Creating installation file for a plugin

[Shay.Gaghe]

Hi

I hope this the right board to ask this.  My company developing an autocad plugin , by lisps and used by costumized suppoautomatedrt files. 

We want to create an install.exe for out plugin and of what i have in mind by now is the folowing:

1. Paste supporting files to C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ApplicationPlugins\

2. paste profile.aws folder to C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ACA 2019\enu\Support\Profiles\

3. paste toolpalette folder to C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ACA 2019\enu\Support\ToolPalette\Palettes

4. paste cuix to

C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Autodesk\ACA 2019\enu\Support 5. past switched shortcut to desktop

Am i missing something?

Thanks

SHAY

[scot-65]

One should use a directory structure that is isolated from the
AutoCAD OOTB directory structure.

Exception: Creating a sub-directory in the "Bundles" directory
for bundle apps.

Suggest:
Stick with Program Files for "common" items for all users and
AppData/Roaming area for user-specific items (acad.pgp).
<the program files area can also be interpreted as server area>

Why? New AutoCAD installs and/or updated AutoCAD software
will be easier to execute your custom menu system loading.

???

[_Tharwat]

Hi,

Why don't you hire someone to create installers for your plug-ins ? 😉

[cadomatic]

how to quote here?

[Sea-Haven]

I put all my customer supplied package in a known directory, I just get them to unzip to this directory, a lisp can then be run that does all the menu stuff, paths etc.

I am going to look at self extracting zip so it will make all the correct directories.