AW: VServer custom installs

[Florian Bogeschdorfer]

Hi,

This is an actualized copy of the mail I sent 2 weeks ago

Hi list!

Just wanted to let you know that I finished my first custom installer for
Vserver using my own name and embedded license file.

I used the INNO setup installer ( http://www.jrsoftware.org/ )  together
with INS tool (http://www.istool.org/). It takes about 5 minutes to build it
and it looks sooo good.

What I did in case you want to use it:

1. Install Vserver to your computer
2. Turn Valentina server service off
3. Duplicate the whole Vserver application folder 4. Delete all files from
the duplicated folder except for Databases(folder, delete master.vdb),
licenses(folder), ace.dll, Vserver_NT.exe, Vserver_NT.ini, msvcp71.dll,
msvcr71.dll, VServer2.dll.
5. Now if you want, rename the Vserver_NT.exe to myDesiredName_NT.exe. Don't
forget to rename the .ini identically too.
6. Open the .ini and enter a different port (I used 15433 instead of 15432).
Also lower debug level :-) 7. Place your embedded license file in the
licenses folder

8. Now use an installer to copy this structure to whereever on the users
hard drive 9. Let the installer start myDesiredName_NT.exe with option -i
10. Then run the exe again with parameter -s (this will start the service)

11. That's it.

I am also willing to share my INNO setup scripts if you want, just mail me
offlist. INNO setup is donationware.


So have fun and enjoy Vserver (ähh, sorry, myDesiredName Server of course
:-) )

Florian 

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Valentina-bounces at lists.macserve.net 
> [mailto:Valentina-bounces at lists.macserve.net] Im Auftrag von 
> Ruslan Zasukhin
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. November 2003 09:22
> An: Valentina at lists.macserve.net
> Betreff: Re: VServer custom installs
> 
> on 11/20/03 2:25 AM, Deane Venske at deane.venske at eduss.com wrote:
> 
> > Hi Guys,
> > 
> > I'm busy putting together some alpha builds of or product to get 
> > tested, and I'm wanting to install the valentina server. There has 
> > been mention of a custom installer that we can customise 
> for ourself. 
> > Is this available yet? I'd also like to find out the possibility of 
> > not having the Vserver installed VIA windows installer, and also 
> > whether it is necessary for VServer to run as a service or 
> if we can 
> > just launch it ourselves as an application. Hoping it's 
> going to be that easy.
> 
> Hi Deane,
> 
> 1) I will send you docs on custom server off list
> 
> 2) we think that service is best way.
> But you can right now not register Vserver as service and 
> simply run it as DOS app. You will see its log in BLACK DOS 
> window, in fact this is also comfortable way for development 
> -- because you see in LIVE log from server.
> 
> 3) yes you can use ANY installer you want.
> As I know Florian have use not .msi
> 
> 
> --
> Best regards,
> Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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