Is there a standard way to write the installion program in RB or I've seen programs using "InstallShield", which is another scripting language you have to learn?
What about RPM from Linux? What is the best way to do this? Long --- Lynn Fredricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
