Maintenance of the End-user

End-user Instructions: InstallationGuidelinesWindows

• Clean the Eden folder (databases/errors/sessions)

  c:
  cd \bin\web2py
  c:\bin\python26\python applications\eden\static\scripts\tools\standalone_exe.py
  

• Zip-up contents of 'dist' folder
  • rename eden as 'init'
  • Delete the examples & welcome folders
• Customise C:\Program Files\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

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