[V4RB] Vcomponents in package

[Ed Kleban]

I use installers on the Mac.
I like installers on the Mac.

and I appreciate it when in the README notes and in the installer itself the
author gives me:

    A description of what the installer does.

    An option or instructions for a manual install as an alternative,
    as Microsoft does.

    An ability to simply drag a folder to Applications and begin using it
    that will run an alternate automatic installer if it needs to if I've
    chosen not to use the installer already.  Againn as Microsoft does for
    office.

    An Uninstaller

    A log that shows what the installer did.

On 12/13/05 3:39 AM, "Stan Busk" <maxprog at mac.com> wrote:

> 
> Do you know what I do when I download a Mac app and I get an
> installer? I throw it directly to the trash. Mac users don't expect
> installers, it is very big error to think they will don't mind. Your
> sales will go down rapidly. I only allow installers for tools or when
> they are done by people like Adobe... I am not Adobe so I guess many
> users will not bother running my installers. I think it is better to
> throw VComponent stuff to the application folder even getting a
> caotic application folder, only drawback, you can't move the
> application alone...
> 
> ~/Stan
> 
>> Hi Ruslan,
>> 
>> Am 12. Dez 2005 um 22:32 Uhr schrieb Ruslan Zasukhin:
>> 
>>> Bad news guys.
>>> 
>>> It just not work.
>>>     Because MAC OS do not see shard libs inside of package.
>>>     It see them in CFMSupport only.
>>> 
>>> Only solution future -- switch V4RB to MACHO format (i.e. Refuse
>>> OS 9).
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I have sent question to several MAC lists for help. So far no
>>> response.
>> 
>> IMHO this is not bad news. This is WORST CASE.
>> 
>> When I want to use V4RB2 in future I have following solutions
>> 
>> 1. Making installer which installs VComponents into /Library/
>> CFMSupport
>> 2. Making Installer which installs VComponents into /Users/name/
>> Libraby/VComponents
>> 3. Install VComponents into Application Folder
>> 
>> When User has no admin rights solution 1 fails. :-((
>> 
>> So I have only solution 2 and 3 because in the past my users knew
>> copy application to a new place and everything will run until before.
>> 
>> For solution 2 and 3, how can I be sure that users installed correct?
>> How can I check which VComponents the application uses (Is there
>> some information in Logfile, if not it is extremely needed)
>> When VComponents are installed at several places or at all
>> possibilities, which one is used? Can I see that in Logfile?
>> Can I make check inside of RB-Application, whether VComponents is
>> the correct one or not and give an Errormessage to the user?
>> Can I get a checklist insode the RB-Application with the info of
>> the version of all VComponents that I can see what could be the
>> problem and get an infomessage what components are not working
>> together #680?
>> 
>> Sorry but this bad news makes my application for the users much mor
>> complex, they wasn't forced in the past to take care and I see a
>> lot of problems and questions coming back to me ;-)
>> 
>> At the moment new version has no benefit for my users. When do you
>> think that you will start optimizing coding for getting much more
>> speed #641? Because to tell my users that application get also
>> slower will kill next release.
>> 
>> bye
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Claudius
>> 
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