Re: JAWS Script Exchange, a bug?

  • From: Jamal Mazrui <empower@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:47:09 -0500 (EST)

Thanks for the suggestions, folks.  I've tried fixing the problem by a
change in the WinBatch code, jsx.wbt.  Can anyone test the November
14 release now posted at
http://www.empowermentzone.com/jsxsetup.exe

Jamal
On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Bryan
Garaventa wrote:

> 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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