1. Anyone need an Installer installation program?
Hello all,
A joint effort by myself and Wayne (aka Euman for those of you who know him)
we've created a pretty nice program installer. It comes with a binder
that binds all of your resources to an Euphoria exe (regardless of version)
after you've bound your program so that your end user gets ALL files in
one convenient exe download. Resource file compression is pretty decent too
expecially on text and bitmaps. The binder can be used as an easy to use
resource binder as well for bitmaps and whatever else and compression is
good. The end user gets a nice gui interface similar to those seen in
other installer programs.
The platform (for now) is Windows.
Euman did most of the gui work and i did the file i/o/compression work.
So what im wondering is how many of you out there need an installer
binder program for Windows?
Take care,
Al
And, good luck with your Euphoria programming!
My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
2. Re: Anyone need an Installer installation program?
Al Getz wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
>
> A joint effort by myself and Wayne (aka Euman for those of you who know him)
> we've created a pretty nice program installer. It comes with a binder
> that binds all of your resources to an Euphoria exe (regardless of version)
> after you've bound your program so that your end user gets ALL files in
> one convenient exe download. Resource file compression is pretty decent too
> expecially on text and bitmaps. The binder can be used as an easy to use
> resource binder as well for bitmaps and whatever else and compression is
> good. The end user gets a nice gui interface similar to those seen in
> other installer programs.
>
> The platform (for now) is Windows.
> Euman did most of the gui work and i did the file i/o/compression work.
>
> So what im wondering is how many of you out there need an installer
> binder program for Windows?
>
>
> Take care,
> Al
>
> And, good luck with your Euphoria programming!
>
> My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
>
Heh, Wayne (Euman), a while ago, offered me the task to finish his "raw" Win32
API written Installer. I declined because I knew that this was re-inventing the
wheel. There are many installer solutions, like INNO, which I believe Robert uses
as the Euphoria installer for Windows/DOS.
Cheers,
Vincent
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3. Re: Anyone need an Installer installation program?
> Heh, Wayne (Euman), a while ago, offered me the task to finish his "raw" =
Win32 API written Installer. I declined because I knew that this was re-inv=
enting the wheel. There are many installer solutions, like INNO, which I be=
lieve Robert uses as the Euphoria installer for Windows/DOS.
Not to mention NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Installation System). If this
installer were Euphoria oriented, it'd be great. If I could package up
my Euphoria apps, and tell the installer what include files were
needed, it could pre-check the users system for the include files and
warn them what they still needed.
Otherwise, I use NSIS for actuall installtion of my exe/dll files and
registry settings. Works great, better than INNO IMHO. :)
~Greg
4. Re: Anyone need an Installer installation program?
Vincent wrote:
>
> Al Getz wrote:
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> >
> > A joint effort by myself and Wayne (aka Euman for those of you who know him)
> > we've created a pretty nice program installer. It comes with a binder
> > that binds all of your resources to an Euphoria exe (regardless of version)
> > after you've bound your program so that your end user gets ALL files in
> > one convenient exe download. Resource file compression is pretty decent too
> > expecially on text and bitmaps. The binder can be used as an easy to use
> > resource binder as well for bitmaps and whatever else and compression is
> > good. The end user gets a nice gui interface similar to those seen in
> > other installer programs.
> >
> > The platform (for now) is Windows.
> > Euman did most of the gui work and i did the file i/o/compression work.
> >
> > So what im wondering is how many of you out there need an installer
> > binder program for Windows?
> >
> >
> > Take care,
> > Al
> >
> > And, good luck with your Euphoria programming!
> >
> > My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
> >
>
> Heh, Wayne (Euman), a while ago, offered me the task to finish his "raw" Win32
> API
> written Installer. I declined because I knew that this was re-inventing the
> wheel.
> There are many installer solutions, like INNO, which I believe Robert uses as
> the Euphoria
> installer for Windows/DOS.
>
> Cheers,
> Vincent
>
Hi there Vincent,
He he, did he also offer to let you finish painting his house, and
you declined that too :)
It might be 'sorta' reinventing the wheel, but it's got a slight
twist...all the source is written in Euphoria, which means you can
mod it to fit your needs and even have your own programs run on the
end users machine after the install to do any sort of custom work
you see fit.
Oh yeah also, it doubles as a Euphoria resource binder with decent
compression too.
Take care,
Al
And, good luck with your Euphoria programming!
My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
5. Re: Anyone need an Installer installation program?
Greg Haberek wrote:
>
> > Heh, Wayne (Euman), a while ago, offered me the task to finish his "raw" =
> Win32 API written Installer. I declined because I knew that this was re-inv=
> enting the wheel. There are many installer solutions, like INNO, which I be=
> lieve Robert uses as the Euphoria installer for Windows/DOS.
>
> Not to mention NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Installation System). If this
> installer were Euphoria oriented, it'd be great. If I could package up
> my Euphoria apps, and tell the installer what include files were
> needed, it could pre-check the users system for the include files and
> warn them what they still needed.
>
> Otherwise, I use NSIS for actuall installtion of my exe/dll files and
> registry settings. Works great, better than INNO IMHO. :)
>
> ~Greg
>
>
Hi there Greg,
You can do just about *anything* with this installer because after
you're done with the install you can have your own program(s) run
to do whatever you see fit to do on the end users machine (like, as
you said, search for include files).
You can also use it as a resource binder for Euphoria exe files
and the bitmaps, icons, custom fonts, whatever, get compressed too.
It should be ready in a couple days...
Take care,
Al
And, good luck with your Euphoria programming!
My bumper sticker: "I brake for LED's"
6. Re: Anyone need an Installer installation program?
Al Getz wrote:
<snip>
> Hi there Greg,
>
> You can do just about *anything* with this installer because after
> you're done with the install you can have your own program(s) run
> to do whatever you see fit to do on the end users machine
Just for the record:
This is also possible when using e.g. INNO Setup, of course.
<snip>
Regards,
Juergen
