[wpkg-users] Message box for notifying users

[mscdex]

I've added links to screenshots of what I have so far in my message class on
the "user contributed software" wiki page.

On 6/18/08, mscdex <mscdex at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I agree using the wpkg client service would do this, but I am looking to
> have the smallest footprint possible by having everything executed from a
> script on the server. From what I've seen in the wpkg client, I've already
> been able to implement its features that I'd be using for my situation,
> using WSH (things like before and after wpkg processing, running as an
> account with higher privileges to allow software
> installations/upgrades/removals, etc) or small console utilities run from
> the server.
>
> On 6/18/08, Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo at wpkg.org> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Tomasz Chmielewski
>> http://wpkg.org
>>
>>
>
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