Wraith Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Post them below. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prathapml Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Do you want 3 suggestions, or suggestions for v3 ? XPlode v3 - Suggestions My suggestion is to have the colors in plain language (also) instead of hex-code. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 A well thought out and devised guide with pictures and instructions.This app is really a great thing, however i belive alot of people are confused about the process to get it to work for them.With a easy to understand guide, i think this app would blowup like nlite or many of our other internal member contribted apps.|Drew| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted December 4, 2004 Author Share Posted December 4, 2004 @prathapml:That will be dependent on the display plugin used - at this stage I'm thinking of going with creating both the original XPlode and the XPlode2 layouts - the latter supports named colours by default (IE HTML renderer).@drew:I've been writing the guide this past 24 hours, while I wait for people to give me ideas ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimShady Posted December 4, 2004 Share Posted December 4, 2004 Suggestions? Allright.I work alot with AutoIt. So I have some things you could add.- Run a program/installation hidden- Wait for a window/process and "kill it" when it shows up (MSN Messenger during Messenger Plus install)- Choice between: run and wait and run and continueI think when I wake up tomorrow, I'll have more ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Providence Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 i have two suggestions for switches1.a switch for an item uncheckedjust like if i want the xplode to do a cleanup job,but some users unchecked,the things will go worse2.a switch for relative itemsjust think A is dependent on B,if user unchecked B,then A must be unchecked automatically Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Power350 Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Ok, although the ability to have a menu to check and uncheck items is nice i still have a problem with making an unattended cd with choices to choose in the middle of installation. I believe all the choices should be made at the very beginning (i.e. having a multiboot cd type menu which will allow the user to choose what to install from the very beginning). So it is just choose what to install, setup partition and format, walk away cause you're done ! It sounds nice but I didn't to much thought into it. Nice work bye the way. Just been a week since I got started with XPlode. Downloading some xml ebooks now to try and get out of the foggy woods of xml I'm in right now......or is that just smoke from the bong¿ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chezy666 Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 Ahhh, replying in xplode after so many days, exams ended a few days back.An XMl editor, if its not too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritishBulldog Posted December 5, 2004 Share Posted December 5, 2004 I agree with power350, if there is to be a menu in this great application then it must be at the start of windows, which i think is probably impossible. I use XPlode to install on a computer that i can Format and just let it do the rest, can have that extra cup of coffee . For the computers that i have to choose software i use WPI. This is another great application with menu's. What i would not like to see is XPlode going on to be another WPI. They are both used for different things. @prathapml do you mean plain colours as in 'red' 'yellow' 'blue' but also the ability to put in '#FFFFFF'. XPlode would then know due to the hash that it is hex. That is a good idea. Maybe this could be implimented into a GUI?Something I would like to see would be a test mode. With the press of a button or a cmd etc you could actually have a demo of what your settings look like. This could also be in a GUI. It would not need to run any programs but just put up the interface ie Pictures if you have them defined and list the software. With say the ESC button you come out of this back into your desktop. This would make it a lot easier to understand the difference betweet the windowmode plus the window position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted December 5, 2004 Author Share Posted December 5, 2004 - Run a program/installation hiddenYou can already do that.- Wait for a window/process and "kill it" when it shows up (MSN Messenger during Messenger Plus install)Can't just use pskill or something?- Choice between: run and wait and run and continueI think when I wake up tomorrow, I'll have more ideas.Can already do that.1.a switch for an item uncheckedjust like if i want the xplode to do a cleanup job,but some users unchecked,the things will go worseYou'll need to explain further.2.a switch for relative itemsjust think A is dependent on B,if user unchecked B,then A must be unchecked automaticallyI'm not going to add support for dependencies - this tool wasn't really intended just to be given to people who have no knowledge of how the software works. The plan was for the sysadmin to install what they need, and hence, should know which to install when.Ok, although the ability to have a menu to check and uncheck items is nice i still have a problem with making an unattended cd with choices to choose in the middle of installation. I believe all the choices should be made at the very beginning (i.e. having a multiboot cd type menu which will allow the user to choose what to install from the very beginning). So it is just choose what to install, setup partition and format, walk away cause you're done !Same reason as the previous response - if you need multiple setups, either handle it through the include tags I've added recently, or figure out a way to copy a specific XML when starting the installation.An XMl editor, if its not too much.No time. Sorry.Something I would like to see would be a test mode. With the press of a button or a cmd etc you could actually have a demo of what your settings look like. This could also be in a GUI. It would not need to run any programs but just put up the interface ie Pictures if you have them defined and list the software. With say the ESC button you come out of this back into your desktop. This would make it a lot easier to understand the difference betweet the windowmode plus the window position.That has been on the cards since I started the new plugin system in XPlode2. At this stage it's not a priority.The main reason for this thread was for SYSTEM functionality suggestions - editing registry, moving files, etc. etc.At this stage I'm looking for more things along those lines, rather than adding stuff to the core module. We shall see about other things later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Providence Posted December 8, 2004 Share Posted December 8, 2004 unchecked switchYou'll need to explain further.i mean that a switch/parametar for an uncheck forcefully.at the end of automatic installation,i call an item to do sth about cleaning up xplode's directions,so i do not want this item will be unchecked by users.so use a switch to execuate forcefully,just like forceful=true(default forceful=false)sorry for my poor english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wraith Posted December 8, 2004 Author Share Posted December 8, 2004 So a compulsory command.Right.We shall see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmx Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 its proably requested before anyway here goes+ ability to choose applications+ lock a selection+ profiles+ autoinstall after given time > countdownif you have time left show application icon beside the installing applicationif you have tonnes of time leftsplash a screenie (user specified image) of the application being installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannos Posted December 9, 2004 Share Posted December 9, 2004 just one question:is it possible for xplode to play a mp3 or a wav during install? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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