[jawsscripts] Re: Scripts Installers

  • From: "Dang Manh Cuong" <dangmanhcuong@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:24:52 +0700

Hi
The site URL is no longer available. Please download the setup from: 
http://tinyurl.com/kbslmr5
Also download the inno setup from www.jrsoftware.org
Cuong
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Snowbarger" <snowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 11:25 AM
Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripts Installers


> Dang,
> Can you provide the source URL for that?
> Thanks.
> It looks like JSX doesn't work at all in windows 7, with jaws 15.
> It fails to find the enu folder.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dang Manh Cuong
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 9:51 PM
> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripts Installers
>
> Hi
> For me, I use JS install from accessible program with Inno setup.
> It give a script with file size over 300kb, but if you just want to do a 
> simple package, then you should use it because you can create your 
> installer usign the wizard.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Snowbarger" <snowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2014 3:39 AM
> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripts Installers
>
>
>> Yep,  that is the problem I am running into.  There seems to be a need
>> to dig pretty deep into other obscure mechanisms in order to simply
>> package a set of jaws scritps.  I certainly do feel a need for a simpler 
>> approach.
>>
>> I think  one might want to go back as far as XP.  I hear from people
>> all the time who are sticking with it for as long as they can get bye 
>> with it.
>> All later Windows versions seem to present us with UI quirks that
>> folks would rather not hassle with if they had a choice.
>> And, it would be good if such an installer gave you the option to
>> include binaries, and to only recompile the jss files that are provided.
>> One last thing is the ability to register a DLL.
>>
>> Since I speak English, my opinion would be that english only would
>> suffice for now.
>>
>> I have some questions about localization, coming under separate thread.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sean Farrow
>> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 2:36 AM
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripts Installers
>>
>> Hi,
>> The other alternative is WiX from:
>> Http://www.wixtoolset.org/
>> This is an xml-based msi (Windows installer) creation tool.
>>
>> The problems with the nsis installers currently are that it doesn't
>> support compiling scripts on the fly, finds two many directories as I
>> recall and doesn't support additional languages.
>>
>> I looked in to the effort required in creating something with WiX a
>> while back, we would need to create some form of packager as this does
>> get pretty involved, essentially copying xml fragments for each jaws 
>> version.
>> If I were to reserect this effort in the new year, what would be the
>> minimum operating system people would want? Also would people want
>> multiple languages, or would just English suffice for now? Would
>> people be interested in this being an open-source project on say
>> GitHub? Also would a web-based packaging service be appropriate or
>> would people want to package locally?
>> Thoughts appreciated.
>> Kind regards
>> Sean.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:jawsscripts-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Huey
>> Sent: 29 December 2014 03:17
>> To: jawsscripts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [jawsscripts] Re: Scripts Installers
>>
>> I dunno, NSIS may be the best choice there is. It's comparable all the
>> way back to windows xp, is open source, and supports a form of modular
>> component plugin functionality which could (theoretically) enable code
>> for finding required JAWS versioning details. It's also a package
>> installer, and can support custom front end design to produce
>> something clean up front. Maybe the biggest boon would be to just
>> design a packagER (emphasis on the E-R there) for use with NSIS to
>> wrap the arbitrary JAWS script sets into the installer to make it easy to 
>> do.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Dec 28, 2014, at 8:59 PM, Jim Snowbarger
>>> <Snowman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi guys,  Hope your having a nice holiday.
>>> So, where do we stand on general purpose jaws script installers these
>>> days?
>>> I have the idea that JSX is out of date, and that it will not be
>>> further maintained.
>>> I have NSIS, but it is pretty complicated, and probably more than one
>>> would need.
>>> Is there one that will handle all the myriad OS's and jaws versions?
>>> Any recommendations?
>>>
>>>
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