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Re: let me be the first...


On Sun, 2003-11-02 at 04:16, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> I'm having a hard time with setup.exe.  Every time I run it, I have to
> resize the "Packages to Install" screen (or whatever it is called).
> Couldn't you just make the screen bigger or, at the very least, remember
> the size I chose for the window so that I don't have to resize it every
> @(#& time???

This is actually easy enough: add a UserSetting, as for example
local_dir.cc has, to save the screen co-ordinates from the surrounding
wizard window., and to load them. Then in main restore the loaded
co-ordinates. 

IOW, the framework is there to do that easily.

> If you want people to use this product, you should make sure that it is
> intuitive and easy to use.  It can't be that difficult to correct this
> *bug* in setup.exe.
> 
> cgf
> 
> P.S.  But seriously, I love the ability to resize this screen.  This is
> a ten gold star achievement.

Likewise.

Rob
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