Here are the details of the standalone OOo downloader for Windows. It's a simple single .exe.
Please give it a spin! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Hampus Wessman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 4:40 PM Subject: Mini Downloader To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello everyone! Some time ago Anthony came up with the idea to create a small downloader which downloads the OpenOffice.org installer using metalinks, because some people have problems downloading it with their unreliable internet connections. Anthony and Peter Poeml have both helped with ideas about the project and now it is finally online and working! You'll find it here: Binary download: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=148879&package_id=287458&abmode=1 <https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=148879&package_id=287458&abmode=1> Source code: https://sourceforge.net/projects/metalinks/ (lacks good documentation for the moment) It should run on any recent Windows version (hopefully even Windows 95 and 98) and has a simple and easy-to-use GUI. Among the features are support for SHA-1 hashes and chunk checksums. It also finds and selects mirrors in your country automatically (using the locations in the metalink and a small web service I have set up). It is written in C++, using boost, libcurl and expat. Everything is licensed under the "Simplified BSD License" (used by FreeBSD, among others, and OSI approved). The downloader also supports "binary customization" (or whatever you want to call it). That is it can be compiled into a downloader "template" and later you can easily find and replace some text strings inside the executable (they are marked so that they are easy to find and change), without recompiling! I have even set up a web site where you can create custom downloaders: http://hampus.vox.nu/mini_downloader/. Thanks to Bram Neijt for the idea! Note that the custom downloaders are not compressed (because you can't replace text strings inside the executable when it is compressed), but can easily be compressed with UPX (http://upx.sourceforge.net/) if you want it smaller. I would really appreciate comments and it would also be great if as many as possible tried it on their computers to make sure that it really works. Have a nice summer! Hampus Wessman -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
