Wow, Jacque, that is such a great idea. Too late where I am to try it out tonight, but I will certainly try it tomorrow.
Thanks so much Graham > On 21 Jan 2017, at 20:59, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > On 1/21/17 1:43 PM, Graham Samuel via use-livecode wrote: >> My question is, what do other people do about this? If you generate a >> new desktop program for Windows and try to sell it as a download, how >> can you strip away all this nonsense for the average purchaser? > > One of my clients said she'd had it with Windows installers and now ships the > product as a zip file. The user is instructed to move the app folder out of > the zip folder. This is just about the only hitch in the process, because > Windows presents the zip folder as a regular folder and users think they can > just double-click the app inside the zip archive. > > Other than instructing naive Windows users to drag the app folder out of the > zip archive, there have been virtually no other issues. The signed app itself > works fine without interference from the OS. > > Windows users have become used to installers and expect them, but if your app > is self-contained and doesn't require changing registry keys or other > OS-level stuff, it works pretty well. I know that's not what you asked, but > that's how we solved it. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
