What @che85 and I considered in the past (and I think we discussed this with @lassoan ) is to include “launchers” (for the lack of a better word) that would provide access to the application/community-specific slicelet. The user would still install the full Slicer application downloaded from the sam…

I absolutely agree. There are often situations where users are overwhelmed by the Slicer user interface and developers decide to create their own slicelets. I think it would be a great feature to have shortcuts within one’s Application directory (regarding MacOS) that allow starting an extension sl…

Good point, this is a nice approach, too. Based on this, I update the list of existing customization options: User downloads standard Slicer installer and installs extensions manually. Custom installers (have custom application name, some additional extensions are bundled, some modules are exclude…

[image] lassoan: CustomSlicerGenerator: It works but it has two serious limitations (no installer is available, just a zip file; resources, such as any icons and bitmaps shown in the application are not customizable - except application icon and splash screen). First let me comment on these i…

[image] pieper: confirmed a zip file containing an executable is completely usable even by clinical users I can very easily find any number of users who has no clue what to do with a zip file but can easily install using an installation package. You would not have start menu shortcuts, uninst…

[image] pieper: can you give a specific example you’d like to change but cannot currently? Currently we customize these in our custom application packages: All application options defined here . These resource files: Applications\SlicerApp\Resources\Icons\Large(appname)-DesktopIcon.png Appl…

[image] lassoan: I can very easily find any number of users who has no clue what to do with a zip file but can easily install using an installation package. You would not have start menu shortcuts, uninstaller, etc. either. So, I would not even consider this as a viable option. Yes, for windo…

[image] pieper: there’s also the issue that some PCs will let you run executables from zip files, but won’t let you install without admin accounts That’s just a simple setting if the installer should ask for elevated access. It is usually set for elevated access so that you can install in Pro…

[image] lassoan: tuning CMake options (except resources) Hello lassoan, Would you tell me how to implement “tuning CMake options (except resources)”. Thank you!

Would you tell me how to implement “tuning CMake options (except resources)”. just by tuning CMake options originally referenced by @lassoan means you can simply toggle CMake options during the configuration step described in Build Instructions — 3D Slicer documentation To provide the full cont…

There are different options now, most importantly the Slicer custom application template .

Customized application launchers

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Custom Slicer distributions Development	20	1896	June 24, 2017
Make launcher with extension module Development	6	382	November 27, 2023
Packaged, distributable custom application with a slicelet Development build	1	565	August 1, 2018
Creating a custom 3D Slicer Development build	27	3583	June 29, 2022
Installing extensions in binary distribution of Slicer Support extensions-manager	25	2077	March 5, 2021

Customized application launchers

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