Re: Branding - Help-File versus Help-URL

You should be able to use NSIS's FileOpen and FileWrite commands to 
write out a branding file with $INSTDIR, which, in the installer, has 
the directory the user chose to install into.

-- 
Joe Hildebrand
Denver, CO, USA

On Jan 27, 2004, at 9:43 PM, J Poz wrote:

> I have figured out how to set Environment variables within the NSIS 
> installerhttp://nsis.sourceforge.net/archive/viewpage.php?pageid=137
>  
> However, I am not able to set that environment variable in the 
> Branding.xml file so that it looks for the files where they have been 
> installed using the variable I defined (e.g., exodus_home).
>  
> For example,
> <brand_help_url_list>
>     <s> file:///${exodus_home}/help.html<s>
> </brand_help_url_list>
>  
> Can this even be done? Does branding.xml file allow for the calling of 
> environment variables?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> J...........
>
>
>
> J Poz <jpoz0000-/[email protected]>wrote:
> Ok, I thought that would be part of the answer.
>  
> But how do I set the URL to be where the Client files are stored. A 
> user has the OPTION of specifying a different Installation directory 
> besides the default. Therefore, If I hard-code the URL to the default 
> installation directory (file:///c/foo....) then the help will not work 
> if the user chooses another directory during the installation.
>
> Joe Hildebrand <hildjj-bvCY4hpNeH/[email protected]>wrote:
> use a URL likefile:///c:/foo, and add the html files to the installer 
> with the File directive.
>  
> then write some help.  :)
>
> --
> Joe Hildebrand
> Denver, CO, USA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:J Poz [mailto:jpoz0000-/[email protected]]
> Sent:Tuesday, January 27, 2004 7:55 AM
> To:[email protected]
> Subject:[Exodus-dev] Branding - Help-File versus Help-URL
>
>
> I've tried using the branding capabilities of the client and am 
> impressed - it has worked nicely so far.
>  
> One of the things I'd like to do is be able to install HELP FILES 
> locally with the client. The branding capabilities allows me to CHANGE 
> the URL to get help information. Is there a way to have it point to a 
> File? My assumption is possibly but I'm unsure how to go about it - 
> like, how does the client know where Exodus has been installed, etc...
>  
> Thanks,
> J
>
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