ramacd wrote:
Given that the solution requires at least three components:
. The .exe for the interpreter;
. the application script;
. a command to invoke the above;
The answer to the original question, would be a "no."
To me a yes would mean that you could enter:
something.exe
so that it had the same effect as:
j app.ijs
If I knew what all those install builder programs put into their .exe files,
I would have long ago built something in J. I, for one, would appreciate
pointers to any relevant information.
In the simplest sense an install archive is a self-extracting compressed
file.
The other functions built in to those programs involve
Optionally create a desktop link
Creating a Start Menu link
Adding registry information that the program might need
Providing an Uninstall process.
Registering the program so that it shows up in the list of installed
applications
(Control Panel | Add or Remove Programs)
Since J requires at least 3 files: j.exe, j.dll, profile.ijs, to put an
application all into
one file you need, at the very least, a tool to create a self-extracting
archive that
will execute a program once the unpacking is finished.
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