wyBuild Menu Order

This isn't a question more of an observation. Been using wybuild for around a month now and I've noticed something odd in the menu order. Wybuild's main menu (on the left) is currently like this:

1. App Info > Theme > Update Info > Files > Download sites > Build Client file & Updates > Upload updates

I've left a few out for brevity's sake.Anyway, when I do my build, I first build the wyupdate client file, then do my build in visual studio, then build the update, then upload the update via ftp. So I've been thinking that the menu order should kind of be like this;

1. App Info > Theme > Update Info > Build Client file > Files > Download sites > Build Updates > Upload updates

Basically that you separate the building of the wyupdate client file and the update patch files into separate menus. This I think would remove some confusion as to when to build the client file. Cause if you think about it, you should build the client file before you build your main app, not after. I hope this makes sense, just something I was thinking about.John

Hey John,

Cause if you think about it, you should build the client file before you build your main app, not after. I hope this makes sense, just something I was thinking about.

You can really do it either way. For instance, if you're building wyUpdate to include the latest client.wyc with your updates then you can include an "old" client.wyc file (that is, one that doesn't have the latest version number but does have the latest resources -- theme, languages, download site, etc.). When you include a client.wyc within your update in wyBuild then it ignores the version number embedded in the file but uses all the latest information inside the client.wyc.

And if you're not including the latest client.wyc with your updates (that is, you're just building wyUpdate to include with your latest installer) then you can build wyUpdate either before or after you build your updates.

That being said we're always thinking about ways to make this simpler and reducing the learning curve.

Oh yea, I hadn't thought about including an older client.wyc file. Hmm.. I guess it's just a question of how experienced the user is and how their dev environment is setup.Strange I didn't know that wybuild would ignore the version number in the file and choose to use the latest in the wyc. I just choose to not deploy with the client.wyc. Wow, and here I thought I knew exactly how it worked. 😲

John.

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