Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:37:44 -0800
From: Bryan Garaventa <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: JAWS Script Exchange, a bug?
Thanks, a solution would be great. I'll experiment a bit myself and see
if
anything pops out.
Best wishes,
Bryan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamal Mazrui" <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 4:26 AM
Subject: Re: JAWS Script Exchange, a bug?
> Indeed, that is a current limitation of jSX. The Inno Setup code looks
> for a .zip archive with the same name as the executable except for a
> .zip rather than .exe extension. During development, I recall not
> having a way to know the name of the zip archive packed inside the
> installer, so adopted that convention. When I get a chance, I'll
> revisit the code and see if another solution occurs to me.
>
> Jamal
> On Mon, 12 Nov
> 2007, Bryan Garaventa wrote:
>
>> Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:48:33 -0800
>> From: Bryan Garaventa <bgaraventa11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: JAWS Script Exchange, a bug?
>>
>> I'm not sure if this is a bug, but hopefully there is a way to get
>> around
>> it.
>>
>> When you create a script installer, and the ScriptInstaller.exe is
>> generated, the scripts install correctly as usual.
>>
>> However, if you provide the installer as a web download, and someone
>> renames the installer to something that makes more sense to the user,
>> (such as ScriptName.exe), an error occurs during the installation, and
>> the scripts cannot be installed.
>>
>> So far, I've had to warn people who are downloading the installer to
>> not
>> rename the file, which doesn't seem like the best solution.
>>
>> Any ideas why it is doing this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bryan
>>
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