Mark, If you actually took the time and checked it out, you would know what Graham is talking about IS ALREADY COMPILED. I know you think you are being helpful, but your two sentence responses to everyone's problems aren't always the best. For instance, a couple weeks ago when your curt replies diminished a student on these lists who only wanted to understand how LC compiles scripts (thanks Richard for an excellent explanation!)
FYI, the ImageMagick DL is over 43 Mb, and the GhostScript install is another 12 each for 64-bit and 32-bit. Plus there's the necessity of detecting which Windows OS you're on vs which to install. Creating an installer which can correctly install all of this is not trivial, and it will create a final installation substantially larger in filesize than the LC application-- and difficult for many to download. And then there's this bit of information regarding AFTER installing the compiled binary: "If you have any problems, install the Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86) or Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64). 64-bit Windows requires both packages (x86 & x64)." If I had to ship this functionality in a commercial app, I would commission an external. Frankly, I don't know of a single commercial app on Windows which forces the install of ImageMagick-- for these very reasons. It's difficult for experienced users, almost certainly not trivial for newbies. On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Mark Schonewille < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Graham, > > Try downloading a binary instead of compiling it yourself. > > Schools should not behave like they're the European Central Bank but should > just install the software teachers and pupils need. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
