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Latest Issue of the
Just Great Software Newsletter

June 2009

Contents

1. Updated: DeployMaster 3.2.0

2. New: Regular Expressions Cookbook

Updated: DeployMaster 3.2.0

DeployMaster 3.1.0 is now available for download. This release brings a few minor fixes and improvements.

Two new named folders are now supported. %COMMONDOCUMENTS% can be used to install document and data files that are shared between all users on a PC. It translates to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents on Windows XP and to C:\Users\Public\Public Documents on Vista. %LOCALAPPDATAROOT% can be used to install user-specific data files and settings that should not become part of the user's roaming profile. It translates to C:\Documents and Settings\username\Local Settings\Application Data on Windows XP and to C:\Users\username\AppData\Local on Vista.

Handling of 3rd party setups was improved. If a 3rd party setup does not specify a download URL, installation detection file, or installation detection registry key, and the 3rd Party setup is not included in the installation package created by DeployMaster, then the installation package no longer prompts that the 3rd party setup needs to be installed. Confirming the installation by checking a registry value now works correctly. Previously, only checking a registry key without checking a value worked correctly. Installers that specify 3rd party setups now work correctly when using the /silent command line parameter. Previously, such installers would fail to install anything when the /silent parameter was used.

If you have already purchased DeployMaster, you can download this free update at http://www.deploymaster.com/download.html

If you haven't purchased DeployMaster yet, you can do so now for only $99 at http://www.deploymaster.com/buynow.html

New: Regular Expressions Cookbook

Last month I announced in this newsletter that Regular Expressions Cookbook, written by myself and Steven Levithan, had been published. If you missed my announcement, you can read it on my blog at http://www.regexguru.com/2009/05/regular-expressions-cookbook-has-been-published/

Unfortunately, I underestimated the time that retailers like Amazon.com need to stock up on new product. The large numbers of pre-orders (thank you!) may have something to do with that as well. When I write this, the following Amazon sites show the book as being in stock, meaning they'll ship your order in 24 hours:

USA: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596520689/jgsbookselection

UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596520689/jgsbookselect

Canada: http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596520689

The French and German branches list the book as coming in a few weeks or months. I don't know why that is. If you're in Europe and want the book now, you'll have to order from Amazon.co.uk or from another retailer in your country.

If you've already purchased the book from Amazon (thanks!), please take a moment to write a review on Amazon's site. It doesn't have to be long or detailed. Just give your honest opinion. Customer reviews really make a difference when selling on Amazon. If you've enjoyed any other books recently, you can do the authors a favor with a quick review too.

Some people have asked about electronic versions of the book. The best I can offer you is the PDF version that you can purchase from the publisher at http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596520687/ for $31.99. That's actually 2 dollars more than what Amazon.com charges for the printed book ($29.69--list price is $44.99). There won't be a Kindle version. Apparently, the Kindle does not support some of the formatting we used in the book. The PDF version is identical to the printed book.

That's it for this month. Thank you for using our software, and see you next month!

Kind regards,

Jan Goyvaerts

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