Rainer Meier schrieb: > In fact I also thought about extending the package format to include > some package description (which can be provided in various local > languages). Then it would be possible to print this information to > sendStatus output as well. So WPKG client could display some nice > information about the application currently being installed/upgraded. OK, you had something like that in mind. Sounds sophisticated... we'll see. Perhaps a "simple / extended" view switch would be desired (not sure if by the admin, in wpkginst.exe, or in the delay window), or both, if admin permits "extended" view. > Let's outline the GUI as I see it: > ________________________________________________________________________ > | WPKG package deployment | > | | > | Deployment started at: xx:yy:zz [ACTIVITY] | > | Running since : yy:zz [INDICATOR] | > | | > | Stage: [Remove|Install] | > | Package 2 of 10: Adobe Acrobat Reader | > | __________________________________________________________________ | > | |-----| | | > | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | > | Package status: | > | Installation started at: xx:yy:zz | > | Running since : yy:zz | > | Description: | > | __________________________________________________________________ | > | | Adobe Acrobat reader |^| | > | | Acrobat reader is used to display PDF files. | | | > | | [some more information about the reader] | | | > | | |v| | > | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | > |______________________________________________________________________| > > > From my point of view such a windows would provide quite a fair amount > of information to the (waiting) user. You forgot about one important thing (below the activity indicator): ________________________________________________________________________ | WPKG package deployment | | | | Deployment started at: xx:yy:zz [ACTIVITY] | | Running since : yy:zz [INDICATOR] | | | | Stage: [Remove|Install] [LAUNCH GAME TO] | |Package 2 of 10: Adobe Acrobat Reader [KILL SOME TIME] | | __________________________________________________________________ | ;) -- Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org |