Extensions should have "default" values in the installer

[cybersonic]

The config.xml defines the steps, but if you want to set up default values, they need to be defined in the Install.cfc.

This should be as seamless as possible for the user, so it should be in the installation steps screen but the defaults setup at the top of the installer.cfc as follows:

 <!--- Download --->
        <cfif this.type EQ "download">
            <cfset group.setLabel("Download video components by an URL")>
            <cfset item=group.createItem('text', 'host','http://extbuilder.local', false, 'Provider URL', 
                        'URL of a provider offering the necessary (FFMpeg binaries) components.')>
        <!--- Upoad --->
        <cfelse>
            <cfset group.setLabel("Video components by upload")>
            <cfset item=group.createItem('file', 'zip','', false, 'Zip file', 
                        'Zip file that contain the necessary (FFMpeg binaries) components.')>
        </cfif>

[paulklinkenberg]

Default values for installation form fields can be set in the config.xml. If I remember correctly, the xmlText of the item tag will be used as the default value: [item ...]default value[/item]