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marko
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 Posted - 09/14/2001 : 04:11:42 AM
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Dear Origin programmers,
is there a method to uninstall installed OPK packages, or do I have to delete the corresponding files by hand? Would be nice if there would be an uninstall section in the install script, but up to now I couldn't find any hint.
Thanks,
Marko
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Mike Buess
USA
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Posted - 09/14/2001 : 4:05:15 PM
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I'm afraid there is no uninstall method built into the OPK object. Unless the author provides his/her own uninstall procedure you have to delete the files yourself. When an OPK package is created the names of the files that are to be archived are read from a simple text file. I think it's a good idea for the author to at least include that text file in the OPK package so the user can know which files to delete.
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marko
Germany
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Posted - 09/17/2001 : 02:37:20 AM
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Thanks for this almost already expected reply! Still couldn't find anything else that what you said...
Anyway, you mentioned this text file which gets created. How is it called and where can I find it when I create my OPK.
Marko
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Mike Buess
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Posted - 09/17/2001 : 05:25:50 AM
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The text file containing the file list is used when you make an archive with the opk object. (You create and name the text file yourself.) If you make an OPK using the "Customize Toolbar" dialog the text file w/file list is not automatically created.
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marko
Germany
112 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2001 : 06:41:35 AM
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Looks like during Export of a button group from within Origin exists a temporary file called ExpGroup.tmp which is used by [ExportButtonGroup] in FILE.OGS.
Well, maybe it's better to write your own script for packing an OPK as you pointed out before, that you'd have more control over the whole packaging process.
Thanks,
Marko
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marko
Germany
112 Posts |
Posted - 09/17/2001 : 09:51:44 AM
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 Thanks again for your inspiration Mike.
I finally wrote my own little scripts which do pack my Origin packages eventually. It's much more convenient!
The only thing you need to bare in mind is that you shouldn't forget to include also the OPKsetup.ogs into your archive!!
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Mike Buess
USA
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Posted - 09/17/2001 : 12:07:27 PM
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I missed that temporary file somehow. Does it get deleted after the archive is created?
BTW... I've found that the OFileMan utility which is available on OriginLab's Add-on Modules page is quite useful for creating the file list and writing it to a file. In fact, I suspect that is what it was originally intended for.
BTW (2)... Also bare in mind that OPKsetup.ogs is overwritten when you install someone else's OPK file. I save my setup file under another name and use Origin's file -c command to copy it to OPKsetup.ogs just prior to creating my archive.
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marko
Germany
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Posted - 09/18/2001 : 08:39:49 AM
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Thanks for the hint Mike.
I reprogrammed the Packager Dialog of Origin as a script using the OFileMan. Now I have full functionality of the Dialog as a script. Probably it would have been easier to seek in Origin's ogs files for that bit of code instead. Anyway, I learned a bit doing this.
Surprisingly I noticed that the OFileMan.DeleteFile method doesn't delete a file! Do you experienced the same strange thing?
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Mike Buess
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Posted - 09/18/2001 : 12:31:05 PM
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I think you've been misled by a mistake in the OFileMan documentation. The delete method is DelFile rather than DeleteFile as shown in the example. DelFile works fine, but remember to set path$ first.
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marko
Germany
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Posted - 09/19/2001 : 02:38:51 AM
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Thanks again Mike!!! 
I missed that. Could have seen that with dumping the object by "FM.=" in the script window... ;)
Now it's getting perfect. Thanks also for the Path$ hint, I already tried to use a full path as file name.
Marko
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