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Nice tool, thanks

I just have a question... can I set the position and size when running it?

Laura

No, not yet, but that's indeed a good idea.

Something for the next release

Hello,
I agree that this is a nice tool, but it's not downwards compatible with previous versions. We have a customer who uses version 2 and another who uses version 3. So if I develop for the other client, I have to uninstall the other version. Also I cannot copy the code.
Another thing with version 3 is that you need .NET version 2. Most of our clients haven't installed this on there computer.
But again, it's a nice tool.

I noticed this myself, and can't find what causes this ... . Some way, the references to the functions and properties are re-ordered and have to be readdressed... . Wouldn't know what causes this. I used the same GUIDs, and added functions and properties at the back... .
May be a (small) solution is to create 2 VPC's, both with one version of the navpad?

.NET version 2 has to be installed, indeed. Not much I can do about that ... it's because it's developed in the latest version of Visual Studio .NET.

Hey Waldo rocks dude!

I even put some code in so that if it isn't intsalled on the client, it automatically dumps the intsall files out and runs them (code below.)

We are having an issue, I'm hoping v3 fixes - we have a consultnat running Vista, and it won't intsall Waldo 'cause it doesn't think she has .NET installed - but it's part of the OS in Vista...so she can't enter notes into our CRM system!!!

Help!
Thx,
Mike


recCoInfo.CALCFIELDS("Waldo Install 1", "Waldo Install 2", "Waldo Install 3");
txtFile := recCoInfo."Waldo Install 1".EXPORT('Setup.exe',FALSE);
IF txtFile = '' THEN
ERROR('There was a problem. You must install manually.');
recCoInfo."Waldo Install 2".EXPORT('Setup.ini',FALSE);
recCoInfo."Waldo Install 3".EXPORT('WaldoNavPad Setup.msi',FALSE);
SHELL(txtFile);

Thanks for the interest ... and also thanks for sharing the code!

I run Vista myself and didn't have this issue, probably because I compiled my version in Vista ... . I will have a look at it (doesn't registering the dll manually help?).

by the way, I see you're from San Diego ... may be we'll meet at convergence .

absolutely! when do you arrive? We are actually having an internal 5.0 training workshop on the Thurs and Fri beforehand.

I arrive on Fri evening.

Dear all,

I received some problems of installing the navpad on a Vista box. Is anyone experiening these problems as well? I'm having problems in reproducing it .

Guys,

Here is some more feedback that I forgot to post until now:

When you want to upgrade from v2 to v3, you should consider (at least) these steps:
Go into the codeunit where you implemented the WaldoNavPad, and replace following statements:
.FontSize --> .GetNextTextField
.TextChanged --> .ShowDialog
.ChangedWarningText --> .AppendText

Sorry for the trouble, but for some reason, when creating new functions, it messes up the order of properties/functions.

Hi Waldo,

Your solution is really very good and trust me its better then the previous pad based solutions.

Anyways i have few questions and its kinda urgent; i would really appreciate if you could help me out.

1) I have used the dll and have tested it with our comments table and so far its working good; the only concern i have is the fact that i have to ship the .dll to client; which is one of the steps that i dont want to do. I dont want our client to install.

So whats the work around. We could do it in this way that we could put the .dll in any blob field of the any table right; then in the App Management codeunit we could put in some code that will check if the dll is installed or not; if not then get one from that blob field and register it.

Above solution would work? i dont know... but could u provide me any reference or any other trick to avoid installing that .dll.

2) Since it is public, can i use your code (VB.NET), i have to do some modifications. Would that be fine if i use your dll then?

Thanks in Advance
Regards,

My colleague salespeople or very angry for this but ... you're free to use the code in the way you want. I'm a community-man in "heart and kidneys" (like they say in Belgium), so I don't mind.

For your DLL-registering question, I'm afraid that it will not work. I'm afraid registering only one DLL is not enough. You should test this (I never did). If it does, this link is probably very useful: http://www.mibuso.com/howtoinfo.asp?FileID=5.

I did something else. I created a table with Code/Description/BLOB. I put all my install programs in this table (exe in blob). I created a form to export the blob to a temp folder, and execute the install... . Very simple, but still an installprocess to go through.

Please let me know if you succeed in automatically installing the DLL.

Garak also posted a solution:
http://www.mibuso.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=20257

I just checked it by trying to register WaldoNavPad ... but this doesn't work. . It seems that a setup is needed.

Please check my second solution (see my post above) again to see if it's fits.

has your dll an entry point for registration

or if you have an tlb File you can use regasm.exe

Command := 'C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\regasm.exe ' +
'"' + DIRECTORY + DLLNAME + '" ' +
'/tlb ' + TLBDATEI + ' ' +
NAVISIONCLIENTDIRECTORY +
TBLDATEI + '" /codebase';