> I don't understand why you have to develop a separate > installer program for your programs for distributing > them on M$ Windozzz? > ... > > Because programs for Windows that _aren't_ made in RB tend to > splatter themselves all over the system. Users have come to > expect installers. > > When talking with clients who want Windows development done > (in RB), I have to spend a lot of time explaining how simple > an RB installation is. It's easier just to wrap your > exectuable in a simple installer than to worry about it.
Installers are the norm on Windows - it doesn't matter if a REALbasic app is a single executable - its all about user expectations. Craig, I know you didn't write the original post (so Im not slamming you :-)) with saying this, but when I see "M$ Windozzz" on a list about REALbasic it really sends the wrong message about development with REALbasic - like RB developers only know about the Mac. If you begin on the Mac and deploy to Windows, you should deploy an app that looks and acts like a Windows app and not an ugly Mac port. And Mac conventions on Windows look as ugly as Windows conventions look on the Mac. A lot of "classic" Mac companies during the 90's learned to their detriment that they had to ship a real Windows product if they expected to get taken seriously (and acquire new customers). Best regards, Lynn Fredricks President Paradigma Software, Inc Joining Worlds of Information Deploy True Client-Server Database Solutions Royalty Free with Valentina Developer Network http://www.paradigmasoft.com _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
