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Date:	Thu, 17 Jul 2003 11:04:24 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: button challenged

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Steven Levine wrote:
>
> you have used the Software Installer (SI)
> many times. It's the standard installer
> for apps such as Netscape and many others.

I thought my Netscape install was via a GUI. David said command line.
It does both?

> Rather that developing a roll-your-own installer,
> I suggest you take a look at WarpIn (see Netlabs).
> It's open source and already handles most of what
> you would need to code yourself.

I disliked the early versions of WarpIN but I guess I should take
another look. It would be nice if the developers who *do* use it would
come up with some kind of reference framework; there was some app I
tried to install last year that used WarpIN and it *required* that I
install a link on the Desktop (ouch), modified my CONFIG.SYS without
asking (ouch), and iirc would only install to the drive letter where the
operating system was located (ouch ouch ouch). I opened the installer
file (with EPM) and read the developer's Rexx code and he didn't do
anything "wrong", just didn't do it in a way that was a good fit for my
workstation.

- Peter

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