=CueReader.vbs
Tgt={app}\Scripts\Auto\CueReader.vbs

[Copy]
Src=edit.gif
File={app}\Scripts\Auto\edit.gif

[Copy]
Src=reset.gif
File={app}\Scripts\Auto\reset.gif

I don't know about deleting folders, that's an interesting question!

gege · Post by **gege** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:27 am

trixmoto wrote:Each file needs to be done individually, like this...

Thanks! I added this info to the wiki page.

trixmoto wrote:I don't know about deleting folders, that's an interesting question!

Yeah, it looks like we've got a lot to learn about this yet.

Steegy · Post by **Steegy** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:08 am

Trixmoto wrote:Each file needs to be done individually, like this...

Now that's really what I needed. Thanks for the answer

That said it's important to notice that because of this the ini file is not a standard INI file, as those don't have multiple sections with the same name. Confusing it is...

nohitter151 · Post by **nohitter151** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 3:09 am

I'm having some trouble with an installation package as well. All I'm packaging is a skin, I basically took the WMP11 mmip, unzipped, and edited the ini values. I'm getting an "Invalid product installation package" error. It seems to me that it should work... the WMP11 installer did.

trixmoto · Post by **trixmoto** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:23 am

If you email it to me I'll take a look, but I've not tried a skin one yet so I'm not sure if I can help.