Sunday, February 27, 2005
What is the Distribution Wizard?
The Distribution Wizard is a new tool in the Foxfire! System Utilities that makes it easier for companies to have a single installation of Foxfire! that supports multiple data sources, preference sets and applications.
Over the history of Foxfire!, developers have always asked "what files do I need to distribute Foxfire!?". Well, with the Distribution Wizard, this process is now super easy. All of the necessary files are stored in a table named FFDISTRO in the Foxfire! root folder. There is no interface to this table but you can always hack it directly with Visual FoxPro to add or remove specific files.
When you feel that you are ready to include Foxfire! in a custom distribution, select Distribution Wizard from the System Administration menu.There are three basic steps in distributing Foxfire!.
1. Select the preference set (or sets) that you want to distribute. Click Next.
2. Select the Distribution directory. By default, Foxfire! will attempt to put all files in a subsequent folder called FFDISTRIB. Within that folder will be a folder named FF80. You can choose to exclude the option. Click Next.
3. A listing of all the files that will be copied to the folder are listed. You may choose to de-select some if you know they are not required. Also note that the SAMPLE data files will NOT be included with Foxfire!.
Click Finish and the files will be copied over for you.
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