Re: what makes a file "installed"?

2004-05-24 Thread Richard Gaskin
Erik Hansen wrote: Mark Talluto wrote: On May 21, 2004, at 10:17 PM, Erik Hansen wrote: is there any way to automate the whole deal and put it in a button "Install Me!" along the lines of Alice in the Looking Glass? You can put the whole installer into a custom property and spit it out, run the in

Re: what makes a file "installed"?

2004-05-24 Thread Erik Hansen
> > what makes a file "installed" > > as opposed to "loaded" or "copied to" > > the desktop? > > For the most part they're the same thing. > What an installer can do for > you is copy files to specific locations if > needed, and on Win make any neessary > registry entries (such as those needed >

RE: what makes a file "installed"?

2004-05-24 Thread Monte Goulding
Hey Folks Short answer to this question is InstallGadget, my made with Rev and soon to be released nifty tool for quickly creating installers on Windows and OS X. Check it out the sneak preview at: http://www.sweattechnologies.com/InstallGadget Cheers -- Monte Goulding B.App.Sc. (Hons.) Execut

Re: what makes a file "installed"?

2004-05-25 Thread Mark Talluto
On May 22, 2004, at 12:06 PM, Erik Hansen wrote: what makes a file "installed" as opposed to "loaded" or "copied to" the desktop? thank you, Erik Hansen The term installation really applies more to Windows systems than to Macintosh. On Windows, there are certain registry files that need to be a