In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rich Mellor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writesOn Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:39:08 -0800, James Hunkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:<clip>
Hi Malcolm,For the installation, you should run the basic program that came with the install. It should run everything for you, including the unzipping and starting the official installer. The intent is that the three files are self contained. Just by running the basic program, you don't need to know much else.
This is one of the problems with the QL being over 20 years old before it has software with automated installers. The first thing people do is try to copy the software across to their desired device themselves and configure it - not thinking that they should read the instructions and actually try to LRUN the boot file on the disk.
I actually did try it from the Demo floppy as it has LRUN "flp1_QDINST_BAS" printed on it.
Although it didn't seem to want to start from there.
You need to explain more on this please Malcolm - what errors did you see here? Jim cannot fix something that "does not want to start from there". Guess you were running it on QPC2 ? Which version and what screen resolution and screen colour mode did you have - please remember that we software developers get told off for actually switching the resolution and colour depth at will.
Maybe Jim's installer does not report "Program does not start in the resolution / screen mode ".....
Thus I made a directory on the win drive called 'QDT' and copied the files from the floppy to there.
The problem was that my 'unzip' was running the version that I have on the win drive, which is 5.32. This threw up some errors in the 'ICONS' of QDT.
Hmm - what I do not understand is how, if you copied all the files across to win1_QDT_ and ran the installer from there, why did it use YOUR unzip, rather than the one supplied??
Using the 'unzip' provided solved that, and software installed with no difficulty.
I note, too, from your other email that 'unzip' is now at version v.5.40.
I believe that all of these things are important and worth commenting on. As those of us who have some expertise should make it as easy as possible for users to install software ... especially when it is something which is highly complex.
If I wore a hat I would take it off to you for the QWord installation process, which is the neatest I have come across.
Thankyou Malcolm - we hpoe to make it a little wider ranging so we can adapt it fairly easily to other programs.
-- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 26 Oak Road, Shelfield, Walsall, West Midlands WS4 1RQ
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