someone has helpful hints...
I am developing an app that is being tested by several people,
each testing various parts of the app. New versions are
released almost daily, and I am using NSIS to build the
installer. Some of the team desire to keep old versions around
to do "side-by-side" testing and others prefer to overwrite
the older versions to minimize system clutter.
My main issues are:
- The best way to remove old versions
- The best way to provide side-by-side versions
- Managing Start Menu and Desktop Shortcuts
What I am considering is:
- Determine if an old version is present.
- If present, query during install to overwrite or keep.
- If overwrite, execute the versions uninstall.exe
- If keep, install to a new directory based upon current version.
Has anyone done this sort of thing that could offer recommended practices?
As far as the Start Menu and Desktop Shortcuts, I am currently
providing the version info with the Desktop Icon
and writing the Start Menu Shortcut using:
Again, I ask, is there a better (preferred) method of doing this?!define APPNAME "MyProgram"
!define VERSION "1_00"
...
CreateShortCut "$DESKTOP\${APPNAME} v${VERSION}.lnk" \
"$INSTDIR\${APPNAME}.exe"
CreateShortCut "$SMPROGRAMS\${APPNAME}\v${VERSION}\${APPNAME}.lnk" \
"$INSTDIR\${APPNAME}.exe"
Thanks,
David