RE: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows
- From: "Katherine Moss" <plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:08:57 -0500
Are those scripts something that the developer himself talks about creating?
Or does he only take you so far, and then you have to design the rest? I
ask because I've been thinking of using MSi files when I get there. Bad
idea?
From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jacques Bosch
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2010 12:00 AM
To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows
I also recommend InnoSetup.
I have some scripts for it that can check dependencies and even download and
install them if required. They would need tweaking and updating, but it is
something to launch from.
Write me off list if you want them.
Jacques
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 2:08 AM, Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It looks like it offers some kind of support for checking registry
entries, so it might be possible to hack something together. I didn't
immediately see anything easy though.
Stefik
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Katherine Moss
<plymouthroamer285@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The only problem with inno is that it doesn't offer much in the way of
> getting dependencies for users, does it? Such as the .net framework for
> .net apps and the JRE for Java apps?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Littlefield,
> Tyler
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:21 PM
> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows
>
> Seconded--I have used inno, and love it.
> On 12/13/2010 3:18 PM, Katherine Moss wrote:
>> Inno setup is great.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andreas
>> Stefik
>> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 5:16 PM
>> To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Jamal Mazrui; Sina Bahram
>> Subject: Accessible Installer Generators for Windows
>>
>> Hey folks,
>>
>> We are getting ready for the release of Sodbeans 1.5 and, as many
>> folks know, we distribute our tool in two ways: 1) the NetBeans
>> generated Installer, and 2) Zip file distros. We do the latter because
>> of accessibility problems with the NetBeans generated installers, but
>> we do the former because Windows requires some configuration which
>> some people have to do manually with the zip distribution. While we
>> have tested the installers with JAWS and NVDA, and with the java
>> access bridge installed, they are generally accessible, in practice, they
> are somewhat difficult to use.
>>
>> Anyway, we are "considering" adding to the development schedule a
>> better installer for the Sodbeans 2.0 release, depending on what else
>> needs to be finished. This sounds easy, but because of the nature of
>> our tools, there are some technical challenges that would take time to
> finish.
>>
>> So my question. If we were to develop an installer that is highly
>> accessible, does anyone have any tips on generators that others have
>> used that come out really well with screen readers, preferably without
>> needing the Java Access Bridge to be installed?
>>
>> Thanks for any tips,
>>
>> Stefik
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