OpenEuphoria

Re: Currently Seeking Auto Execs

• Posted by Travis Beaty <travisbeaty at arn.net> Jun 26, 2001
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Howdy again!

> OK, my computer has two drives. 
> Each has a copy of Windows, and a version (or two) of Linux. 
> So, if you looked at my drives, you'd find 
> autoexec.bat on C: as well as on D:
> If I were to boot from a floppy, it too would have autoexec.bat,
> but that wouldn't mean that I necessarily wanted to write any 
> changes to A:autoexec.bat when I installed Euphoria. 
> 
> I think you'd save yourself, and others, a lot of headaches if you 
> simply asked the user where they wanted to write the new file.
> Defaulting to C: of course.

I'm beginning to agree with that.  I had hoped to have the installer divine 
this itself, as some of the younger kids that no nothing but Windows may not 
even know what the autoexec.bat file does.    But I can see how the 
installer could be easy duped into writing to the wrong one.

Okay, what I'll do is present the user with a combo box containing the drive 
letters, and I'll default to the drive upon which Euphoria is being installed.

Thanks for the help,

Travis Beaty
Claude, Texas.