Re: Different build of TestPage
- From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:54:26 -0500 (EST)
Murphy's Law -- I thought virtually everyone had the .NET Framework 2.0 or
above on their computers by now, but someone trying TestPage reported that
he could not run it! It turned out that he only had version 1.1 of the
Framework installed. In another attempt to create a GUI version for any
Windows user, I have built a standard Win32 executable with PowerBASIC.
Source code is still included for the VBScript and VB.NET versions as
well.
http://EmpowermentZone.com/tpgsetup.exe
Jamal
On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Jamal Mazrui
wrote:
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:01:25 -0500 (EST)
> From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ProgrammingBlind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Different build of TestPage
>
> Apparently, functionality of the Windows Script Host is less available
> than I thought. Since a primary goal of TestPage is convenient
> installation and use, I have now built an alternative approach to the
> VBScript one. I ported the code to Visual Basic .NET and compiled it into
> the executable TestPageGUI.exe. The desktop shortcut now invokes this
> program instead (though TestPage.vbs is still available in the same
> folder).
>
> I am curious whether this works better for folks who were having problems
> running TestPage before. The .NET Framework 2.0 is required, but this is
> practically standard now on any Windows computer. One disadvantage I
> notice is that the window of the default text editor is not necessarily
> activated after the report is generated (the report is opened there, but
> the window does not reliably become the active one). I may be able to
> code around this .NET issue, but it is significant work, unfortunately.
>
> I invite any comparative feedback between the previous and current
> release. The URL for the installer is the same,
>
> http://EmpowermentZone.com/tpgsetup.exe
>
> Jamal
>
>
>
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