Clarion7 3rd party installation folders

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Hi all,

I have read a few days ago a long tread about c7 and 3rd party folders.
After thousands messages I lost <g>. Can anybody let me know exactly the
folders structure where to install 3rd party files (including doc and
example) please.


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gennadi,
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Hi Gennadi,

> I have read a few days ago a long tread about c7 and 3rd party folders.
> After thousands messages I lost <g>. Can anybody let me know exactly the
> folders structure where to install 3rd party files (including doc and
> example) please.

My installs place documents into "%ROOT%\accessory\documents\productname"

My installs suggest placing examples into
"CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS\Softvelocity\Clarion
7\Accessory\Icetips\productname"

I let the user select the folder for the examples, so they can put them
wherever they want, but I suggest the above folder.

Currently I place DLL/HLP files needed for templates into a folder in
"Program Files\Common Files" and place that folder on the path since there
are no guidelines about where to put those files yet.

Best regards,

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Port Angeles, Washington
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Hi Arnor,

>> I have read a few days ago a long tread about c7 and 3rd party folders.
>> After thousands messages I lost <g>. Can anybody let me know exactly the
>> folders structure where to install 3rd party files (including doc and
>> example) please.
>
> My installs place documents into "%ROOT%\accessory\documents\productname"
>
> My installs suggest placing examples into
> "CSIDL_COMMON_DOCUMENTS\Softvelocity\Clarion
> 7\Accessory\Icetips\productname"
>
> I let the user select the folder for the examples, so they can put them
> wherever they want, but I suggest the above folder.
>
> Currently I place DLL/HLP files needed for templates into a folder in
> "Program Files\Common Files" and place that folder on the path since there
> are no guidelines about where to put those files yet.

Thank you!


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gennadi,
ingasoftplus.com, motleysoft.com

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Arnor,

> Currently I place DLL/HLP files needed for templates into a folder in
> "Program Files\Common Files" and place that folder on the path

I realize this has been discussed to death and back<g>, and sadly with
no response from SV, but I'll be placing help files into %root%\bin
until SV makes a decision.

Doing it this way 20 3rd party installs don't slow down everything by
adding 20 different sections to the PATH!<g>

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Winner-winner! Chicken dinner!

Sounds like you have the simplest solution. Go with that, you don't need
SV's blessing! ;-)

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Hi Lee,

> I realize this has been discussed to death and back<g>, and sadly with
> no response from SV, but I'll be placing help files into %root%\bin
> until SV makes a decision.
>
> Doing it this way 20 3rd party installs don't slow down everything by
> adding 20 different sections to the PATH!<g>

I agree completely. At the time I started doing this it sounded like SV
wasn't going to keep even %root%\bin in the PATH, so I opted to do it my way
to start with until something came from SV about this. Fortunately
SetupBuilder makes this very easy to set up and modify if needed

Best regards,

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Arnór Baldvinsson - Icetips Creative, Inc.
Port Angeles, Washington
www.icetips.com - www.buildautomator.com

Icetips product subscriptions at http://www.icetips.com/subscribe.php

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Arnor,

> At the time I started doing this it sounded like SV wasn't going to
> keep even %root%\bin in the PATH

My take on this is if they decide to remove it they will have invested
in another way to support their own help, one we can then adopt since
it will already be in place. At least that's my hope.

> Fortunately SetupBuilder makes this very easy to set up and modify

I have no reason not to believe that especially having read so many
accolades to SB and knowing Friedrich and the quality of his work. I
will know more myself in a week or so when I begin rewrites of all my
old Wise installs. Another adventure awaits!<g>

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Lee White

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> Arnor,

>> Fortunately SetupBuilder makes this very easy to set up and modify
>
> I have no reason not to believe that especially having read so many
> accolades to SB and knowing Friedrich and the quality of his work. I
> will know more myself in a week or so when I begin rewrites of all my
> old Wise installs. Another adventure awaits!<g>

Lee,

You'll feel right at home with SetupBuilders - Script Editor - an
improvement over the Wise script, of course, with many other great
improvements as well -

AND, while there are plenty of SB dedicated users that COULD answer most of
your queries over in the SB newsgroup - Friedrich usually answers before we
even get our second wind! :-D

Also, not sure if this reference can be found easily:

http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11893

Friedrich created a special - sb6_Examples_2465.exe, specifically that
contained a Clarion Accessory Deployment Demo.sb6 that can be useful as a
start for Clarion Third Party to create C7/C6 installs for their products.

The latest SB build (6.9.2482) includes updated - Clarion Accessory
Deployment support, but I think this examples install is needed for that
Clarion Accessory Deployment Demo.sb6.

David

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David,

> You'll feel right at home with SetupBuilders - Script Editor - an
> improvement over the Wise script, of course, with many other great
> improvements as well -

No doubt... especially my antique version of Wise!<g>

> Also, not sure if this reference can be found easily:
> http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11893

Already found and downloaded. Hopefully I'll get an opportunity to dig
into it next week.

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Lee White

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Hi Lee,

> it will already be in place. At least that's my hope.

....!!!<g>

>> Fortunately SetupBuilder makes this very easy to set up and modify
>
> I have no reason not to believe that especially having read so many
> accolades to SB and knowing Friedrich and the quality of his work. I

Just FYI for when you get into this: The "Edit Environment Variable" action
in SB allows you to add a variable and value, remove item from variable
value or remove environment variable. So it is simple to add to the PATH
and also remove it. To edit a value, simply remove the old and add the
new

Best regards,


--
Arnór Baldvinsson - Icetips Creative, Inc.
Port Angeles, Washington
www.icetips.com - www.buildautomator.com

Icetips product subscriptions at http://www.icetips.com/subscribe.php