Re: [cc65] win32 one file installer

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From: Rafal (rafalszyja_at_poczta.onet.pl)
Date: 2003-07-17 12:09:55


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From: "Spiro Trikaliotis" <trik-news_at_gmx.de>
To: <cc65_at_musoftware.de>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 7:21 AM
Subject: Re: [cc65] win32 one file installer


> Hello Rafal,
>
> On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 12:05:54AM +0200, Rafal wrote:
>
> > I just compiled one file installer for win32 platform
> > it contains all Commodore platforms "only"
>
> Issues:
>
> 1. Why do CC65_9X.BAT and CC65_NT.BAT only use relative
>    paths for CC65_LIB, CC65_INC, PATH?

READ SETTING_UP.txt

will be fixed later by additional (somewhat external) small setupping
program :)

>
> 2. NT.BAT is wrong:
>    a. use CMD.EXE instead of command.com
>    b. nt.bat calls NT.BAT; I think it should be
>         CMD.EXE /K CC65_NT.BAT
>       shouldn't it?

isn't CMD here? typo :)

>
> 3. COMMAND.COM (for 9X) does not know the /K switch, at least
>    not on NT/2K/XP. Does it work for 9X?

IT WORK for 9x as I said in the dox , 9x was succesfully tested ,
I installed the package few times in different
places and all was good

>
> 4. You should specify working directorys in the shortcuts to NT.BAT
>    and 9X.BAT. Else, they don't work here.

hmm... I do it another way... say another program will do
such things after installation

>
> 5. If I added files into the CC65 tree, they are not removed on
>    uninstalling. You could at least ask for it.
>    Furthermore, the uninstaller even does not tell me that it did
>    not remove the directories in this case. I know, this is common
>    behaviour on Win machines, but despite this, it is not good practice.

I check if installer support this option

>
> 6. It shouldn't be necessary for a person to choose whether
>    he's running on NT or 9X; it's your installer's task.

True... I'lll try todo thos

>
> 7. After installing, you want to start \cc65\index.url to go to the
>    CC65 homepage. At least as guest, this does not work, I get:
>    "Unable to execute file: c:\cc65\index.url
>    CreateProcess failed; code 193.
>    This is due to installing it as guest on my machine. Nevertheless,
since
>    double-clicking on the URL works, the automatic start should work, too.
>

in my system it worked

>
> Now, what was positive?
>
> 1. Installing worked even as "guest" on a NT station worked.
>
> 2. created hello.c, cl65 hello.c --> got an executable.
>
> > I'll be specially glad if someone with windows NT
> > will test it... (win9x seems to be ok)

MANY MANY THANX

>
> Have done it. ;-)
>
> Spiro.
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