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diff --git a/kernel/src/bbtkConfigurationFile.cxx b/kernel/src/bbtkConfigurationFile.cxx
index b15e061..7706084 100644
--- a/kernel/src/bbtkConfigurationFile.cxx
+++ b/kernel/src/bbtkConfigurationFile.cxx
@@ -1,20 +1,40 @@
+/*
+ # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+ #
+ # Copyright (c) CREATIS (Centre de Recherche en Acquisition et Traitement de l'Image
+ #                        pour la SantÈ)
+ # Authors : Eduardo Davila, Frederic Cervenansky, Claire Mouton
+ # Previous Authors : Laurent Guigues, Jean-Pierre Roux
+ # CreaTools website : www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/site/fr/creatools_accueil
+ #
+ #  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.
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ */
+
+
 /*=========================================================================
-                                                                                
   Program:   bbtk
   Module:    $RCSfile: bbtkConfigurationFile.cxx,v $
   Language:  C++
-  Date:      $Date: 2008/01/22 15:02:00 $
-  Version:   $Revision: 1.1 $
-                                                                                
-  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: 2012/11/16 08:49:01 $
+  Version:   $Revision: 1.38 $
 =========================================================================*/
+
+
+
 /**
  *\file
  *\brief Class bbtk::ConfigurationFile
@@ -22,399 +42,610 @@
 
 #include "bbtkConfigurationFile.h"
 #include "bbtkMessageManager.h"
-//#include "xmlParser.h"
-#include <sys/stat.h> // for struct stat stFileInfo
+#include "bbtkXML.h"
+#include "bbtkUtilities.h"
+
+#include "creaSystem.h"
 
 #if defined(WIN32)
-#include <direct.h> // for getcwd
+# include <direct.h> // for getcwd
+# include <windows.h>
 #endif
 
+
 namespace bbtk
 {
-/// Constructor
-ConfigurationFile::ConfigurationFile()
-{
-   char *execPath = GetExecutablePath();
-
- #if defined(WIN32)
-   std::string slash("\\");
- #else
-   std::string slash("/");
- #endif
- 
-// ==> First we look for bbtk_config.xml in "."
-
-   char buf[2048];
-   const char *currentDir = getcwd(buf, 2048);
-     
-   if( !currentDir )
-   {
-      std::cerr << "Path was too long to fit on 2048 bytes ?!?" << std::endl;
-      /// \todo : what else?
-      // How abort a constructor and warn the caller function?
-   }
-
-   std::string configXmlFullPathName = currentDir + slash + "bbtk_config.xml";
-
-   if ( FileExists( configXmlFullPathName ))
-   {
-      bbtkMessage("Config",1, "ConfigurationFile : [" << configXmlFullPathName << 
-            "] found in current directory" << std::endl); 
-      //Read(configXmlFullPathName.c_str());
-      // traiter le fichier local     
-   }
-
-// ==> 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
-      configXmlFullPathName = str_home + slash + ".bbtk/bbtk_config.xml";
-      if (!FileExists( configXmlFullPathName ))
-      {         
-         // ==> Nothing found, we create bbtk_config.xml in ".bbtk"
-         InstallPath ();
-      }
-   }
+  //====================================================================
+  /// Constructor
+  ConfigurationFile::ConfigurationFile()
+  {
+    mFile_separator = VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR;
 
-// In any case, deal with bbtk_config.xml!
-   Read(configXmlFullPathName.c_str());
-}
+    // ==> Set system paths
+    mBin_path = Utilities::GetExecutablePath();
 
-/// Destructor
-ConfigurationFile::~ConfigurationFile()
-{
-}
 
-// See : http://www.techbytes.ca/techbyte103.html for more O.S.
-bool ConfigurationFile::FileExists(std::string strFilename) {
-  struct stat stFileInfo;
-  bool blnReturn;
-  int intStat;
-
-  // Attempt to get the file attributes
-  intStat = stat(strFilename.c_str(),&stFileInfo);
-  if(intStat == 0) {
-    // We were able to get the file attributes
-    // so the file obviously exists.
-    blnReturn = true;
-  } else {
-    // We were not able to get the file attributes.
-    // This may mean that we don't have permission to
-    // access the folder which contains this file. If you
-    // need to do that level of checking, lookup the
-    // return values of stat which will give you
-    // more details on why stat failed.
-    blnReturn = false;
-  }
+/*	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
 
-  return(blnReturn);
-}
 
+///\TODO : better use ??
+	  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);
+    // The path to the doc folder (=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)
+    mBbs_path = mInstall_path + "/" + mBbs_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( 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( "." );
+    // add system bbs path
+    mBbs_paths.push_back(mBbs_path);
+    // add toolsbbtk/appli
+//EED    std::string toolsappli_rel_path(mFile_separator);
+    std::string toolsappli_rel_path("/");
+//EED    toolsappli_rel_path +=  "toolsbbtk" + mFile_separator + "appli";
+    toolsappli_rel_path +=  "toolsbbtk/appli";
+    //
+    //-----------------------------------------------------------
+    // 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);
+    }
 
-void ConfigurationFile::CreateConfigXML( char *rootDirectory )
-{
-   FILE *fp;
-   char configXml[250];
-   sprintf (configXml , "%s/bbtk_config.xml", rootDirectory);
-   bbtkMessage("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> %s </data_path>\n", BBTK_DATA_PATH);
-   /// \todo find a decent default value !
-   ///fprintf(fp, "   <default_doc_tmp>  %s </default_doc_tmp>\n", " ");
-   // when $ will be found, default_doc_tmp value will be replaced
-   fprintf(fp, "   <default_doc_tmp>$</default_doc_tmp>\n");
-   fprintf(fp, "</config>\n");
-   fclose(fp);
-}
 
-char *ConfigurationFile::GetExecutablePath()
-{
-    /// \todo : Think to delete it!
-    char *buf = (char *)malloc(512);
-    char *slash;
+    // 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");
+    
+    //mPackage_paths.push_back(mInstall_path + "/lib"); // JPR
+    //mPackage_paths.push_back(mInstall_path + "/lib64");// JPR
+    
+    ///\TODO : better use BBTK_PACKAGE_LIB_PATH  // JPR
+    
+    mPackage_paths.push_back(mInstall_path + "/lib/creatools");
+    mPackage_paths.push_back(mInstall_path + "/lib64/creatools");
+#ifdef WIN32
+    // add bin/Debug bin/Release paths (for build/install tree)
+    //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");
+    mPackage_paths.push_back(mBin_path + "/Release");
+#endif
 
-#if defined(WIN32)
-    GetModuleFileName(NULL, buf, 511);
-    slash = strrchr(buf, '\\');
-    if (slash)
-    {
-        *slash = 0;
+    sizeStrVec = mPackage_paths.size();
+    for (iStrVec=0;iStrVec<sizeStrVec;iStrVec++){
+      Utilities::replace( mPackage_paths[iStrVec] , INVALID_FILE_SEPARATOR , VALID_FILE_SEPARATOR);
     }
-#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
 
-    return buf;
-}
+    GetHelp(2);
 
+    // ==> First we look for bbtk_config.xml in "."
+    char buf[2048];
+    const char *currentDir = getcwd(buf, 2048);
 
+    if( !currentDir )
+      {
+	std::cerr << "Path was too long to fit on 2048 bytes ?!?" << std::endl;
+	// \todo : what else?
+	// How abort a constructor and warn the caller function?
+	// LG : throw an exception
+      }
 
-void ConfigurationFile::InstallPath ()
-{
+    //    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);
+
+    if ( Utilities::FileExists( configXmlFullPathName ))
+      {
+	bbtkMessage("config",1, "ConfigurationFile : [" << configXmlFullPathName <<
+		    "] found in current directory" << std::endl);
+	//Read(configXmlFullPathName.c_str());
+	// traiter le fichier local
+      }
+
+    // ==> Then we look for bbtk_config.xml in ".bbtk"
+    else
+      {
+	configXmlFullPathName = Utilities::MakeUserSettingsFullFileName("bbtk_config.xml");
+	if (!Utilities::FileExists( configXmlFullPathName ))
+	  {
+	    // ==> Nothing found, we create bbtk_config.xml in ".bbtk"
+	    InstallPath ();
+	  }
+      }
+
+    // In any case, deal with bbtk_config.xml!
+    Read(configXmlFullPathName.c_str());
+  }
+  //=========================================================================
 
-/*--------------------------------------------------
-New policy for bbtk_config.xml :
+  //=========================================================================
+  /// Destructor
+  ConfigurationFile::~ConfigurationFile()
+  {
+  }
+  //=========================================================================
 
-if bbtk_config.xml found in current directory (user is an aware user!)
-   use it!
-   
-else if bbtk_config.xml found in HOME/.bbtk (user already worked with it)
-   use it!
-   
-else if bbtk_config.xml.tmp found in /usr/local/bin or c:\\Program Files\\BBTK\\bin
-   copy it as .bbtk/bbtk_config.xml
-   
-else (nothing installed)
-   create a minimum version in HOME/.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);
 
 
-// -----------------------------------------------------------------
-#if defined(__GNUC__)
+    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);
+
 
-// ------------------ create some usefull strings ----------------
-// installed bbtk_path
-  char bbtk_path[100];
-  strcpy(bbtk_path, "/usr/local/bin");
-       
-// rootDirectory
-  char rootDirectory[200];
-  sprintf( rootDirectory,  "%s/.bbtk", getenv("HOME"));
-      
-// configPath
-  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);
-
-// copyFile
-  char copyFile[250];
-
-  if (!FileExists(configXmlTmp)) // bbtk_config.xml.tmp not found (not installed)
-  {  
-     if (!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
+  //=========================================================================
+
+  //=========================================================================
+  void ConfigurationFile::CreateConfigXML( char *rootDirectory )
   {
-     sprintf(copyFile,"cp %s  %s/bbtk_config.xml ",configXmlTmp,rootDirectory );
-     if (!FileExists(rootDirectory))
-     {
-       //std::cout << "makeDir[" << makeDir << "]" << std::endl;
-       system(makeDir);
-     }
-
-     if (!FileExists(configPath))
-     {
-       system(copyFile);
-     }
+    FILE *fp;
+    char configXml[250];
+    sprintf (configXml , "%s/bbtk_config.xml", rootDirectory);
+    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, "<config>\n");
+    fprintf(fp, "   <bbs_path>     </bbs_path>\n");
+    fprintf(fp, "   <package_path> </package_path>\n");
+    fprintf(fp, "</config>\n");
+    fclose(fp);
   }
-  return;
-   
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------
-#elif defined(WIN32)
+  //=========================================================================
 
 
-// installed bbtk_path
-  char bbtk_path[100];
-  strcpy(bbtk_path, "\"c:\\Program Files\\BBTK\\bin\"");
-  char bbtk_path2[100];
-  strcpy(bbtk_path2, "c:\\Program Files\\BBTK\\bin");
 
-// rootDirectory
-  char rootDirectory[200];  
-  sprintf(rootDirectory, "%s\\.bbtk",getenv("USERPROFILE"));
-  //  std::cout << "[" << rootDirectory << "]" << std::endl;
-    
-// configPath
-  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_path2);
-    
-// copyFile
-  char copyFile[250];
-  
-  if (!FileExists(configXmlTmp)) // bbtk_config.xml.tmp not found
+  //=========================================================================
+  void ConfigurationFile::InstallPath ()
   {
-     if (!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;
-  }  
-  
-  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);
-  if ( attribs != 0xFFFFFFFF){
-    if ((attribs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY ) /// \TODO : check !
-    {
-      if ( GetFileAttributes( configPath ) == 0xFFFFFFFF)
+
+    /*--------------------------------------------------
+      New policy for bbtk_config.xml :
+
+      if bbtk_config.xml found in current directory (user is an aware user!)
+      use it!
+
+      else if bbtk_config.xml found in HOME/.bbtk (user already worked with it)
+      use it!
+
+      else if bbtk_config.xml.tmp found in /usr/local/bin or c:\\Program Files\\BBTK\\bin
+      copy it as .bbtk/bbtk_config.xml
+
+      else (nothing installed)
+      create a minimum version in HOME/.bbtk
+      ----------------------------------------------------*/
+
+
+    // -----------------------------------------------------------------
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+
+    // ------------------ create some usefull strings ----------------
+    // installed bbtk_path
+    char bbtk_path[1000];
+    strcpy(bbtk_path, Utilities::GetExecutablePath().c_str());  // JPR
+    //strcpy(bbtk_path, "/usr/local/bin");
+
+
+    std::string str_home=Utilities::GetEnvHome();
+
+
+    // rootDirectory
+    char rootDirectory[200];
+    sprintf( rootDirectory,  "%s/.bbtk", str_home.c_str());
+
+    // configPath
+    char configPath[200];
+    sprintf(configPath, "%s/bbtk_config.xml",rootDirectory);
+
+    // configXmlTmp
+    char configXmlTmp[250];
+    sprintf(configXmlTmp, "%s/bbtk_config.xml.tmp", bbtk_path);
+
+    // copyFile
+    char copyFile[250];
+
+    if (!Utilities::FileExists(configXmlTmp)) // bbtk_config.xml.tmp not found (not installed)
       {
-         system(copyFile);  
-      } 
-    }
-  } else {
-    system(makeDir);
-    system(copyFile); 
-  }    
-  return;  
-// ------------------------------------------------------------------    
+	// 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(configPath))
+	  {
+	    system(copyFile);
+	  }
+      }
+    return;
+
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
+#elif defined(WIN32)
+
+
+    // installed bbtk_path
+    char bbtk_path[100];
+    strcpy(bbtk_path, "\"c:\\Program Files\\BBTK\\bin\"");
+    char bbtk_path2[100];
+    strcpy(bbtk_path2, "c:\\Program Files\\BBTK\\bin");
+
+    // rootDirectory
+    char rootDirectory[200];
+    sprintf(rootDirectory, "%s\\.bbtk",getenv("USERPROFILE"));
+    //  std::cout << "[" << rootDirectory << "]" << std::endl;
+
+    // configPath
+    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_path2);
+
+    // copyFile
+    char copyFile[250];
+
+    if (!Utilities::FileExists(configXmlTmp)) // bbtk_config.xml.tmp not found
+      {
+	// if "bbtk_path/bbtk_config.xml.tmp" doesn't exist, hard-create a minimum version in .bbtk
+	CreateConfigXML( rootDirectory );// create .bbtk
+	return;
+      }
+
+    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);
+    if ( attribs != 0xFFFFFFFF)
+      {
+	if ((attribs & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY ) /// \TODO : check !
+	  {
+	    if ( GetFileAttributes( configPath ) == 0xFFFFFFFF)
+	      {
+		system(copyFile);
+	      }
+	  }
+      }
+    else
+      {
+	system(makeDir);
+	system(copyFile);
+      }
+    return;
+    // ------------------------------------------------------------------
 #else
 /// \todo  ConfigurationFile::InstallPath() : exit when for not WIN32 and not__GNUC__
 
-  return;    
+  return;
 #endif
 
 }
+  //=========================================================================
 
-void ConfigurationFile::GetTextOrClear(const XMLNode& node, std::string& var)
-{
-  if (node.nText()>0) 
-    {
-      var = node.getText();
-    }
-  else if (node.nClear()>0) 
-    {
-      var = node.getClear().lpszValue;
-    }
-  else 
-    {
-      std::string mess("Error : element <");
-      mess += node.getName();
-      mess += "> : no text nor <PRE></PRE> clear tag found";
-    }
-}
 
 
-// Gets the list of directories holding bb scripts, packages, dll, ... from the xml file
-//      bbtk_config.xml
+  //=========================================================================
+  // Gets the list of directories holding bb scripts, packages, dll, ... from the xml file
+  //      bbtk_config.xml
 
-void ConfigurationFile::Read(const std::string& filename)
-{
+  void ConfigurationFile::Read(const std::string& filename)
+  {
 
-  //std::cout << "=======================in  ConfigurationFile::Read filename [" <<filename << "]" << std::endl;
-  
-  mConfig_xml_full_path = filename;
-  XMLResults* res = new XMLResults;
-  XMLNode BB = XMLNode::parseFile((XMLCSTR)filename.c_str(),(XMLCSTR)"config",res);
+    bbtkDebugMessage("config",1,"ConfigurationFile::Read(" <<filename << ")" << std::endl);
 
-  if ( res->error != eXMLErrorNone ) 
-    {
-      std::ostringstream str;
-      str << XMLNode::getError(res->error);
-      str << " [line " << res->nLine << ", col "<<res->nColumn<<"] ";
-      str << " file "<<filename; 
-      delete res;
-      bbtkError(str.str());
-//      throw ConfigurationException(str.str());
-    }
-  delete res;
+    mConfig_xml_full_path = filename;
+    XMLResults* res = new XMLResults;
+    XMLNode BB = XMLNode::parseFile((XMLCSTR)filename.c_str(),(XMLCSTR)"config",res);
 
-  int i,j;
+    if ( res->error != eXMLErrorNone )
+      {
+	std::string mess = GetErrorMessage(res,filename);
+	delete res;
+	bbtkDebugMessage("config",1,mess<< std::endl);
+ 	bbtkError(mess);
+      }
+    delete res;
 
-  // Description
-  for (i=0,j=0; i<BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"description"); i++) 
-    {
-      std::string val;
-      GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"description",&j),val);
-      mDescription += val;
-    }    
+    bbtkDebugMessage("config",1,"OK" << std::endl);
+
+    int i,j;
 
-  // Url
-  if( BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"url") ) 
-     GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"url"),mUrl);
+    // Description
+    for (i=0,j=0; i<BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"description"); i++)
+      {
+	std::string val;
+	GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"description",&j),val);
+	mDescription += val;
+      }
+
+    // Url
+    if( BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"url") )
+      GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"url"),mUrl);
+
+    // Data_Path
+    if( BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"data_path") )
+      GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"data_path"),mData_path);
+
+    // install_path
+    //  if( BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"install_path") )
+    //   GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"install_path"),mInstall_path);
+
+    // add user bbs paths
+    for (i=0,j=0; i<BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"bbs_path"); i++)
+      {
+	std::string val;
+	GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"bbs_path",&j),val);
+	mBbs_paths.push_back(val);
+      }
+
+    // package_paths
+
+    // add user package path
+    for (i=0,j=0; i<BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"package_path"); i++)
+      {
+	std::string val;
+	GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"package_path",&j),val);
+	mPackage_paths.push_back(val);
+      }
+
+    // default_temp_dir
+    /*
+    if( BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"default_temp_dir") )
+      GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"default_temp_dir"),mDefault_temp_dir);
+
+    if ( mDefault_temp_dir == "$") // no value found in config_xml
+      {
+	size_t pos = mConfig_xml_full_path.find("bbtk_config.xml");
+	mDefault_temp_dir = mConfig_xml_full_path.substr (0,pos);
+      }
+    */
 
-  // Data_Path
-  if( BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"data_path") ) 
-     GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"data_path"),mData_path);
+    GetHelp(2);
+  }
+  //=========================================================================
 
-  // install_path
-  if( BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"install_path") )
-     GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"install_path"),mInstall_path);
+  //=========================================================================
+  bool ConfigurationFile::AddPackagePathsAndWrite( const std::string& path )
+  {
+    bbtkDebugMessageInc("config",9,
+			"ConfigurationFile::AddPackagePathsAndWrite("
+			<<path<<")"<<std::endl);
 
-  // always add "." (current working directory) at the begining
+     XMLResults* res = new XMLResults;
+    XMLNode BB =
+      XMLNode::parseFile((XMLCSTR)Get_config_xml_full_path().c_str(),
+			 (XMLCSTR)"config",res);
 
-  // bbs_paths
-  mBbs_paths.push_back("."); 
-  for (i=0,j=0; i<BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"bbs_path"); i++) 
+    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
+			<<")"<<std::endl);
+
+    const std::string config_xml_full_path      = Get_config_xml_full_path();
+    const std::string description               = Get_description();
+    const std::string url                       = Get_doc_path();
+    const std::string data_path                 = Get_data_path();
+    const std::string default_temp_dir          = Get_default_temp_dir();
+    const std::string file_separator            = Get_file_separator();
+    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);
+
+    std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator i;
+
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "BBS Paths   " << std::endl);
+    for (i = bbs_paths.begin(); i!=bbs_paths.end(); ++i )
     {
-      std::string val;
-      GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"bbs_path",&j),val);
-      mBbs_paths.push_back(val);
+      bbtkMessage("help",level,"--- ["<<*i<<"]"<<std::endl);
     }
 
-  // package_paths
-  mPackage_paths.push_back(".");   
-  for (i=0,j=0; i<BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"package_path"); i++) 
+    bbtkMessage("help",level, "PACKAGE Paths : " << std::endl);
+    for (i = package_paths.begin(); i!=package_paths.end(); ++i )
     {
-      std::string val;
-      GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"package_path",&j),val);
-      mPackage_paths.push_back(val);
+      bbtkMessage("help",level,"--- ["<<*i<<"]"<<std::endl);
     }
 
-  // default_doc_tmp
-  if( BB.nChildNode((XMLCSTR)"default_doc_tmp") ) 
-     GetTextOrClear(BB.getChildNode((XMLCSTR)"default_doc_tmp"),mDefault_doc_tmp);
-
-  if ( mDefault_doc_tmp == "$") // no value found in config_xml
-  {
-     size_t pos = mConfig_xml_full_path.find("bbtk_config.xml");
-     mDefault_doc_tmp = mConfig_xml_full_path.substr (0,pos); 
-  }    
-  // file separator
-  #if defined(_WIN32)
-     mFile_separator = "\\";
-  #else
-     mFile_separator = "/";
-  #endif
-}
+    bbtkDebugDecTab("config",9);
+  }
+  //=========================================================================
 
 
 } // namespace bbtk