Hello,me through the steps. The tutorial nor the documentation are of any help.
I am looking for a simple way to create an installer program. I have seen InstallJammer and that seemed promising (even if it is no longer under active development) but it fails to work - when I start it, I simply get a console window, no GUI to guide
What I want to do:
- Create a menu item to star the program
- Also add the program's installation directory to the path
- Allow the user to select one or two things
Very basic, but there you go. What are the options in this day and age? (I used to use a simple script from the Wiki, but that was before the advent of Windows 10)
Regards,
Arjen
I am looking for a simple way to create an installer program.
Hello,
I am looking for a simple way to create an installer program. I have
seen InstallJammer and that seemed promising (even if it is no longer
under active development) but it fails to work - when I start it, I
simply get a console window, no GUI to guide me through the steps. The tutorial nor the documentation are of any help.
What I want to do:
- Create a menu item to star the program
- Also add the program's installation directory to the path
- Allow the user to select one or two things
Very basic, but there you go. What are the options in this day and age? (I used to use a simple script from the Wiki, but that was before the advent of Windows 10)
On Monday, October 18, 2021 at 1:05:50 AM UTC+2, Gerhard Reithofer wrote:
Hi Arjen,
just an idea but my knowledge is almost 20 years old.
On Sun, 17 Oct 2021, Arjen Markus wrote:
Hello,
I am looking for a simple way to create an installer program. I have seen InstallJammer and that seemed promising (even if it is no longer under active development) but it fails to work - when I start it, I simply get a console window, no GUI to guide me through the steps. The tutorial nor the documentation are of any help.
What I want to do:
- Create a menu item to star the program
- Also add the program's installation directory to the path
- Allow the user to select one or two things
Very basic, but there you go. What are the options in this day and age? (I used to use a simple script from the Wiki, but that was before the advent of Windows 10)There is a modules called Wizard in the BWidgets but there isn't any manual for that.
AFAIR its a simple tool to create continuous dialogs with navigation buttons and which allows input fields and callback functions, etc.
I have seen a documentation a very, very long time ago and finally I did not use in for real as for the planned project the installation was
paid.
It uses the BWidet's PagesManager and its also the basis for orphaned InstallJammer I think.
Maybe it's worth to take a look at it.
Bye,
Gerhard
could do this via DDE ...)--Thank you, all, for the responses. I use a starpack to distribute the application, but Windows users are used to installers. Hence my question. (My previous experience with actually setting up such a thing dates from 2010 or thereabout and then you
Gerhard Reithofer - Techn. EDV Reithofer - http://www.tech-edv.co.at
I will have a closer look at your suggestions.Hello Arjen,
Regards,
Arjen
Hi Arjen,
just an idea but my knowledge is almost 20 years old.
On Sun, 17 Oct 2021, Arjen Markus wrote:
Hello,
I am looking for a simple way to create an installer program. I have
seen InstallJammer and that seemed promising (even if it is no longer under active development) but it fails to work - when I start it, I
simply get a console window, no GUI to guide me through the steps. The tutorial nor the documentation are of any help.
What I want to do:
- Create a menu item to star the program
- Also add the program's installation directory to the path
- Allow the user to select one or two things
Very basic, but there you go. What are the options in this day and age? (I used to use a simple script from the Wiki, but that was before the advent of Windows 10)There is a modules called Wizard in the BWidgets but there isn't any
manual for that.
AFAIR its a simple tool to create continuous dialogs with navigation
buttons and which allows input fields and callback functions, etc.
I have seen a documentation a very, very long time ago and finally I did
not use in for real as for the planned project the installation was
paid.
It uses the BWidet's PagesManager and its also the basis for orphaned InstallJammer I think.
Maybe it's worth to take a look at it.
Bye,
Gerhard
--
Gerhard Reithofer - Techn. EDV Reithofer - http://www.tech-edv.co.at
Hello Arjen,
dde is still working, just call "package req dde"
HTH
rene
On Monday, October 18, 2021 at 8:55:16 AM UTC+2, rene wrote:
Hello Arjen,
dde is still working, just call "package req dde"
HTHWell, the question really is whether the communication with the Windows OS to add items to the Start menu also still works. I must admit I have not tried it ;). The old way I referrred to is at https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Sample+installation+script.
rene
Regards,https://twapi.magicsplat.com/v4.5/msi.html and https://twapi.magicsplat.com/v4.5/shell.html may or may not be of use/interest?
Arjen
Hello,me through the steps. The tutorial nor the documentation are of any help.
I am looking for a simple way to create an installer program. I have seen InstallJammer and that seemed promising (even if it is no longer under active development) but it fails to work - when I start it, I simply get a console window, no GUI to guide
What I want to do:
- Create a menu item to star the program
- Also add the program's installation directory to the path
- Allow the user to select one or two things
Very basic, but there you go. What are the options in this day and age? (I used to use a simple script from the Wiki, but that was before the advent of Windows 10)
Regards,
Arjen
I still use installjammer occasionally for a couple of inhouse programs,
so it is still workable.
I have a batch file to start it
U:\tcl\installjammer\Binaries\Windows\installkit.exe ^ U:\tcl\installjammer\installjammer.tcl
hth
pd
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