Clarion Users Only:

I have chatted with Robert Z. to discuss the deployment strategy for future
C7.x versions. It was expected that users would only have a single version
of Clarion 7.x installed, but from the IDEs point-of-view, it would be no
problem to have multiple installs too. All C7.x versions will share the
same settings, and that is by design and will not change. But there should
be no negative side effects with sharing the same configuration information
from different IDE versions and locations.

After giving it some thoughts, I plan to suggest the following modified
deployment strategy for the next Clarion 7 version releases:

1.) Treat every "dot version" update (7.3, 7.4, etc.) as a major upgrade and
have an unique Product GUID to support multiple 7.x installs

2.) Default to an unique dot version installation directory (e.g.
"C:\Program Files\SoftVelocity\Clarion73")

3.) Create an unique Shortcut folder name so shortcuts point to the correct
dot version (e.g. Start -> All Programs -> Clarion 7.3")

4.) Support "smart-rollback" so you can rollback (after an update) to
previous builds of the same dot version without losing shortcuts or
uninstall information. The same uninstall application can rollback to the
previous version(s) or completely remove the Clarion dot version

As a result, Clarion 7.2 and all new dot versions (Clarion 7.3, Clarion 7.4,
etc.) can truly coexist on the same machine. 3rd-party products can detect
the correct version even if multiple instances are installed, shortcuts
point to the correct locations, updates and rollbacks of the same dot
version are possible (beginning with C7.3).

This should solve all issues. If you have any further Clarion deployment
strategy thoughts, please let me know.

Friedrich

Friedrich Linder
Lindersoft
www.lindersoft.com
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