Clarion 10 3rd-party developers (March 03, 2015)

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Clarion 10 3rd-party developers only:

There is a bug in the SetupBuilder 8.5 "Clarion 10" detection mechanism if
you are using the "Allow user to search for Supported Clarion Version root
directory" feature.

See attached screenshots. It detects Clarion 10 as Clarion 9.1. I have
fixed this now and will make an update available later today.

Friedrich

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BTW, only a few 3rd-party developers make use of this "Clarion Search"
feature. If you do not use "Allow user to search for Supported Clarion
Version root directory" then you don't need the fix.

Friedrich

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Update: I decided to add a new interesting Clarion 3rd-party specific
feature to SetupBuilder 8.5. More information to follow tomorrow morning.
If you plan to upload your C10 3rd-party installer today, I would suggest to
wait.

Friedrich

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Okay, some more information. I have added a new feature to SetupBuilder
8.5. You can now programmatically set the Clarion auto-detection mode in
your 3rd-party installer:

Set Installer Flag $SB_SKIPCLARIONDETECT$ to "1"

What can we do with this I hear you ask <g>

- Scenario #1:

Customer has installed Clarion 10 and Clarion 9.1. For unknown reasons
(e.g. damaged registry or customer moved Clarion from one machine to another
without doing a proper install) the user does not have a valid Clarion 9.1
environment registered with Windows. As a result your installer can not
detect C9.1 (or C7 or C8 or whatever). "It only detects C10, but I also
have C9 installed!", your customer tells you. No problem. You can now add
an option to your installer to let the user select the Clarion 9.1 folder.
The installer automatically verifies the Clarion version for you, and if it
is valid and accepted, allows to continue with the installation for Clarion
9.1.

- Scenario #2:

You or your customers have different builds of the same Clarion version
installed, but you need an option to select a specific Clarion version to
install and register templates. The new $SB_SKIPCLARIONDETECT$ flag can
handle this for you.

I'll make this experimental function available tomorrow.

Friedrich

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Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
+1.954.252.3910

--Helping You Build Better Installations
--SetupBuilder "point. click. ship"
--Create Windows 10 ready installations in minutes
--Official COMODO Code Signing and SSL Certificate Partner

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Friedrich,

> I'll make this experimental function available tomorrow.

And it will include my two product enhancement requests, correct?!<g>

Lee White

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> And it will include my two product enhancement requests, correct?!<g>

LOL - I can see which two third party developers are a PITA for Friedrich!


:-)

Charles


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Charles,

> I can see which two third party developers are a PITA for Friedrich!

I give. You and who else?!

Lee White

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>> I can see which two third party developers are a PITA for Friedrich!
>
> I give. You and who else?!

I think it is some crusty old Hillbilly in East Tennessee!

:-)

Charles


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Charles Edmonds

cjeByteMeSpammers@lansrad.com (remove the "ByteMeSpammers" to email me)
www.clarionproseries.com - ProScan, ProImage, ProPath and other Clarion
developer tools!
www.seal-soft.com - The xProduct Clarion templates - xWordCOM, xToolTip,
xDataBackup Manager and more!
www.ezchangelog.com - "Free ChangeLog software to manage your projects!"
www.setupcast.com - "A revolutionary new publishing system for software
developers - enhanced for SetupBuilder users!"
www.pagesnip.com - "Print and Save the Web, just the way you want it!"
www.ezround.com - "Round Corner HTML tables with matching Banners, Buttons
and Forms - Now with PNG support!
www.lansrad.com - "Intelligent Solutions for Universal Problems"
www.fotokiss.com - "World's Best Auction Photo Editor"
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Lee,

>
> And it will include my two product enhancement requests, correct?!<g>
>

<G> See original thread ;-)

Friedrich