AIOI 2020-01 Release candidate ready for testing

[Willy Tschager]

Hi,

The release candidate of the AIOI 2020-01 can be downloaded here:

http://www.holly-wood.it/tmp/LDraw_AIOI_...bit_v1.exe

Change log:

* Update to Parts Library 2020-01
* Update to MLCad.ini 2020-01
* LDCad 1.6d
* Update to Offline Parts Catalog 2020-01

Your testing would be appreciated.

w.

PS I've got a 64 bit version almost ready but LDPub3D gives me a hard time.

[Philippe Hurbain]

A bit of thread hijacking...
I have been reported something that looks like an issue with LDrawxxxx.exe updates.
AIOI defaults library installation to
C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw
which looks fine to me.

But library exe updates defaults to
(folder containing Ldrawxxx.exe)\%CommonDocumentsFolder%\LDraw
which doesn't seem very consistent (and I even doubt it works fine, not tried) and is anyway confusing for the user.
Comments?

[Chris Dee]

A bit of thread hijacking...
I have been reported something that looks like an issue with LDrawxxxx.exe updates.
AIOI defaults library installation to
C:\Users\Public\Documents\LDraw
which looks fine to me.

But library exe updates defaults to
(folder containing Ldrawxxx.exe)\%CommonDocumentsFolder%\LDraw
which doesn't seem very consistent (and I even doubt it works fine, not tried) and is anyway confusing for the user.
Comments?

Yes, I can confirm the the Windows installer for the complete library (built with InnoSetup) does use a defualt directory name of %CommonDocumentsFolder%\LDraw

I can change it for the next update if someone knows what it should be, that will work on Window 7 and Windows 10 as a minimum, and preferabvle for all users.

After the ldraw -> LDraw fiasco, the I'm a bit wary about changing well-established things in the parts updates.

[Philippe Hurbain]

Yes, I can confirm the the Windows installer for the complete library (built with InnoSetup) does use a defualt directory name of %CommonDocumentsFolder%\LDraw

Not really...
The proposed folder is not %CommonDocumentsFolder%\LDraw, but (folder containing Ldrawxxx.exe)\%CommonDocumentsFolder%\LDraw. If you blindly accept that, it creates a %CommonDocumentsFolder% folder in the location of the exe!