Hahn, Harvey wrote: > I have some statistical "massagers" written in J that I'd like to wrap > in user-friendly "envelopes" for nonprogrammer end-users. The end > result can't be much more difficult than double-clicking an icon on the > desktop (or using an assigned keystroke to do the same thing)--or > something just as easy--and then, say, filling in a textbox or two with > some filenames or such. > > Since J scripts can't be compiled, I can't create an executable, which > would be the easy way. It appears I'll have to use another scripting > language (with the characteristics I'm looking for) to call J in some > way. I can't ask users to start up J, load a script, and run it--that's > too geeky for nongeeks (and they would never use the application!). > > I know many of you have written successful J applications that are being > used commercially, privately, or whatever. How do *you* go about > accomplishing what I'm asking? How do you make a J application easily > usable by a person "off the street", that is, by nonprogrammers? What > tips/advice do you have about writing J apps for the "real" world? (I'm > thinking here primarily of a front page that's a GUI, whether it's in J > or in another language that calls J.) > > This is really important to me right now, both because I have some > in-house apps that need such an "envelope" and because I need to > demonstrate the ease of making user-friendly J apps available in a > conference presentation later this spring to a group of computer > knowledgeable library staff, many of whom can program. > > Please, this is not a time to be terse. ;-) Thanks in advance for your > advice and insights!
See http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Standalone%20Applications for some basic info on this. You should be able to package your app this way and provide instructions for installing it and creating the windows shortcut. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
