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:

• ​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
• ​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.

Developer

Current:

• InstallationGuidelinesWindowsPythonInstaller
  • ​Nullsoft Installer

ToDo:

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

End-user

Follow these instructions:

• InstallationGuidelinesWindowsMaintenance

What the installer files do:

• end-user-install.nsi: Contains the code-logic behind the installer
• setup-cust.ini: Contains the Layout for the Web2Py config page
• setup-mode.ini: Contains the Layout for the mode selection (portable or not) page
• setup-sahanainfo.ini: Contains the Layout for the info page about how to use sahana-eden (Last page of the installer)

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BluePrints

Script which can run Web2Py after installing any necessary dependencies into Source Python:

• ​http://groups.google.com/group/web2py/msg/394d736bade72bd4