Sorry to post this as a forum, however my e-mail is unable to process through to your support e-mail.

I recently purchased and downloaded the pro version. It automatically loaded itself to an odd place--for me anyway. Is it possible for me to load it in c:/Program Files (X86) ?

Pat

Hi Pat,
ReefMaster uses Microsoft ClickOnce technology to handle installation and updates. The location of the actual installation files are determined by this technology, and is not configurable by us or the user. It shouldn't make a difference where the files are stored when using ReefMaster - is there any reason why you would rather see these files in a different location?

thanks,
Matt

Hi Matt,

I apologise for jumping in here but I too was a bit disappointed that there is no option to determine the installation program/data location, I personally like to keep as much program information/data off my C: drive as possible, it just makes keeping the operating system up together and backup a lot easier and gives Windows more elbow room on an already overworked (and stuffed) system drive. I understand the advantages for the developer re the updates etc. but it is still annoying to be dictated to by the Clickonce Deployment System in .Net framework/Microsoft. Is a standalone version of the program difficult to implement?

Simon

Hi Simon,
We originally made the decision to go with ClickOnce primarily for the ease of deployment and the automatic updates. In retrospect, it wasn't the right choice and we are currently looking to move away from ClickOnce, to a standard Windows MSI installation. There are a number of reasons for this; occasional, difficult support issues when ClickOnce installations fail, inability to produce proper standalone installers for CD distribution and some issues around localisataion (planned in 2014). Unfortunately, the transition is not totally straightforward (or we would have done it already) and, in particular moving the current user-base across automatically will be a challenge. As it happens, ClickOnce won't let us update users from the current 32 bit release to an AnyCPU build that supports 64 bit. We have this build in beta now, and it offers advantages such as much bigger maximum map sizes, so introducing the 64 bit version will probably be the factor that finally forces us to make the switch. Expect something early 2014.

Matt

Hi Matt,

Thanks for clearing that up, as a 32 bit and 64 bit user that is interesting news. Looking forward to future developments!

Simon