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Well, MAGENTA is usually the colour used for transparency. Right now I'm thinking of dropping transparency altogether, and going with an XPdeploy-like interface for both the selected and unselected install. It'll be easier to maintain, and well, looks cleaner. So, have fun with transparency now, because until someone codes another display plugin (details soon!) iy's not going to happen in XPlode2.

<rant> Sometimes it's best to have both installed. QNX doesn't work under VMware, but does in VPC, and there have been other occasions that the reverse is true. Just depends on how things go. </rant> As for the black screen on boot, have you looked for logfiles on the disk?

It redraws the portion of the WINNTBBU.DLL that XPlode sits over. Of course, it looks goofy if you're not doing it during a windows install.

Weird. I guess the remedy is to not use guitransparent.

Just a thread to tell you where to put requests / suggestions. Post anything you think needs adding at the bugtracker. Use view/view if you just want to have a look, otherwise, sign up for an account if you haven't already, and stick your thoughts in. Make sure you change the project to XPlode2, not XPlode1.

Seems to be a transparent GUI issue. What OS are you running it on?

I haven't had any problems with Server2003, so I can't really help you with that. It seems to be a bit iffy, some people report non-functionality for SP2, some report it for 2003, and some confirm on both accounts. As for the logging, it's already as verbose as I can get it - the error messages I get back from windows are put straight into the logs, nothing else can be added, without doing some major trickery to find out what files had changed and stuff. Stuff that isn't as important as say, the core XPlode module. The list will more than likely be implemented - it will probably be much like the XPdeploy interface, with optional checkboxes etc. I'm still at a conceptual stage for these, but that's going to be the general idea. I should have the core done by the end of the week - XML, plugin architecture, execution. Everything else will be handled by the modules. Of course, it still won't be usable until I get the modules written, so I guess we'll see how long things take from there.

Can I suggest adding the word "search" to the topic title?

Don't worry, I said that one of the main things for XPlode 2 was to work with SP2. It *has* been reported to work with SP2 by at least one person, so YMMV.

The process is pretty much the same. If it's any help, the %NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS% environment variable contains the number of processors. At least, it does on my machine. As for the program files thing, kinda need more info. If it's just a seperate partition, you could try mounting the drive under "C:\Program Files", otherwise it's time for a think

All I can say is: I've used XPlode at T-9, copied from there and it worked fine. I haven't used taskkill, and I'm not going to go out of my way to test things, when there are other things to worry about. If, when I have XPlode 2 running, I have any free time, I'll look at these issues, but at this point in time, it's not much of a problem by my standards. If you'd like, go to http://mantis.voidfx.com/ and fill out a bug report - add the logfile, xml, and everything else you see as being relevant. I'll be more likely to look at something if I don't have to go wading rhrough multitudes of posts. Just so you know, I don't mean to seem p***ed off at you, even though after reading it again myself, I seem that way. No animosity intended.

Well, as a matter of fact there doesn't seem like anything more could possibly be needed. Whatever anyone could ever want is already present. I'm not able to think of any new features that could be added - nor do any bugs seem to exist. Please don't take the above sentences as a negative comment. I actually mean to tell the above in a congratulatory tone Those were exactly my thoughts on it. I'll see how things go.

Call me silly, but I didn't understand anything of what you just said.

Please put the XML in a [code ]...[/code ] block...

I should point out that I've added a seperate block in the config file for adding extra environment variables, usable within XPlode: <environment> <test>This is a long **** test of something & something.</test> </environment> Gives: %TEST% = 'This is a long **** test of something & something.' I assume you can see the use of this, and wonder why I didn't think of it earlier

Going by the lack of enthusiasm for people to get on board with things, I'm wondering whether I should even be bothering working on XPlode further. Goes for the mailing list too - nobody's giving me any ideas, so at the moment, there's nothing to improve on. Has anybody got any ideas for another project to do, because at this stage, with the lack of interest, I don't see a point continuing with XPlode. Maybe some docs, but that'd probably be it.

@shintoisme1: You need to have the nowait="true" attribute before the taskkill. You need to look at the workdir of the shortcut. You need the /s argument for the registry. I need more information about the file copying. @everyone: Looks like I should be making an editor. Ugh. Better still, how about some clear documentation. Mmmm.

If you would like to subscribe to the mailing list: http://xplode.voidfx.com/mailman/listinfo/...lode.voidfx.com I'm on IRC all the time, get me at: IRC: irc.liquified.net:6662 or irc.liquified.net:8000 (8000 is SSL only) Channel #XPlode IRC is the best place to look for me, I'm usually around.

I have no plans on working on XPdeploy further. I will, however, be writing a display plugin for XPlode that is similar. Give me a few weeks to get the core XPlode working.

Will do. Heyyyyy... HANG ON... We use windows here, not DOS

As some of you may or may not be aware, XPlode is going to be getting an almost complete rewrite. If you are new around here, and don't know what I'm talking about, check the XPlode website and forum, links are in my signature. Essentially, this post is basically for recruitment. As XPlode has a plugin-based architecture, if we have more plugins, more things will be able to be done with it, and hence more people would be using it. I'm asking for people that are willing to help with: Plugin development (C++/Win32 only) Documentation Website redevelopment If you think you can contribute to one of these areas, drop me a PM and tell me what you would be happy helping with. Website development can't be managed by EVERYONE, so I'll probably only allow a max of three people. And I have to have seen you around here before I start giving people access to the FTP, so if you're new, don't bother asking. (No offense, but it's safer this way.) For plugin development, I shall be releasing example plugin source code, so anybody can develop for it. Unlike previous versions, the plugins will handle both the execution of items, as well as the display rendering. At the moment, I have plans to write both a selective and an automated UI, for normal usage. (Think plugins to enable both XPlode and XPdeploy UI's, depending on the plugin loaded.) I shall be providing a plugin repository on the website for third-party plugins to be placed. The source code will likely be released under GPL, so if someone makes a plugin, the source needs to be included. This is for two reasons; security - you can't insert malicious code without anyone seeing it, as well as helping people with other modules. The only thing that will NOT be provided source-wise will be the core module, that will be provided by me as a binary, due to licensing issues from my employer. (Everyone loves catches.) Documentation will also have to be contributed to by everyone, preferably the plugin developers. I shall be providing API documentation, as well as the basic plugin documentation. Everything else will need to be handled by others. Well, this got a bit long-winded, didn't expect it to turn out this long. Maybe I'm getting GreenMachine's disease, thinking before I type IRC: irc.liquified.net:6667 or irc.liquified.net:8000 (8000 is SSL only) Channel #XPlode

Okay people, will everyone who is going to help either PM me or email with their own emails, I'm going to be setting up a development mailing list. I'll give more specific details to people later, on the development list.

Can I suggest you wait a couple of weeks? When I release XPlode 2.00, manual and automatic modes should already be included.

Just an update added. New reply to tell people tracking the topic something new is in.

Look at the pinned topic. I was refraining from putting it there with the coming version of XPlode, but I'll leave it there until the new version is out.