Kevin Miller wrote:
>
> On Thursday, Nov 11 1999, Peter Reid wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > I'm trying to write an installer script that will
> >
> > - install the MetaCard Player on a Win NT 4 system
> >
> > - set up the Win NT Registry for *.mc files
> >
> > - configure Netscape Communicator 4.5 to see mc.exe as the helper app
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>
> My other suggestion is that you consider building a standalone with a single
> stack that itself loads some stack in a URL somewhere instead. Users can
> download that and run it, and it will then open the door to any content you
> wish to provide (the stack it loads from the URL can itself load anything it
> likes, present a MC based "home page" or whatever). No configuration
> required.
That's how I transfer stacks to my current client group - I sent each
interested party (in a
couple of different states) a small .sit file that contained a stack
downloader. When they open
it, it refreshes its "available files" list by retrieving a directory
list from a specific
directory in my web space (and then removing references to any other
directories prior to
displaying). Works like a charm; some of my people are quite
"technologically challenged" and
don't know how to manage email attachments, and certainly don't know
what a MIME type is or
does. So the little downloader stack enables them to bypass all the
"complexities" and simply
get what they want.
If anyone is interested, I'll make it available as a simple example
(after I alter it slightly
to "protect the innocent").
Phil
> Regards,
>
> Kevin
>
> > Thanks for any help.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Peter
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Peter Reid
> > Reid-IT Limited, Loughborough, Leics., UK
> > Tel: +44 (0)1509 268843 Fax: +44 (0)1509 264986
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>
> Kevin Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://www.xworlds.com/>
> Cross Worlds Computing, MetaCard Distributors, Custom Development.
> Tel: +44 (0)131 672 2909. Fax: +44 (0)1639 830 707.
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