I am "puzzling" around with the build engines and run into some problems:
The linux "standalone" is not a standalone but requires various shared libraries. Unfortunately the application builder inside Revolution does not allow me to choose what stdc++ I am using on my Linux installation (there are at least three flavours available), which leads to the application that is built not being executable. A "normal" customer running only his KDE desktop will not even get an error message if he starts the application, as the "cannot find libstdc++.so.5" is only displayed on a shell.
Is there a "full" Linux builder available (I am usually working in Windows) or do I have to create an installation instruction for customers which shared libraries have to be present etc? (This way I could not use Revolution for Linux at all, since those customers of mine that _do_ run Linux are desktop-only users and cannot deal with softlinking lib versions)
Unfortunately the "documentation" inside Revolution is broken: Clicking on the requirements for Linux you get a non-reaction (Windows, MacOS etc. are all filled with content, Linux is not).
My second problem is "Application size": Why is a simple "hello world" program about 1.6MB in size? Ok, the answer is simple: The complete interpreter is included in the standalone - and therefor the app's size won't change that much if you put a lot more functionality in it besides "hello world". I just wanted to point this out :-)
My third problem is: The complete script is included in plain text inside the application. That's a "no-go" for me. I do support Open Source (financially and by participating in projects), but I want to decide for myself what apps are "open source" and which are not.
Is there are a way to hinder the customer from peeking into the code - and, even more important, to avoid him easily seeing that he is dealing with an Interpreter and a script inside? Please don't get me wrong on this, I am not going to "abuse" Revolution and I am not "ashamed" to use such tools (if I was I wouldn't have bought it), I simply want to protect my IP.
Marc Albrecht A.C.T. / level-2 Glinder Str. 2 27432 Ebersdorf Deutschland Tel. 04765-830060 Fax. 04765-830064
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