Hi, Mark. Thanks for reminding me about that! I will give it a quick test run and put it up as a download. D'oh...
On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:45:40 -0700, Mark Ioli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had created an NSIS installer for 4.2.7 a couple of years ago, it is still > available at > > http://home.comcast.net/~chessknight/WinBoard-4.2.7_full.exe > > It pretty much does what the current installer does, but it works on Vista as > well. Not sure if there is any desire to add it to our downloads as the > current > installer or an alternate installer, but there it is :) > > -Mark > > Tim Mann wrote: > > The installer works on at least some Windows XP systems, although I'm > > told it doesn't work on Vista. The installer is a very old version of > > InstallShield that uses some 16-bit code. You don't say what error you > > got, but http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767 > > may be relevant. > > > > Recompiling WinBoard from source isn't needed (and won't help), since > > all that will get you is a WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp that's > > equivalent to what you already copied over from another system. Since > > InstallShield is proprietary software, unfortunately the distributed > > WinBoard source kit builds only WinBoard itself, not the installer. > > The good news is that the installer doesn't do anything interesting. > > It just copies WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp into an appropriate > > directory under Program Files, along with a sample .pgn game or two, > > and creates some shortcuts on the Start menu. > > > > On Fri, 4 May 2007 06:19:50 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> This is just a note to inform you that the WinBoard installer will not > >> run on my new machine. Here's the System Information summary: > >> > >> > >> Item Value > >> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional > >> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600 > >> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation > >> System Name PDXPOWEM01 > >> > >> System Manufacturer Hewlett-Packard > >> > >> System Model HP Compaq nc6400 (RB518UT#ABA) > >> System Type X86-based PC > >> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel > >> ~1994 Mhz > >> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel > >> ~1995 Mhz > >> BIOS Version/Date Hewlett-Packard 68YCD Ver. F.06, 10/26/2006 > >> > >> SMBIOS Version 2.4 > >> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS > >> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32 > >> Boot Device > >> \Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x12a1c1a200+1 > >> > >> Locale United States > >> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 > >> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)" > >> User Name WEBTRENDS\powem > >> Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time > >> Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB > >> Available Physical Memory 862.85 MB > >> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB > >> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB > >> Page File Space 3.35 GB > >> Page File C:\pagefile.sys > >> > >> Also, manually opening the installer .exe with WinZip and trying to > >> open one of the cab files returns the error message: > >> > >> """ > >> WinZip cannot open <filename> because it is not in the standard > >> Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998). The "signature bytes" > >> required by the Microsoft CAB specification is missing. > >> """ > >> > >> I will try to compile the source when I get a chance. I assume that > >> will work, since WinBoard itself will run. I copied the exe over from > >> another machine and it does run. > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> mp > >> > >> -- > >> Michael Powe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Naugatuck CT USA > >> "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that > >> which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the > >> civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists, > >> 1809. ME 16:332 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bug-XBoard mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard > -- Tim Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tim-mann.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-XBoard mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-xboard
