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@@ -1,20 +1,33 @@
-/*=========================================================================
-                                                                                
+/*=========================================================================                                                                               
   Program:   bbtk
   Module:    $RCSfile: bbtkConfigurationFile.cxx,v $
   Language:  C++
-  Date:      $Date: 2008/03/10 06:24:12 $
-  Version:   $Revision: 1.13 $
-                                                                                
-  Copyright (c) CREATIS (Centre de Recherche et d'Applications en Traitement de
-  l'Image). All rights reserved. See doc/license.txt or
-  http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/Public/bbtk/License.html for details.
-                                                                                
-     This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even
-     the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
-     PURPOSE.  See the above copyright notices for more information.
-
+  Date:      $Date: 2009/12/08 14:10:36 $
+  Version:   $Revision: 1.32 $
 =========================================================================*/
+
+/* ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+* Copyright (c) CREATIS-LRMN (Centre de Recherche en Imagerie Medicale)
+* Authors : Eduardo Davila, Laurent Guigues, Jean-Pierre Roux
+*
+*  This software is governed by the CeCILL-B license under French law and 
+*  abiding by the rules of distribution of free software. You can  use, 
+*  modify and/ or redistribute the software under the terms of the CeCILL-B 
+*  license as circulated by CEA, CNRS and INRIA at the following URL 
+*  http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-B_V1-en.html 
+*  or in the file LICENSE.txt.
+*
+*  As a counterpart to the access to the source code and  rights to copy,
+*  modify and redistribute granted by the license, users are provided only
+*  with a limited warranty  and the software's author,  the holder of the
+*  economic rights,  and the successive licensors  have only  limited
+*  liability. 
+*
+*  The fact that you are presently reading this means that you have had
+*  knowledge of the CeCILL-B license and that you accept its terms.
+* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */                                                                         
+
 /**
  *\file
  *\brief Class bbtk::ConfigurationFile
 #include "bbtkUtilities.h"
 
 #if defined(WIN32)
-#include <direct.h> // for getcwd
+# include <direct.h> // for getcwd
+# include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
 
 
+
 namespace bbtk
 {
 
@@ -42,48 +57,77 @@ namespace bbtk
        mFile_separator = VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR;
     
     // ==> Set system paths 
-    mBin_path = GetExecutablePath();
-//EED    mInstall_path = mBin_path + mFile_separator + "..";
+    mBin_path = Utilities::GetExecutablePath();
+
+         
+         
+         
+/*     EED 23 Mars 2009  
+#ifdef MACOSX
+    mInstall_path = mBin_path + "/../../../..";
+#else
     mInstall_path = mBin_path + "/..";
+#endif
+*/    
+#ifdef MACOSX
+         
+         std::string macPath("Contents/MacOS"); 
+         int sbp = mBin_path.length();
+         int smp = macPath.length();
+         if (mBin_path.compare( sbp-smp, smp, macPath )==0 )
+         {
+                 mBin_path = mBin_path + "/../../..";
+         }
+         
+         
+#endif   
+         mInstall_path = mBin_path + "/..";
+
+         
+         
     // The relative path to the doc folder (=BBTK_DOC_REL_PATH)
-    mDoc_rel_path = BBTK_STRINGIFY_SYMBOL(BBTK_DOC_REL_PATH);
+    //    mDoc_rel_path = BBTK_STRINGIFY_SYMBOL(BBTK_DOC_REL_PATH);
     // The path to the doc folder (=mInstall_path+"/"+mDoc_rel_path)
-//EED    mDoc_path = mInstall_path + mFile_separator + mDoc_rel_path;
-    mDoc_path = mInstall_path + "/" + mDoc_rel_path;
+    //    mDoc_path = mInstall_path + "/" + mDoc_rel_path;
+    // Have to create bbtk user's dirs if needed 
+
+    // LG 27/01/09 : doc is now user dependent 
+    //               and located in user's .bbtk dir /doc
+    // All dirs under .bbtk user's dir are set and created by:
+    InitializeDotBbtkStructure();
+
     // The relative path to the doc folder (=BBTK_BBS_REL_PATH)
     mBbs_rel_path = BBTK_STRINGIFY_SYMBOL(BBTK_BBS_REL_PATH);
     // The path to the bbs folder (=mInstall_path+"/"+mBbs_rel_path)
-//EED    mBbs_path = mInstall_path + mFile_separator + mBbs_rel_path;
     mBbs_path = mInstall_path + "/" + mBbs_rel_path;
-    // The relative path to the rsc folder (=BBTK_RSC_REL_PATH)
-    //   mRsc_rel_path = BBTK_STRINGIFY_SYMBOL(BBTK_RSC_REL_PATH);
-    // The path to the rsc folder (=mInstall_path+"/"+mRsc_rel_path)
-    //   mRsc_path = mInstall_path + mFile_separator + mRsc_rel_path;
-    // The path to the bbtk data folder 
-    // Initialized to mInstall_path+"/"+BBTK_DATA_REL_PATH
-    // But can be overriden by value read from bbtk_config.xml
-//EED    mData_path = mInstall_path + mFile_separator + BBTK_STRINGIFY_SYMBOL(BBTK_DATA_REL_PATH);
+    
     mData_path = mInstall_path + "/" + BBTK_STRINGIFY_SYMBOL(BBTK_DATA_REL_PATH);
-
-       Utilities::replace( mBin_path           , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-       Utilities::replace( mInstall_path       , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-       Utilities::replace( mDoc_rel_path       , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-       Utilities::replace( mDoc_path           , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-       Utilities::replace( mBbs_path           , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-       Utilities::replace( mData_path          , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-
-    bbtkMessage("Config",1," ==> bin    : '"<<mBin_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
-    bbtkMessage("Config",1," ==> prefix : '"<<mInstall_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
-    bbtkMessage("Config",1," ==> doc    : '"<<mDoc_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
-    bbtkMessage("Config",1," ==> bbs    : '"<<mBbs_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
-    bbtkMessage("Config",1," ==> data   : '"<<mData_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
+    
+    Utilities::replace( mBin_path, 
+                       INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR,
+                       VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    Utilities::replace( mInstall_path,
+                       INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR,
+                       VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    Utilities::replace( mBbs_path,
+                       INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR,
+                       VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    Utilities::replace( mData_path,
+                       INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR,
+                       VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    
+    bbtkMessage("config",1," ==> bin    : '"<<mBin_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("config",1," ==> prefix : '"<<mInstall_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("config",1," ==> doc    : '"<<mDoc_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("config",1," ==> bbs    : '"<<mBbs_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("config",1," ==> data   : '"<<mData_path<<"'"<<std::endl);
 
 
 
     
     // bbs_paths
     // always add "." (current working directory) at the begining
-       mBbs_paths.push_back( "." ); 
+    mBbs_paths.push_back( "." ); 
     // add system bbs path 
     mBbs_paths.push_back(mBbs_path);
     // add toolsbbtk/appli 
@@ -91,40 +135,44 @@ namespace bbtk
     std::string toolsappli_rel_path("/");
 //EED    toolsappli_rel_path +=  "toolsbbtk" + mFile_separator + "appli";
     toolsappli_rel_path +=  "toolsbbtk/appli";
-    mBbs_paths.push_back(mBbs_path + toolsappli_rel_path);
-
-       int iStrVec,sizeStrVec;
-
-       sizeStrVec = mBbs_paths.size();
-       for (iStrVec=0;iStrVec<sizeStrVec;iStrVec++){
-               Utilities::replace( mBbs_paths[iStrVec] , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-       }
-
+    //
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------
+    // LG : REMOVE BUGGY PATH WITH include *:
+    // 
+    //    mBbs_paths.push_back(mBbs_path + toolsappli_rel_path);
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------
+    int iStrVec,sizeStrVec;
+    
+    sizeStrVec = mBbs_paths.size();
+    for (iStrVec=0;iStrVec<sizeStrVec;iStrVec++){
+      Utilities::replace( mBbs_paths[iStrVec] , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    }
+    
     
     // always add "." (current working directory) at the begining
     mPackage_paths.push_back(".");   
     // add system bin path (for build tree / standalone folder install)
     mPackage_paths.push_back(mBin_path);
     // add system lib path (for install tree)
-//EED    mPackage_paths.push_back(mInstall_path + mFile_separator + "lib");
+    //EED    mPackage_paths.push_back(mInstall_path + mFile_separator + "lib");
     mPackage_paths.push_back(mInstall_path + "/lib");
 #ifdef WIN32
     // add bin/Debug bin/Release paths (for build/install tree)
-//EED    mPackage_paths.push_back(mBin_path + mFile_separator + "Debug");
+    //EED    mPackage_paths.push_back(mBin_path + mFile_separator + "Debug");
     mPackage_paths.push_back(mBin_path + "/Debug");
-//EED    mPackage_paths.push_back(mBin_path + mFile_separator + "Release");
+    //EED    mPackage_paths.push_back(mBin_path + mFile_separator + "Release");
     mPackage_paths.push_back(mBin_path + "/Release");
 #endif
-
-       sizeStrVec = mPackage_paths.size();
-       for (iStrVec=0;iStrVec<sizeStrVec;iStrVec++){
-               Utilities::replace( mPackage_paths[iStrVec] , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-       }
-
-
-
+    
+    sizeStrVec = mPackage_paths.size();
+    for (iStrVec=0;iStrVec<sizeStrVec;iStrVec++){
+      Utilities::replace( mPackage_paths[iStrVec] , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    }
+    
+    
+    
     GetHelp(2);
-   
+    
     // ==> First we look for bbtk_config.xml in "."
     char buf[2048];
     const char *currentDir = getcwd(buf, 2048);
@@ -137,14 +185,14 @@ namespace bbtk
        // LG : throw an exception 
       }
     
-//    std::string configXmlFullPathName = currentDir + mFile_separator + "bbtk_config.xml";
+    //    std::string configXmlFullPathName = currentDir + mFile_separator + "bbtk_config.xml";
     std::string configXmlFullPathName = currentDir ;
-                configXmlFullPathName += "/bbtk_config.xml";
-       Utilities::replace( configXmlFullPathName , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-
+    configXmlFullPathName += "/bbtk_config.xml";
+    Utilities::replace( configXmlFullPathName , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    
     if ( Utilities::FileExists( configXmlFullPathName ))
       {
-       bbtkMessage("Config",1, "ConfigurationFile : [" << configXmlFullPathName << 
+       bbtkMessage("config",1, "ConfigurationFile : [" << configXmlFullPathName << 
                    "] found in current directory" << std::endl); 
        //Read(configXmlFullPathName.c_str());
        // traiter le fichier local     
@@ -153,15 +201,7 @@ namespace bbtk
     // ==> Then we look for bbtk_config.xml in ".bbtk"
     else 
       {
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
-       std::string str_home(getenv("HOME"));
-#elif defined(_WIN32)
-       std::string str_home(getenv("USERPROFILE"));
-#endif
-//EED  configXmlFullPathName = str_home + mFile_separator + ".bbtk/bbtk_config.xml";
-       configXmlFullPathName = str_home + "/.bbtk/bbtk_config.xml";
-       Utilities::replace( configXmlFullPathName , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
-
+       configXmlFullPathName = Utilities::MakeUserSettingsFullFileName("bbtk_config.xml");
        if (!Utilities::FileExists( configXmlFullPathName ))
          {         
            // ==> Nothing found, we create bbtk_config.xml in ".bbtk"
@@ -181,8 +221,80 @@ namespace bbtk
   }
   //=========================================================================
   
+  //=========================================================================
+  void ConfigurationFile::InitializeDotBbtkStructure()
+  {
+    mDot_bbtk_path = Utilities::GetUserSettingsDir();
+    mDot_bbtk_is_new = false;
+    if (!Utilities::FileExists(mDot_bbtk_path)) mDot_bbtk_is_new = true;      
+    Utilities::CreateDirectoryIfNeeded(mDot_bbtk_path);
+    
+    mDoc_path = Utilities::MakeUserSettingsFullFileName("doc");
+    Utilities::CreateDirectoryIfNeeded(mDoc_path);
+
+    std::string bbdoc_path = 
+      Utilities::MakeUserSettingsFullFileName("doc/bbdoc");
+    Utilities::CreateDirectoryIfNeeded(bbdoc_path);
+    
+    // Create help_contents.html if does not exist
+    std::string filename = Utilities::MakeUserSettingsFullFileName("doc/help_contents.html");
+    if (!Utilities::FileExists(filename))
+      {
+                       bbtkDebugMessage("config",1, 
+                        "* Creating [" << filename << "]" << std::endl);
+                       // The path to the doc folder (=mInstall_path+"/"+mDoc_rel_path)
+                       std::string doc_path = mInstall_path + "/" 
+                         + BBTK_STRINGIFY_SYMBOL(BBTK_DOC_REL_PATH) + "/";
+                       Utilities::MakeValidFileName(doc_path); 
+       
 
+                       std::ofstream f;
+                       f.open(filename.c_str(), std::ios::out );
+                       f << "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD "
+                         << "HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN\">"
+                         << "<html><head><title>Help Contents - bbtk "
+                         << GetVersion() << "</title>"
+                         << "<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; "
+                         << "charset=iso-8859-1\"></head><H1>Help Contents</H1>"
+                         << "<a href=\"bbdoc/index-category.html#demo\" "
+                         << "target=\"information\">Demos</a><br>"
+                         << "<a href=\"bbdoc/index-category.html#example\" "   
+                         << "target=\"information\">Examples</a>"
+                         << "<H2>Guides</H2>"
+                         << "<a href=\""
+                         << doc_path 
+                         << "bbtkUsersGuide/bbtkUsersGuide.pdf"
+                         << "\" target=\"information\">User's Guide</a><br>"
+                         << "<a href=\""
+                         << doc_path
+                         << "bbtkDevelopersGuide/bbtkDevelopersGuide.pdf"
+                         << "\" target=\"information\">Developer's Guide</a><br>"
+                         << "<a href=\""
+                         << doc_path
+                         << "bbtkPackageDevelopersGuide/bbtkPackageDevelopersGuide.pdf"
+                         << "\" target=\"information\">Package Developer's Guide</a><br>"
+                         << "<a href=\""
+                         << doc_path
+                         << "doxygen/bbtk/main.html"
+                         << "\" target=\"information\">bbtk library doxygen doc</a><br>"
+                         << "<H2>Boxes</H2>"
+                         << "<a target=\"information\" href=\"bbdoc/index-alpha.html\">"
+                         << "Alphabetical list</a><br>"
+                         << "<a target=\"information\" href=\"bbdoc/index-package.html\">"
+                         << "List by package</a><br>"
+                         << "<a target=\"information\" href=\"bbdoc/index-category.html\">"
+                         << "List by category</a><br>"
+                         << "<a target=\"information\" href=\"bbdoc/index-adaptors.html\">"
+                         << "List of adaptors</a><br>"
+                         << "</body>"
+                 << "</html>";
+      } // if
+
+    mTemp_path = Utilities::MakeUserSettingsFullFileName("tmp");
+    Utilities::CreateDirectoryIfNeeded(mTemp_path);
 
+  }
+  //=========================================================================
 
   //=========================================================================
   void ConfigurationFile::CreateConfigXML( char *rootDirectory )
@@ -190,62 +302,19 @@ namespace bbtk
     FILE *fp;
     char configXml[250];
     sprintf (configXml , "%s/bbtk_config.xml", rootDirectory);
-    bbtkMessage("Config",1, "in CreateConfigXML[" << configXml << "]" << std::endl);
+    bbtkDebugMessage("config",1, "in CreateConfigXML[" << configXml << "]" << std::endl);
     fp = fopen (configXml, "w");
     fprintf(fp, "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"iso-8859-1\"?>\n");
-    //  fprintf(fp, "<!DOCTYPE config SYSTEM \"/mnt/windows/bbtk/bbtk_config.xml>\n");
     fprintf(fp, "<config>\n");
-    fprintf(fp, "   <description>  </description>\n");
-    //   fprintf(fp, "   <url>  http://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/software/bbtk  </url>\n");
-    //  fprintf(fp, "   <install_path> </install_path>\n");
     fprintf(fp, "   <bbs_path>     </bbs_path>\n");
-    // fprintf(fp, "   <ext_dll_path> </ext_dll_path>\n");
     fprintf(fp, "   <package_path> </package_path>\n");
-    fprintf(fp, "   <data_path> </data_path>\n");//, BBTK_DATA_PATH);
-    /// \todo find a decent default value !
-      ///fprintf(fp, "   <default_temp_dir>  %s </default_temp_dir>\n", " ");
-      // when $ will be found, default_temp_dir value will be replaced
-      fprintf(fp, "   <default_temp_dir>$</default_temp_dir>\n");
-      fprintf(fp, "</config>\n");
-      fclose(fp);
+    fprintf(fp, "</config>\n");
+    fclose(fp);
   }
   //=========================================================================  
 
-
-  //=========================================================================
-  std::string ConfigurationFile::GetExecutablePath()
-  {
-    /// \todo : Think to delete it!
-    char *buf = (char *)malloc(512);
-    char *slash;
-    
-#if defined(WIN32)
-    GetModuleFileName(NULL, buf, 511);
-    slash = strrchr(buf, '\\');
-    if (slash)
-      {
-        *slash = 0;
-      }
-#elif defined(__GNUC__)
-    int res;
-    res = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, 512);
-    if (res == -1)
-      return "";
-    buf[res] = 0;
-    slash = strrchr(buf, '/');
-    if (slash)
-      {
-        *slash = 0;
-      }
-#else
-    return "";
-#endif
-    std::string ret(buf);
-    free(buf);
-    return ret;
-  }
-  //=========================================================================
-
+       
+       
 
   //=========================================================================
   void ConfigurationFile::InstallPath ()
@@ -284,10 +353,6 @@ namespace bbtk
     char configPath[200];
     sprintf(configPath, "%s/bbtk_config.xml",rootDirectory);
     
-    // makeDir
-    char makeDir[250];
-    sprintf( makeDir, "mkdir \"%s\" ", rootDirectory);
-    
     // configXmlTmp
     char configXmlTmp[250]; 
     sprintf(configXmlTmp, "%s/bbtk_config.xml.tmp", bbtk_path);
@@ -297,23 +362,12 @@ namespace bbtk
     
     if (!Utilities::FileExists(configXmlTmp)) // bbtk_config.xml.tmp not found (not installed)
       {  
-       if (!Utilities::FileExists(rootDirectory)) // .bbtk not found
-         {
-           system(makeDir);  // create .bbtk
-         }
-       
        // if "bbtk_path/bbtk_config.xml.tmp" doesn't exist, hard-create a minimum version in .bbtk
        CreateConfigXML( rootDirectory );// create .bbtk
       }
     else
       {
        sprintf(copyFile,"cp %s  %s/bbtk_config.xml ",configXmlTmp,rootDirectory );
-       if (!Utilities::FileExists(rootDirectory))
-         {
-           //std::cout << "makeDir[" << makeDir << "]" << std::endl;
-           system(makeDir);
-         }
-       
        if (!Utilities::FileExists(configPath))
          {
            system(copyFile);
@@ -353,11 +407,6 @@ namespace bbtk
     
     if (!Utilities::FileExists(configXmlTmp)) // bbtk_config.xml.tmp not found
       {
-       if (!Utilities::FileExists(rootDirectory)) // .bbtk not found
-         {
-           system(makeDir);  // create .bbtk
-         }
-       
        // if "bbtk_path/bbtk_config.xml.tmp" doesn't exist, hard-create a minimum version in .bbtk
        CreateConfigXML( rootDirectory );// create .bbtk
        return;
@@ -366,7 +415,7 @@ namespace bbtk
     sprintf(copyFile,"copy %s\\bbtk_config.xml.tmp \"%s\"\\bbtk_config.xml ",bbtk_path,rootDirectory );
     
     int attribs = GetFileAttributes (rootDirectory);
-    bbtkMessage("Config",1,std::hex << attribs << " " << FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY << std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("config",1,std::hex << attribs << " " << FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY << std::endl);
     if ( attribs != 0xFFFFFFFF)
       {
        if ((attribs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY ) /// \TODO : check !
@@ -402,7 +451,7 @@ namespace bbtk
   void ConfigurationFile::Read(const std::string& filename)
   {
     
-    bbtkDebugMessage("Config",1,"ConfigurationFile::Read(" <<filename << ")" << std::endl);
+    bbtkDebugMessage("config",1,"ConfigurationFile::Read(" <<filename << ")" << std::endl);
     
     mConfig_xml_full_path = filename;
     XMLResults* res = new XMLResults;
@@ -412,12 +461,12 @@ namespace bbtk
       {
        std::string mess = GetErrorMessage(res,filename);
        delete res;
-       bbtkDebugMessage("Config",1,mess<< std::endl);
+       bbtkDebugMessage("config",1,mess<< std::endl);
        bbtkError(mess);
       }
     delete res;
     
-    bbtkDebugMessage("Config",1,"OK" << std::endl);
+    bbtkDebugMessage("config",1,"OK" << std::endl);
   
     int i,j;
     
@@ -460,6 +509,7 @@ namespace bbtk
       }
     
     // default_temp_dir
+    /*
     if( BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"default_temp_dir") ) 
       GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"default_temp_dir"),mDefault_temp_dir);
     
@@ -468,16 +518,88 @@ namespace bbtk
        size_t pos = mConfig_xml_full_path.find("bbtk_config.xml");
        mDefault_temp_dir = mConfig_xml_full_path.substr (0,pos); 
       }    
+    */
 
     GetHelp(2);
   }
   //=========================================================================
   
+  //=========================================================================
+  bool ConfigurationFile::AddPackagePathsAndWrite( const std::string& path )
+  {
+    bbtkDebugMessageInc("config",9,
+                       "ConfigurationFile::AddPackagePathsAndWrite("
+                       <<path<<")"<<std::endl);
+    
+     XMLResults* res = new XMLResults;
+    XMLNode BB = 
+      XMLNode::parseFile((XMLCSTR)Get_config_xml_full_path().c_str(),
+                        (XMLCSTR)"config",res);
+    
+    if ( res->error != eXMLErrorNone ) 
+      {
+       std::string mess = GetErrorMessage(res,Get_config_xml_full_path());
+       delete res;
+       bbtkDebugMessage("config",1,mess<< std::endl);
+       bbtkError(mess);
+      }
+   delete res;
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    std::string bbs_path = path + "/bbs";
+#else
+    std::string bbs_path = path + "/share/bbtk/bbs" ;
+#endif
+    XMLNode BBSPATH = BB.addChild((XMLCSTR)"bbs_path");
+    BBSPATH.addText((XMLCSTR)bbs_path.c_str());
+    Utilities::replace(bbs_path, INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR, VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    mBbs_paths.push_back(bbs_path);
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    std::string pack_path = path + "/bin";
+#else
+    std::string pack_path = path ;
+#endif
+    XMLNode PACKPATH = BB.addChild((XMLCSTR)"package_path");
+    PACKPATH.addText((XMLCSTR)pack_path.c_str());
+    Utilities::replace(pack_path,INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR,VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    mPackage_paths.push_back(pack_path);
+
+#ifdef _WIN32
+    pack_path = path + "/RelWithDebInfo";
+    PACKPATH = BB.addChild((XMLCSTR)"package_path");
+    PACKPATH.addText((XMLCSTR)pack_path.c_str());
+    Utilities::replace(pack_path,INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR,VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    mPackage_paths.push_back(pack_path);
+    pack_path = path + "/Debug";
+    PACKPATH = BB.addChild((XMLCSTR)"package_path");
+    PACKPATH.addText((XMLCSTR)pack_path.c_str());
+    Utilities::replace(pack_path,INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR,VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    mPackage_paths.push_back(pack_path);
+    pack_path = path + "/Release";
+    PACKPATH = BB.addChild((XMLCSTR)"package_path");
+    PACKPATH.addText((XMLCSTR)pack_path.c_str());
+    Utilities::replace(pack_path,INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR,VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
+    mPackage_paths.push_back(pack_path);
+#endif
+
+
+    XMLError err = BB.writeToFile((XMLCSTR)Get_config_xml_full_path().c_str());
+    if ( err != eXMLErrorNone ) 
+      {
+       std::string mess = GetErrorMessage(res,Get_config_xml_full_path());
+       bbtkDebugMessage("config",1,mess<< std::endl);
+       bbtkError(mess);
+      }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+  //=========================================================================
 
   //=========================================================================
   void ConfigurationFile::GetHelp(int level) const
   {
-    bbtkDebugMessageInc("Config",9,"ConfigurationFile::GetHelp("<<level
+    bbtkDebugMessageInc("config",9,"ConfigurationFile::GetHelp("<<level
                        <<")"<<std::endl);
     
     const std::string config_xml_full_path      = Get_config_xml_full_path();    
@@ -489,30 +611,30 @@ namespace bbtk
     const std::vector<std::string>bbs_paths     = Get_bbs_paths();
     const std::vector<std::string>package_paths = Get_package_paths();
     
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "============="   << std::endl);           
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "Configuration"   << std::endl);
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "============="   << std::endl);
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "bbtk_config.xml    : [" << config_xml_full_path  << "]" << std::endl); 
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "Documentation Path : [" << url             << "]" << std::endl);
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "Data Path          : [" << data_path       << "]" << std::endl);
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "Temp Directory     : [" << default_temp_dir << "]" << std::endl);
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "File Separator     : [" << file_separator  << "]" << std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "============="   << std::endl);           
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "Configuration"   << std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "============="   << std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "bbtk_config.xml    : [" << config_xml_full_path  << "]" << std::endl); 
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "Documentation Path : [" << url             << "]" << std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "Data Path          : [" << data_path       << "]" << std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "Temp Directory     : [" << default_temp_dir << "]" << std::endl);
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "File Separator     : [" << file_separator  << "]" << std::endl);
 
     std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i;
            
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "BBS Paths   " << std::endl);     
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "BBS Paths   " << std::endl);     
     for (i = bbs_paths.begin(); i!=bbs_paths.end(); ++i )
     {
-      bbtkMessage("Help",level,"--- ["<<*i<<"]"<<std::endl);
+      bbtkMessage("help",level,"--- ["<<*i<<"]"<<std::endl);
     }    
     
-    bbtkMessage("Help",level, "PACKAGE Paths : " << std::endl);     
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "PACKAGE Paths : " << std::endl);     
     for (i = package_paths.begin(); i!=package_paths.end(); ++i )
     {
-      bbtkMessage("Help",level,"--- ["<<*i<<"]"<<std::endl);
+      bbtkMessage("help",level,"--- ["<<*i<<"]"<<std::endl);
     }
 
-    bbtkDebugDecTab("Config",9);
+    bbtkDebugDecTab("config",9);
   }
   //=========================================================================