kkkwj
Posts: 88
Joined: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:45 pm

Copy settings from previous upgrades into New Update dialog

I have now done several New Updates using the auto-upgrader. But every time I create a New Update, I must re-enter all my web server pathnames, etc.

This is not optimal because it is tedious and error prone for me to manually enter my web server pathnames and other data that stays the same for every New Update.

A better approach would be to modify the New Update code to copy settings (such as the web server pathname) that stay the same across updates, and merge them with any new information that can change between updates (such as the name of MSI file -- MyApp.v10.msi, MyApp.v11.msi, MyApp.v12.msi, etc)

If this feature was added, I could easily create new upgrades by simply clicking the New Update button (it prompts me to click on an MSI file), clicking the MSI file that I'm interested in, and then changing my descriptive info. I would never have to type in my long webserver path... (yay!) :-)
gigi
Posts: 2103
Joined: Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:55 am
Contact: Website

Hi,

This already can be done. You can use "Duplicate" operation form the context menu. In this way a new update will be created but all the "Download URL", "Display Name", etc are copied form the selected update.

Regards,
Gigi
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kkkwj
Posts: 88
Joined: Thu Mar 01, 2007 10:45 pm

Thanks. I see now that there is a different menu/click path to provide the same functionality that I seek. I'll try it out.

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