TheOpenCD Installer v0.1 demo
"Jon Saltzman" <[email protected]> Sat, 15 Jun 2002 20:10:08 -0700
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C214A8.A5695480 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greets all, I have a demo version of the installer I'm working on and I promised to = show something this weekend - so here it is. The file is in the public = FTP space, named TheOpenCDJS2.zip It is essentially a glorified file browser, that lets the end user = navigate around the directory structure we create and easily install = programs. Please note, that when you use it, it will start you in the incorrect = directory, showing you all the directories beneath it. The end user = would be restricted to the folder named "installation" on the CD, thus = they would only see the Applications, Games, Utilities, etc. folders in = the top pane of the program. I'm still working on it - and as a matter of fact I'm transitioning PC's = to a new one this weekend, and I'm willing to add to the installer as = best I can. At this point, it's something functional and fairly = straightforward for us to begin with. Also, there is a test batch file in the Applications folder, it has = nothing malicious in it, it just runs, so you can verify that the = installer would be able to run other installation programs. If the installer is an exe file, we can directly call it. If it is a = Zip file, we can tell the system to open it with the installed zip = utility (or tell the user to install one if they don't have it). Double = click an item to install it, or "push to install program" with the = program selected. Please, no flamebait - I'm doing this out of the good of my heart! ;D = Let me know what you think. Not all the functionality is there, because = it's not finished. It's also designed to run directly off a CD and NOT = the hard drive. Ok, gotta run. -Jon ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C214A8.A5695480 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2713.1100" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Greets all,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have a demo version of the installer = I'm working=20 on and I promised to show something this weekend - so here it is. = The file=20 is in the public FTP space, named TheOpenCDJS2.zip</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It is essentially a glorified file = browser, that=20 lets the end user navigate around the directory structure we create and = easily=20 install programs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please note, that when you use it, it = will start=20 you in the incorrect directory, showing you all the directories beneath=20 it. The end user would be restricted to the folder named = "installation" on=20 the CD, thus they would only see the Applications, Games, Utilities, = etc.=20 folders in the top pane of the program.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I'm still working on it - and as a = matter of fact=20 I'm transitioning PC's to a new one this weekend, and I'm willing to add = to the=20 installer as best I can. At this point, it's something functional = and=20 fairly straightforward for us to begin with.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Also, there is a test batch file in the = Applications folder, it has nothing malicious in it, it just runs, so = you can=20 verify that the installer would be able to run other installation=20 programs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If the installer is an exe file, we can = directly=20 call it. If it is a Zip file, we can tell the system to open it = with the=20 installed zip utility (or tell the user to install one if they don't = have=20 it). Double click an item to install it, or "push to install = program" with=20 the program selected.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please, no flamebait - I'm doing this = out of the=20 good of my heart! ;D Let me know what you think. Not all the = functionality is there, because it's not finished. It's also = designed to=20 run directly off a CD and NOT the hard drive.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ok, gotta run.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>-Jon</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000C_01C214A8.A5695480-- _______________________________________________________________ Don't miss the 2002 Sprint PCS Application Developer's Conference August 25-28 in Las Vegas - http://devcon.sprintpcs.com/adp/index.cfm?source=osdntextlink