Re: question on software development

2010-03-09 Thread Rene Schickbauer
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "ANJAN" == ANJAN PURKAYASTHA writes: ANJAN> OK, suppose I develop a Perl application. I want to create an icon for the ANJAN> program so that a user may download the program and start it in the GUI by ANJAN> double-clicking on the icon. Did I miss something? Where

Re: question on software development

2010-03-08 Thread Raymond Wan
Randal L. Schwartz wrote: "ANJAN" == ANJAN PURKAYASTHA writes: ANJAN> OK, suppose I develop a Perl application. I want to create an icon for the ANJAN> program so that a user may download the program and start it in the GUI by ANJAN> double-clicking on the icon. Did I miss something? Wher

Re: question on software development

2010-03-07 Thread Randal L. Schwartz
> "ANJAN" == ANJAN PURKAYASTHA writes: ANJAN> OK, suppose I develop a Perl application. I want to create an icon for the ANJAN> program so that a user may download the program and start it in the GUI by ANJAN> double-clicking on the icon. Did I miss something? Where did you say "windows"

Re: question on software development

2010-03-07 Thread ANJAN PURKAYASTHA
I completely agree with you Raymond- we should not be pre-judged based on our nationalities or institutional affiliations. Also, IMHO, the only stupid question is the one that is not asked. Forum members, especially beginners, should feel comfortable posting questions without fear of ridicule. Anj

Re: question on software development

2010-03-05 Thread Raymond Wan
ANJAN PURKAYASTHA wrote: Steve my man, Although I appreciate your taking the time to answer my question I must say the tone of you mail was immature and unprofessional. Firstly, you misunderstood my question and secondly not every question can be framed in terms of "code". Given that there are m

Re: question on software development

2010-03-05 Thread ANJAN PURKAYASTHA
Hi David and Shlomi, Thank you very much for your feedback. I am indeed developing a Perl application for which I would like to give the user a short-cut icon on the desktop. I'll follow up on your helpful pointers. Most of my end-users are molecular biologists who are averse to doing anything on

Re: question on software development

2010-03-05 Thread Shlomi Fish
On Friday 05 Mar 2010 06:27:51 David Christensen wrote: > ANJAN PURKAYASTHA wrote: > > OK, suppose I develop a Perl application. I want to create an icon for > > the program so that a user may download the program and start it in the > > GUI by double-clicking on the icon. > > How does one go about

Re: question on software development

2010-03-04 Thread David Christensen
ANJAN PURKAYASTHA wrote: OK, suppose I develop a Perl application. I want to create an icon for the program so that a user may download the program and start it in the GUI by double-clicking on the icon. How does one go about doing it? It sounds like 1) you want to put your Perl application int

Fwd: Re: question on software development

2010-03-04 Thread Steve Bertrand
On 2010.03.04 21:34, ANJAN PURKAYASTHA wrote: > Are you joking? This was supposed to be a serious question. I'll answer it again: - right-click on your desktop - click 'create shortcut' - click 'Browse' - locate the installation package that contains your program from within your network - click

Re: question on software development

2010-03-04 Thread Steve Bertrand
On 2010.03.04 20:04, ANJAN PURKAYASTHA wrote: > OK, suppose I develop a Perl application. I want to create an icon for the > program so that a user may download the program and start it in the GUI by > double-clicking on the icon. > How does one go about doing it? Research Associate at Harvard Uni