OpenG Package Releases

[Jim Kring]

QUOTE(yen @ Feb 9 2007, 05:35 AM)

P.S. Jim, it is warranted to say again that all the work that goes into the OpenG packages is highly appreciated. Thanks go to all the developers.

Thanks, Yen! It's great to hear that it makes a difference

QUOTE(Falevoz Y. @ Feb 9 2007, 03:09 AM)

I'd be very interested too in a package that could be install without the Internet.

QUOTE(Neville D @ Feb 9 2007, 10:07 AM)

But sometimes, for whatever reason (internet traffic? our internal proxy server?), VIPM times out, when the operation worked fine on another machine a few hours ago.. in that case, it is just easier to copy over the files.

QUOTE(Tomi Maila @ Feb 9 2007, 10:59 AM)

Yes. You may also want to distrubute the packages with your own application and then you simply need to know how to install them to a new computer without VIPM.

There is a FAQ item, here, on the jkisoft forums that describes how to use the Package>>Add Package(s) to Library menu option to add one or more package (*.ogp) files to your package list. This is another easy way to move packages between computers (the file dialog for adding packages allows you to select multiple package files and import them all in one shot).

You are certainly welcome to just copy around the user.lib stuff, but again, I do not recommend it. Package files (can) do a whole lot more than just put VIs beneath your user.lib folder -- it is best to install the packages using VIPM. Don't have VIPM on your other computers? Then install VIPM on your other computers? Have good reasons not to install VIPM on your other computers? Tell us what those reasons are and we will try to address them (please, post ideas to the VIPM Feature Suggestions and Ideas Forum or feel free to post here on LAVA). We are committed to improving VIPM and we have plans for releases on regular period. Please don't hesitate to give use your valuable feedback, so that we can address your needs.

Thanks,

-Jim