Keeping clean versions - (was: RE: BlackBox source code 'improvements')

From: Treutwein Bernhard <"Treutwein>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 11:11:22 +0100

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there is an easy way to keep a clean version of BlackBox
by using the "network" feature. Doing some self-citation:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Treutwein Bernhard
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 1:42 PM
> To: blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy
> Subject: Tip: Projects & BlackBox
>
>
> Dear BlackBox users,
>
> A little known feature of BlackBox is the ability to use the
> installation directory in read-only mode and have different
> projects under different directories. This allows for
> project specific configuration of the global menus etc.
> This feature is hidden under "Server installation (Windows only)"
> in "System/Docu/User-Man.odc". The only drawback is that you
> have to modify the way you call BlackBox for different projects.
>
> Enclosed is a little Visual-Basic script, which allows all
> projects to be stored under some root path (H:\BlackBox in
> my case) and to choose from this menu a project folder.
> It then switches the current directory to this path (with
> the result that File->Open offers you your project path)
> and appends the /use path to the BlackBox command line.
>
> For those of you, who have disabled the automatic (double
> click) execution of VBS for security reasons, a tiny
> BlackBox.cmd is included.
>
> regards
> --
> Bernhard Treutwein
> Bernhard.Treutwein(at)verwaltung uni-muenchen de (work)
> BdT(at)wildwein de (home)

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	Bernhard Treutwein, IuK, Ref. III A 3
	Bernhard.Treutwein(at)verwaltung uni-muenchen de
------------------------------------------------------------ browse.vbs ----
' Author: Bernhard Treutwein BdT(at)wildwein de
' based on a hotline answer of the german computer 
' magazin c't, issue 9/2004, p. 184
' original script and copyright available at:
' ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/listings/0409-184.zip
' modified with help of the original author Hajo Schulz
[hajo.schulz{([at]})nowhere.xy' Last change: 28-Apr-2004
' mdified script published in c't, issue 12/2004, p. 204
' source available at:
' ftp://ftp.heise.de/pub/ct/listings/0411-204.zip
' Documentation for BrowseForFolder:
'
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/shellcc/platform/shell/reference/obje
cts/shell/browseforfolder.asp
Option Explicit
Dim sh, app, fldr
Dim prg, arg, mypath, root
Dim i
Set sh = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set app = Wscript.CreateObject("Shell.Application")
prg = "D:\Programme\BlackBox\BlackBox.exe"   ' Define prg as the full path
name of your BlackBox installation
root = "H:\BlackBox\"                        ' Define root as the full path
name of the root directory of your BlackBox Projects
set fldr = app.BrowseForFolder(0, "Please choose project folder" & CHR(10) &
CHR(10) & "Cancel uses Blackbox Program directory", 65, root)
If fldr Is nothing then ' Cancel pushed, use default
  mypath = ""
 Else
  mypath = fldr.Self.Path
End If
If mypath = "" Then
  sh.Run prg, 1, false
 Else
  sh.CurrentDirectory = mypath
  sh.Run prg & " " & "/use " & mypath, 1, false
End If
---------------------------------------------------------- blackbox.cmd ----
C:\WINDOWS\System32\WScript.exe "d:\Programme\blackbox\browse.vbs"
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