> What I'm saying is that your associations are failing not because you don't > have administrative rights but because you're doing the XP way, not the Vista > way.
Great! This is a good point from where to start. Thanks allot. Of course, I will need Vista first :( > you can't run OEM in a virtual machine But I suppose I can install Vista on a separate partition. Then I can use a booter program to choose between XP and Vista. Right? Cosmin Prund wrote: >> CubicDesign wrote: >> Subject: Re: Problems while creating/running apps for Vista >> >> As I said, I don't use an installer (actually I am using WinRAR as >> installer but this is not a real installer) and I don't really need >> one. >> > > You might want to give InnoSetup a try. > It's simple, it's not MSI, it's written in Delphi, compresses better > then WinRar (7zip), gives you a professional look, allows you to install > your software wherever you want, allows more options (like running a > small helper program to set up file associations or whatever). > > I do not know if this kind of installer will be detected by Vista's > heuristics. All my installers are called "setup-something.exe". > > >> The only thing that is really not working on Vista (but worked on XP) >> is >> associating the program with some file types (like *.SQ). >> I don't know if it will be possible to do this anymore without having >> administrator rights. This is an important feature for my users >> > because > >> 1) they are not advanced users (not even medium) and 2) they have to >> process hundreds or thousands of files per day, files that are spread >> in >> many many folders with difficult names (name of the folder is >> > generated > >> by a machine) and that must be 'mixed' together. >> > > I can't help you with this one, but I'll confirm that Vista did change > something related to the way file associations work. I think the theory > was that applications can change file associations too easily so they've > set something up so the user has more control. Again - good theory, more > work for us :-) I know nothing more about this because I had no need to > change file associations. Or maybe my file associations just worked > because I was doing them from the "setup.exe" - so I had Administrative > privileges. What I'm saying is that your associations are failing not > because you don't have administrative rights but because you're doing > the XP way, not the Vista way. > > It might be time for that extra computer so you can run Vista (it's > cheaper to buy a new PC + Vista OEM - you can't run OEM in a virtual > machine and you need to buy a retail copy of Vista Ultimate or Vista > Business for a VM - or get a MSDN OS Subscription). > > -- > Cosmin Prund > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list -> Delphi@elists.org > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list -> Delphi@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi
