[Icc-430] Installation of beta versions

llchisho at paradise.net.nz llchisho at paradise.net.nz
Tue Apr 15 15:59:53 PDT 2008


Hi all,
Currently I have 3 versions of icc430 installed on my PC :
V6.08 - for bug-fixing of products in the field
V7.06A - approved for current production code builds
V7.07 beta - for looking to see what has been changed since last time :-)

These are all in separate directories.
Last time I un-installed a beta, I found that the icc430 registry entries had
all been cleaned out and I had to reconfigure my production environment (window
size and position, NoIce, etc). These are in HKCU\Software\ImageCraft\ICCV7 for 430.
There is only one entry in the Add/Remove programs list for V7 as well, and it
disappears if a beta is uninstalled.
I've just uninstalled beta 1 and it has indeed killed my V7.06A settings,
although no vital code seems to have gone from shared folders.
I see that V6 has a different tag in Add/Remove programs, and it seems to have
retained its registry settings as well in HKCU\Software\ImageCraft\ICC430.

Is is possible to package each beta (at the least, maybe also each major
release) to use a different tag in Add/Remove programs, and if they can't have
their own configuration in the registry, at least not kill the existing entries
on removal ?
Perhaps the uninstaller can optionally not remove the registry stuff if that's
easier. I know that people playing with betas should expect some extra work but
they shouldn't damage other versions.

Len Chisholm.



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