How can I set the install path(s) with the dashboard ?

VCL TMS VCL UI Pack
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Hi, I've just installed the new version, and seems to have no choice not using Dashboard or SmartSetup.

How can I choose where I want my files, dcp, dcus etc... ?
Despite the Dashboard itself is a good idea with the news and current versions, downloads ans so on, It's real mess regarding the installation preocess itself.
Hey, we are developpers we don't need to get baby-sitted for this !!
The smart setup knows where to install the files ??? Sorry it knows nothing, how could it ? I need to copy / relocate and recompile all the library because it decided to put the Dcu, bpls in an obscur subpath ! We don't have all the same configuration, give us at least a way to choose where all these things should go !

Sorry but I'm really disappoint regarding the extra work it represents !

Regards

Frédéric

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What is your objective complain and what is your objective request, exactly?
What problem do you want to solve?

I'm really confused by this. Are you worried about flexibility (where to put your dcus) or less work? Because to me they are exactly the opposite. TMS Dashboard/Smart Setup was done to give users less work, because it downloads and installs everything automatically with very few clicks.

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Hi,

The question is in the title, and is simple, how can I set the different paths (Sources, Bpls, Dcus) ?

Regards

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Why do you want to set different paths? What do you gain from it? What problem do you want to solve?

From legacy installer, you were never allowed to set your own BPLs or DCUs. I'm not sure why you think now this is a problem.

The BPLs were placed hardcoded in the default Delphi BPL output folder (which imho causes a problem with old BPLs hanging around in shared folders).

The DCUs were placed hardcoded as well, you were never allowed to modify then. I'm not sure why this is a problem now. With Smart Setup you actually have a flexibility as you have the option to define DCU mega folder for all or a subset of products. So this is added flexibility compared to previous option: Configuration | TMS Smart Setup documentation

Regarding source code, you can absolutely choose the root workspace folder where you are going to download/install your components. You can choose E:\Here folder and have everything installed there.

When Smart Setup downloads and unzips the product files, it unzips then under E:\Here\Products so it knows where to find products, what is installed, and how to handle dependencies between then.

Hey, we are developpers we don't need to get baby-sitted for this !!

If you want full flexibility, sure! You can simply ask Smart Setup to download the packages for you, for example:

tms fetch tms.vcl.uipack

That will just download the files for you. Now you can just copy the files wherever you want, you can have UI Pack in E:\Foo\UIPack, then have FNC Pack in S:\hooray\bar\FNCPack, and do all the building, installation, configuration yourself manually as a developer. Smart Setup won't babysit you and will not do anything automatically for you, you are on your own as a developer.

I'm still not sure exactly if you want easiness or flexibility, as it looks conflicting to me, but you have both at both extremes.