[scilab-Users] Release of Scilab 5.4.0 beta 2

[jasper van baten]

Dear Scilab Authors,

The installer removes the registry keys in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Scilab
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scilab

for previous installed versions, which breaks compatibility of 
applications that depend on those keys. Can this be fixed?

While at the subject of registry entries, the value

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Scilab\LASTINSTALL
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Scilab\LASTINSTALL

is written by an installation, and removed by an uninstallation, leaving 
no convenient way for applications that want to use scilab to find the 
latest installed version. For example, install 5.3.3, install 5.4 beta, 
uninstall 5.4 beta and the LASTINSTALL key is not present. Any 
suggestion on how to check for the scilab installation with the highest 
version number, short of searching the file system?

Many thanks, best wishes,

Jasper.


On 8/2/2012 11:01, Communication wrote:
> Dear Scilab Users,
>
> Scilab Enterprises is glad to announce the release of Scilab 5.4.0 
> beta 2 which includes new eigs function to calculate eigenvalues and 
> eigenvectors of matrices and improvements in Scilab documentation.
>
> Scilab 5.4.0 beta 2 is a test version provided to the community and 
> available for download on our website at: 
> http://www.scilab.org/products/scilab/download/5.4.0-beta-2
>
> If you find a bug, please report it to Scilab bug tracking system 
> (http://bugzilla.scilab.org/).
>
> Best Regards
>
>

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