If an app has *no* documents, you don't need to make any file associations, and can simply copy the app to the user's hard disk.
My publisher has told me that the particular app I'm developing doesn't need any file associations (it has documents, but these are exclusively opened from within the application); so on the face of it I can follow Ken's advice. However there are a couple of other considerations:
1. As I understand it, there are certain conventional places programs are supposed to go (various flavours of 'Applications' folders in MacOS 9 and 10, presumably the 'Programs' folder in all versions of Windows). I can't guarantee that my user is going to follow my written advice and copy the standalone to one of these special destinations - so do I therefore need an installer to make sure the program turns up in the 'right' place? I don't understand the consequences of putting stuff in the 'wrong' place on any platform.
2. I think (not sure) that in recent versions of Windows and in MacOS 10.x, programs go into folders which in normal situations are write-protected. The 'abnormal' situation is brought about by logging on as an administrator. Again, do I need an installer to help with this process, or will my user get a sufficiently clear indication as to what they've done wrong if they try to copy the app into a protected area?
I'm also somewhat concerned about the placing of preference and/or license files, but I think I now know how to get over that one.
A search through the list archives reveals that installers have been discussed a few times (there is a good deal of useful info in fact), but AFAIK there has not yet been a definitive description of the best way to go about creating an installer, particularly a multi-platform installer.
Is anyone on the list publishing programs with any kind of installer who would care to share their techniques with the rest of us?
TIA
Graham
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