> 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?
There isnt a standard way to write an installer in RB, but all the Windows tools you already use are still available. There is two commercial installers made with REALbasic that I know of - Install Factory and Meshinstall. There are also a handful of free installers out there. If money is more precious than time, free is always a good price :-) 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 > 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> > _______________________________________________ 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>
