= Blueprint for Windows Installer =

We want to allow an Emergency Management field worker to download a single executable which installs everything necessary even without Admin rights.

This means providing an option for which folder to install in (default to {{{c:\program files\sahana eden}}}).

Inside this folder have:
 * [http://web2py.com/examples/static/web2py_win.zip Web2Py] binary inc Python
  * applications\eden
  * Python dependencies:
   * "making a new binary distro with an updated file is as easy as unpacking and replacing the pyc file in the library.zip file"
   * lxml: http://codespeak.net/lxml/
   * Shapely: http://pypi.python.org/packages/any/S/Shapely/
   * !ReportLab:
    * http://www.reportlab.org/downloads.html
    * http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/1647eb41d601e334
   * xlwt: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/xlwt
   * Better Internationalisation support for Sqlite: http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/a98973adb0225649
 * [http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable FirefoxPortable]

Shortcut should be created on Desktop & Start Menu (cutomisable to turn off) which runs app:
 * start service, if installed but not started
 * start app if no service installed
 * load Portable Firefox onto start page: http://localhost:8000/eden

If Admin rights are available, then provide the option (default) to install Service & start Service at boot.

Chosen Tool:
 * [http://nsis.sourceforge.net Nullsoft Installer]

== Developer ==
Current:
 * InstallationGuidelinesWindowsPythonInstaller

!ToDo:
 * Include the contents of http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/Sahana-Eden.zip
 * Add an Icon on the Start menu/Desktop for Eclipse

== End-user ==
 * http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/browser/static/scripts/tools/standalone_exe.py
  * Clean the Eden folder (databases/errors/sessions)
  * rename it as 'init'
  * Zip-up folder contents
  * Customise {{{NSIS\Contrib\zip2exe\Modern.nsh}}}:
{{{
!include "MUI.nsh"
!define MUI_ICON "c:\bin\web2py\applications\eden\static\favicon.ico"

!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_DIRECTORY
!insertmacro MUI_PAGE_INSTFILES

!insertmacro MUI_LANGUAGE "English"

Section "install"
 
    ;Add files
    SetOutPath "$INSTDIR"

    ;create desktop shortcut
    CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\Sahana Eden.lnk" "$INSTDIR\web2py.exe" ""
 
    ;create start-menu shortcut
    CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\Sahana Eden.lnk" "$INSTDIR\web2py.exe"

SectionEnd
}}}
  * use NSIS' {{{zip2exe.exe}}} to convert to an .exe

Possible alternatives:
 * [http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/browse_thread/thread/84856e84b66669 InnoSetup]
 * [http://prism.mozilla.com Prism]

Script which can run Web2Py after installing any necessary dependencies into Source Python:
 * http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/msg/394d736bade72bd4
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