Like a Mac? :) I dislike Macs for many other reasons, but they have app management down much better than Bill G.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Pobursky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 2:09 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Speaking of Protel Bugs. > > > On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 14:20:07 -0400, Watnoski, Michael wrote: > >Greetings all, > > > > Another two cents: > > > > Protel has been my biggest headache as far as crashes due to > >upgrades of other programs. I would expect that if Protel > needed specific > >versions of .dlls to run, it should have written them and not used the > >Microsoft versions that are likely to be updated on a regular > basis. I am > > Actually, they should just put ALL their ancillary config files, > required DLL's and such in the Protel owned and created > directory. End of problem. Again, not very defensive programming > practices. > > DLL Sharing and extensive use of the Windows Registry looks good > in theory, but in practice on a typical Windows system "DLL Hell" > rears it's ugly head in a hurry. With disk space being almost > irrelevant these days, there's no excuse to not segregate your > program and config files from the rest of the system. > > Also, uninstalls become as simple as deleting the program's > directory. Simple and clean. > > Matt Pobursky > Maximum Performance Systems > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: 3A02FAD5548DDA4D84D3D083928F3ED2AD2D5BFC > * > ************************************************************************ > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
