works like a charm here, Win7 64 bit. It even sees my pre existing images
which I downloaded with another pharolauncher.


On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 12:38 PM, Erwan Douaille <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi !
>
> I just try it, works well on windows 8.1 ;)
> Pharo launcher is very impressive ! Great job :)
>
>
> 2014/1/7 <[email protected]>
>
> Damien Cassou wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've just made an executable file for installing Pharo on Windows (in
>>> program files, with a shortcut in the Start menu...). Please try
>>> it and report problems:
>>>
>>> https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/job/PharoLauncher-Win-Package/
>>> lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/pharo-ci/pharo_installer.exe
>>>
>>>
>> Thats great Damien.  I installed and ran it without a hitch. I installed
>> as a "Standard User" "Ben" which UAC then asked for to upgrade credentials
>> to my admin account "BenAdmin"  to perform the install.
>> It picked up my existing images using Pharo.  I updated the templates,
>> created and launched a new image.  It even kept my the template list
>> between restarts of Pharo Launcher with the preference "Templates cleared
>> at startup" disabled - which is very cool.
>> Now from the Start menu > All Programs > Pharo folder
>> I felt a bit awkward clicking on Pharo when I knew it was actually
>> PharoLauncher. I think it would be good to keep the distinction between
>> Pharo the programming environment and PharoLauncher the application.
>>  People should not be developing their own applications inside Pharo
>> Launcher, but should be developing inside Pharo images started from Pharo
>> Launcher.
>>
>> The folder and file security settings look good and tight - for the image
>> and changes files the Users group has Read & Execute only with no Write
>> permissions.  However I'm mildly concerned that changes in the image (such
>> as setting the debug flag and opening tools) persist - and also mildly
>> annoyed with myself that I can't work out how its happening.  Attila Magyar
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Tried it and worked fine on Windows 7. Though, I had few issues with the
>>> launcher.
>>>
>>> When I right click on an empty area of the Existing Images panel (and
>>> there
>>> is no image selected or the pane is empty), I got a MessageNotUnderstood:
>>> receiver of buildWithSpec is nil.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> A fix is to change TreeModel>>menu:shifted:
>> from...
>>    (self allowMenuOnNoItem not and: [ self selectedItems isEmpty ])
>>        ifTrue: [ ^ nil ].
>>
>> to...
>>    (self allowMenuOnNoItem not and: [ self selectedItems isEmpty ])
>>        ifTrue: [ ^ MenuModel new ].
>>
>> but I am not sure of the wider implications, or if a bug should be logged
>> for Launcher or Spec.
>>
>> gotta run now, so other people can sleep.
>> cheers -ben
>>
>>  After I renamed an image, I got a DirectoryDoesNotExist with a path
>>> pointing
>>> to the old directory. But I can't reproduce it anymore.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Douaille Erwan <[email protected]>
>

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