Customise XAMPP to add new program?

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Customise XAMPP to add new program?

Postby malc_b » 31. January 2014 16:26

Hi,

Is there anyway to add another program to the appache, mysql, etc. buttons? Or I guess it might be possible to replace say mercury-start.bat with a different bat file. Or start the program from from with appache-start.bat?

To explain, rather than using mercury which seems over complex for just test a website locally on my PC, or mailtodisk which involves more clicks, I use a program called Test Mail Server Tool www toolheap com. This is a simple program that just captures port 25 output, saves it to directory AND (unlike mailtodisk) opens the message in notepad for me to read. Hence I prefer it to mailtodisk as I don't have to look for the new file and then open it to read it. I'd just like to be able to start it from xampp.
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Re: Customise XAMPP to add new program?

Postby Altrea » 31. January 2014 16:40

Hi,

The control panel is open source (written in Delphi) and the sources came with every XAMPP installation.
If you are able to code Delphi feel free to add that functionality.

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Re: Customise XAMPP to add new program?

Postby malc_b » 31. January 2014 17:41

I was hoping for a script I could edit. I have done delphi but a while back and I doubt I have a delphi complier installed on my PC still (or one that works on win 7 64bit).
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Re: Customise XAMPP to add new program?

Postby Altrea » 31. January 2014 17:45

I'm sorry. The XAMPP control panel is not (yet!?) modular enough to add or replace a component in it.
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Re: Customise XAMPP to add new program?

Postby malc_b » 31. January 2014 19:30

I've sorted it - more than one way to skin a cat.

What I've done is recompile mailtodisk after adding os.startfile(writetodisk.filename) in the last section which now reads

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if __name__ == '__main__':
    writetodisk = MailToDisk()
    writetodisk.writemail()
    os.startfile(writetodisk.filename)
    sys.exit()


So that pops up notepad with the new email messages
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Re: Customise XAMPP to add new program?

Postby Altrea » 31. January 2014 19:37

I'm glad you could solve your problem.
Well done and thanks for sharing :D
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