[wpkg-users] Message box for notifying users

[Tomasz Chmielewski]

mscdex schrieb:
> Right now the messages would work when wpkg.js is executed, after the 
> user logs in. This situation is fine by me because I have certain domain 
> groups assigned to at least a certain wpkg base profile (e.g. students, 
> teachers, office staff) and so wpkg would need to be executed after 
> logon. I have the client machine(s) set to not display the desktop shell 
> until the logon scripts have completed and because of that all they see 
> is a wallpaper background while wpkg is running (no sense in giving the 
> user the idea wpkg is finished when it isn't, especially if an 
> auto-reboot is required). I thought during this time if wpkg was 
> performing any tasks, a useful message(s) could be shown so that the 
> they do not assume the system has hung or has crashed.
> 
> Also, I thought it would be especially nice to have a message displayed 
> if an automatic reboot was needed after installing a new 
> application/upgrade/removal, something like "rebooting in 5 seconds..." 

Wouldn't WPKG Client with logon delay enabled solve your problems, 
including "rebooting in 5 seconds"?

Note that displaying custom messages is available in testing versions of 
wpkg.js and WPKG Client.


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Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org