[brailleblaster] Re: indows installer available for testing

  • From: "TJ McElroy gMail" <mcelroy.tj@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 11:56:46 -0400


Hello Vic,

Thank you for your valuable feed back concerning the BrailleBlaster installer.

All of your comments are important and I will do my best to resolve all of them.

Currently I am working on the uninstall option of the setup program.

As you can tell the installer is created by the Inno Setup compiler.

I am new at using the Inno Setup program, but I have grown to like it, since I started using it about three weeks ago.

I hope to have another version by the weekend.

Again thanks for the comments,

TJ


----- Original Message ----- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 9:58 AM
Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: indows installer available for testing


I'm glad to hear that the installer works. I'll let the author comment
further on your comments. The .bat files won't be in the next release.
I'll just ask for 32-bit dlls, since I can make the 64-bit ones.

John

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 09:26:08AM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
John,

The installer worked great. The accessibility was great. The program was
installed successfully.

Here are my comments:

The desktop shortcut was placed in the public desktop folder. I think it
should be placed in the local user's desktop folder.

You were not asked if you wanted start menu shortcuts created. There should
be another checkbox for this on the same screen where you are asked about
the desktop shortcut.

In the start menu folder there is usually a choice for removing the program
and perhaps eventually to some documentation. These could be added very
easily.

You were not asked where you wanted to install the software. This is
standard practice for almost all Windows installers.

As mentioned earlier, the shortcuts refer to the command script and not to
the actual brailleblaster.jar file as they should.

This version wouldn't run for me anyway because it is the 32-bit version and
I need the 64-bit version.

As a side note, the emboss.bat and open.bat files should be removed from the package before it is made available. These are files I erroneously left in
the package when I created it. They are specific to my system and not for
public release.

The installer looks very good for a first attempt. Thanks.


Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,

Vic
E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2012 8:31 AM
To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [brailleblaster] indows installer available for testing

You can download it at http://www.brailleblaster.org/bb_setup_1.exe The
author is on the list and can answer questions.

Thanks,
John

--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities



--
John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities


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  T.J. McElroy

Email: tj.mcelroy@xxxxxxxxxxx
phone: 317.867.0277

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