> MeshInstall looks nicer, pending a final release. And, if you > could have a MacOSX version available as well anytime real > soon now .... it would be the installer of my dreams.
We (different company that Paradigma) created it because we have a thriving content business. I hate to admit it here but...we built it with REALbasic. The one big snag we've experienced is permissions on the Mac. As I understand it, there are system calls that REALbasic uses to handle these and they rely fully on what is going on in the underlying operating system - REAL staff have told me (and I have no reason to dispute this) that the system call can actually lose permissions. This only affects MeshInstall on building the MacOS X version -- but get this -- the Windows version can build both Windows and MacOS X executable installers from the same project. The goal was that we would release a MacOS X version of MeshInstall that would also support building Windows installers. I have been selling and marketing RAD tools since 1998, and there is a philosophical problem I have with the "wrapped system call" way I thinking. Should a RAD tool, especially a tool that is supposed to allow easy deployment of cross-platform applications, attempt to fix or suppliment OS level issues? If this topic interests you, Ive set up a poll on Digital Pilon here, along with a thread: http://www.digitalpilon.com/bb/viewtopic.php?t=8 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 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
