Monday, November 08, 2010 at 12:04 AM.

system.verbs.builtins.opmlEditor.installTool

on installTool (toolname) {
	<<Changes
		<<8/10/08; 8:02:09 PM by DW
			<<If the tool being installed has a script in its #installer table called onInstall, run it after the user dismisses the dialog.
		<<8/9/08; 4:07:17 PM by DW
			<<Handle a #installer table at the top level of the database. Per http://howto.opml.org/dave/editorOpmlOrg/toolInstallFormat.html
		<<8/4/08; 12:56:02 PM by DW
			<<Display a dialog when the tool has been installed. If the tool already exists, confirm replacement, and try to close the file if it's open.
		<<7/29/08; 11:23:44 AM by DW
			<<Created. 
	local (adrtoolsInfo = opmlEditor.getToolsInfo ());
	local (adrtool = @adrtoolsInfo^.[toolname]);
	local (f = frontier.getsubfolder ("apps") + "Tools" + file.getpathchar () + nameof (adrtool^));
	local (filetext = tcp.httpreadurl (adrtool^.downloadUrl));
	file.surefilepath (f);
	if file.exists (f) {
		if not dialog.confirm ("Replace the \"" + toolname + "\" tool?") {
			return (true)};
		try {filemenu.close (@[f])}};
	file.writewholefile (f, filetext);
	frontier.tools.install (f);
	
	local (adrinstallscript = nil);
	bundle { //check for #installer at top level of root, 8/9/08 by DW
		local (adrinstaller = @[f].["#installer"]);
		if defined (adrinstaller^) {
			if defined (adrinstaller^.flUpdate) {
				if adrinstaller^.flUpdate {
					opmlEditor.addToolToUpdates (adrinstaller)}};
			if defined (adrinstaller^.prefs) {
				opmlEditor.addOutlineToPrefs (@adrinstaller^.prefs)};
			if defined (adrinstaller^.onInstall) { //8/10/08 by DW
				adrinstallscript = @adrinstaller^.onInstall}}};
	
	dialog.notify ("The \"" + toolname + "\" tool has been installed.");
	if adrinstallscript != nil {
		thread.callscript (adrinstallscript, {})};
	return (true)};
bundle { //test code 
	installtool ("wordpress.root")}



This listing is for code that runs in the OPML Editor environment. I created these listings because I wanted the search engines to index it, so that when I want to look up something in my codebase I don't have to use the much slower search functionality in my object database. Dave Winer.