[M3devel] Getting ready for new users (Re: HEADS UP:

[Jay]

Well, it probably is better than IExpress.exe but IExpress is super easy.
I'll probably stick with it and if someone has something else to replace it with they can.
 
 - Jay


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> Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:04:50 -0700
> From: eiserlohpp at yahoo.com
> To: m3devel at elegosoft.com
> Subject: Re: [M3devel] Getting ready for new users (Re: HEADS UP:
>
>
> Hi Jay,
>
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 08:43:11PM +0000, Jay wrote:
>>
>> There's no need for Winzip if we use .zip files, explorer handles them.
>>
>> It is also easy to make self extracting .zip files.
>
>
> For installing applications on Windows boxes, why don't
> you use NSIS?
>
> http://nsis.sourceforge.net/Main_Page
>
>
> --- Quoting: From NSIS Wiki ---
>
> NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution.
>
> --- END QUOTE ---
>
> Please, if you go this route, don't include the source for
> NSIS into the M3 source archive, but the script you write
> that tells NSIS how to operate, yes that should be in the
> source archive.
>
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> | Peter P. Eiserloh |
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