Re[2]: [cc65] win32 one file installer

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From: Raf (rafalszyja_at_poczta.onet.pl)
Date: 2003-07-17 14:47:12


Hello Spiro,

Thursday, July 17, 2003, 12:52:20 PM, you wrote:

ST> Hello again Rafal,

ST>  On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 12:09:55PM +0200, Rafal wrote:

>> > 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 :)

ST> Ok, this was what I wanted. Anyway, can't the installer change this itself?

INNO SETUP:
probably not , alhough there is pascal scripting language
but probably it doesn't allow to do such operations as
modyfing external files (it contains functions to modify INI files
however)

>> > 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 :)

ST> Yes, it isn't here, and you called NT.BAT, not CC65_NT.BAT. This made a
ST> "fine" recursive call.

blah...
I don't have access to NT currently...

>> 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

ST> Ok, good. Just wanted to make sure.

so you are :)

>> > 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

ST> At least a hint that the directory was not removed due to not being empty
ST> would be enough, IMHO.

thanks for tip!

>> > 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

ST> Yes, because you have the right to do so. Anyway, as "guest", you don't have
ST> much rights. Everything (except that step) works fine, this is something
ST> that is not normal on NT based machines. It would be nice if it would work
ST> this way.

blah :)
I must install winnt I see...
or maybe someone with NT will help me?


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Best regards,
 Raf                            mailto:rafalszyja_at_poczta.onet.pl

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