installers?

[Blaine0002]

im have a quite large hack that runs quite a bit of queries and adds a bunch of templates in the installation....

do you think i should use an installation php file or use an XML?

[Andreas]

Use Product Management, much easier than writing custom installers.

[jugo]

just work it into an xml product file.

It's the way to go...everyone's doing it.

[Blaine0002]

but what if i already have a custom installer made?
THEN whats the better way?

[Andreas]

Burn it and make a Product XML :)
Shouldn't be too hard
- Install using the Installer
- Assign Phrases/Templates/Settings to the Product
- Copy Query-Code to Product Install/Uninstall Code
- Export
Done.

[Blaine0002]

and how exactly do i assign templates and stuff to the product?

oh, and will this allow me to have a php file in the admincp directory that allows me to edit the settings?

[Adrian Schneider]

Go into debug mode, then create them into the Master Style, and specify the product upon creating them. You can add ACP options the same way.

[Andreas]

If you already have the phrases/templates/settings in the DB you can easily assign them by issuing a Query (UPDATE table SET product='myproduct' WHERE ...)