First Discovery Launcher Installer

What is this?

An automatic way to install a First Discovery launcher. The repo contains four scripts and two icons.

How do I use it?

• Install the native host
• Clone this repo
• Extract
• Run install-launcher.bat
• When prompted, choose to install either the Electron preview shortcut or the Search preview shortcut

To change the preview that shortcut points to, simply run install-launcher.bat again and choose a different preview

How does it work?

When you run install-launcher.bat, the script does the following:

• Creates a folder %AppData%\first-discovery\
• Asks if the user wants the shortcut to point to the First Discovery with the Electron preview or the Search preview
• Moves either launcher-electron.bat or launcher-search.bat to %AppData%\first-discovery\ and renames it launcher.bat
• Moves icons to %AppData%\first-discovery\
• Calls create-shortcut.vbs which creates a shortcut to the launcher (with a nice icon) on the current user's desktop.

launcher-electron.bat and launcher-search.bat are simple batch scripts that open Chrome in kiosk mode at either http://first-discovery.mybluemix.net\demos\prefsServerIntegration\index.html?preview=search or http://first-discovery.mybluemix.net\demos\prefsServerIntegration\index.html?preview=electron

Prerequisites

• Google Chrome
• First Discovery Native Host
• First Discovery Extension. Installation link here