Hello Bruce, Wednesday, June 5, 2002, 1:33:44 AM, you wrote:
BM> INSTALLER BM> --------- BM> We clearly need an installer that is zero-hassle for users. We need to BM> decide on a direction for this. I suggest Nullsoft install system (http://www.nullsoft.com/free/nsis/). It's real good and very simple to use. I can help on this if you want. BM> ENVIRONMENT BM> Lots of our code requires a unix shell and utilities. Will we continue BM> using cygwin for this? There are other ports ( http://unxutils.sourceforge.net/ ) that won't require Cygwin but they won't provide an environment so complete as Cygwin does. I also would like to empathize that probably a small GUI for controlling the PostgreSQL service/application would be nice. I think about something sitting in the system tray like MSSQL, Oracle, Interbase, etc. does. I could code this in Delphi if you like. I don't have experience in writing GUI apps in C. There is an open source versions of Delphi so it won't be a problem compiling it. Also coming with this, a code for starting the PostgreSQL as a service would be really nice. For those from UNIX world that don't know what a service is, think about it as a daemon for Windows. A service can be automatically started when the machine boots up. ------------- Best regards, Steve Howe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
