pastl Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 @Benjamin,great job with the new menu. pastl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiboy Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Hi Benjamin !What about using windows shell for this purpose?What do you mean by Windows shell ??Hmm, not very good. Purpose of this tool was software installation interface. If you don't want install any software just specify an empty install.inThats what I am doing now, but it is sort of unnecessary to go through the empty installation dialog ... well, it was just a request ! There is already a switch for this "/skiprestart".Yeah, but this does the opposite !! So to make it clearer: I would love to have a "/skipnorestart" switch I know, but think about it ! After installing quite a few apps and drivers you would want the user to always restart and not have the option to keep on working .... right ? Why don't you use "Computer Management" (Systemsteuerung\Verwaltung\Computerverwaltung) for this purpose? I know windows (2000/XP) interface is a bit limited in contradiction to Windows 2003, but may be I could create a stand alone user creation tool?Well, I could of course also right click on the "My documents" folder and change it there or change all the different shell folders using TweakUI.But a single place to create users, create and change shell folders for them etc. would be simply cool and especially helpful for the last step in an unattended software installation. And your utililty is altready much nicer than Computermanagement ! In my imagination I would think of something like your user creation dialog with the addition ofa button to change or create the "My documents" shell folder of that newly created user,a button to change or create the "My music" shell folder of that newly created user,and the same for all the other shell folders like My pictures, videos etc. Then, when the user logs in the first time, all the folders are already where one would want them to be.Well, I am just dreaming ! Anyway, thanks for making my imagination fly !Bye,Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminKalytta Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Yeah, but this does the opposite !! So to make it clearer: I would love to have a "/skipnorestart" switchif /skiprestart is not set, wihu presumes auto restart i.e. default is restart.a button to change or create the "My documents" shell folder of that newly created userOk, may be I'll add this in future version or may be in final 2.0.Benjamin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiboy Posted July 10, 2004 Share Posted July 10, 2004 Ok, may be I'll add this in future version or may be in final 2.0. Thanks,Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo1234 Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 Couple of questions.How do you call wihu.exe from cmdline.txt when you have wihu.exe on a cd/dvd?Would this work?[COMMANDS]"%systemsource%\software\wihu\wihu.exe /skipautorestart /autoinstall 0"The %CDROM% command only works if you use the if exist command first to find cd.txt file right and doesn't work in cmdlines.txt right?Then in the install.ini file you would have:[Environment]SomePath=%SYSTEMSOURCE%To look files/folders on the cd/dvd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanoll Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 as for starting....assuming you have Software in the root of your CD, and CMDLINES.TXT in $OEM$ it would actually be....[COMMANDS]"..\software\wihu\wihu.exe /skipautorestart /autoinstall 0"as for the commands to the software, I believe if you just have\Program\setup.exe it will find it... if Program is in the same folder as WIHU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dali Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 Hi Benjamin!Great work! I have a command.x suggestion to your latest 2.0 beta... Is it possible to put again more command-lines in each process, like in previous versions?Sorry, but is it also possible to put more description-lines??? It would be very cool! For example:[Additional Software]description.0.0=description-line 1description.0.1=description-line 2command.0.0=command-line 1command.0.1=command-line 2description.1=description-line 1command.1.0=command-line 1command.1.1=command-line 2command.1.2=command-line 3Thank you for this cool program!Bye, Dali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoloDude Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 wouldn't that be to complex? the program is great cause it's simple Keep it up Benjamin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dali Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 More command-lines exists in previous versions, it´s not a new feature.But I miss this option in the categories... More description-lines... OK. But to complex? I don't think so...else I agree... the program is great cause it's simple Keep it up Benjamin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenjaminKalytta Posted July 11, 2004 Share Posted July 11, 2004 I think one level of commands is enough. It would be really to complex otherwise so that no one can handle it. It doesn't make sense to add more.Benjamin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo1234 Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Having trouble win *.cmd and *.msi files.For cmd files I used:comand.1=%systemroot%\system32\cmd.exe /c /s hotfixes.cmdand even triedcomand.1="%systemroot%\system32\cmd.exe /c /s" hotfixes.cmdbut both don't work.With the msi files I usedcomand.1=%systemroot%\system32\msiexec.exe /I messenger\msnmsg.msiand also triedcomand.1="%systemroot%\system32\msiexec.exe /I" messenger\msnmsg.msibut didnj't work either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deedwar Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 So it would be great if there was a command line switch that allows Wihu to go from the User creation screen directly to the last reboot screen, skipping the Software Installation screen. add a command line switch to make the Wihu dialog modal so that the user is forced to add a user and reboot without being able to do something else or skip the step. Actually, it would be great if it even the close or cancel button would be greyed out in this mode so that after a default installation the user is forced to add a user and reboot.add an option on the first dialog ( user creation ) to add more than one user. Something like an "add more users" button which opens one more user creation dialog ...This program is looking great and is an essential to my unattend cd now. But i too would love to see the features above implemeted, without the need to click next with an empty ini, I know im being annoying but it is those small things that really finish it off. Thanks for a great program and keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
syntax_13 Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 @DaliIn this beta you could use the "Hide" command for this purpose.In the sample "install.ini" file of v2.0 beta change:[Multiple command.x Test]....hide.0=1hide.1=1hide.2=1The result will be 1 description line [....] which will execute 3 commands when selected.@Benjamin:I actually requested the hide option to have a possibility to always let commands be executed (hide an entire section). This way, the user can NOT DEselect these commands.In the latest beta you always(?) have the [.....] description, and you ARE able to (de)select this line.Are you still planning to inplement the old functionality to hide an entire section ?Another question, are you planning to implement "Windows Explorer" like Expand/collapse [+] , [-].The way you display the list now, my software list has gotten twice as long I am sorry to say, but the way the latest beta operates/works now, i prefer the old version Only missing thing there is the "skip software installation dialog" part Otherwise, you are doing a great job i am sure things eventually work out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nendur Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 Hi, I've been saving up some ideas for the config files, and worked them out a bit.First I suggest stepping off the ini file format, to remove the need of those sequence numbers, they get to be a real pain when inserting or moving programs. For the rest here's an example:[Category name]; As currentprogram=Program name;The name show on screen;This also acts as the divider bestween programs and thus;must be the first of a block of related lines.description=Longer desctription of the programdescription=Preferably be able to give multiple linesdescription=Shown only for the currently selected appdescription=Perheps make a text field above the list boxdescription=Or maybe as a popup tooltip boxdescription=Less urgent than the rest and can wait for a later releaseselected, hide, file, etccommand=install appcommand=install extra filescommand=regfilecommand=copy shortcut;Multiple commands as requested by many;These a not shown or individually selectableprogram=Another program...Hope you like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nendur Posted July 12, 2004 Share Posted July 12, 2004 @ simo: you're using comand instead of command, could that be it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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