Chipp, Sorry but I don't have the time to read very long e-mails, yet I try to help where I can.
Richard's explanation was mere speculation, even though a nice one. Graham mentions C++ packages, which seem to be necessary for compiling. If Graham wants to find a solution, he'll have to study more and make some compromises, e.g. make GhostScript a requirement for his software. Anyway, since you know everything much better, I propose you help Graham to solve this problem. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 See what you get with only a small contribution. All our LiveCode downloads are listed at http://qery.us/zr On 2 okt 2011, at 04:51, Chipp Walters wrote: > Mark, > > If you actually took the time and checked it out, you would know what Graham > is talking about IS ALREADY COMPILED. I know you think you are being > helpful, but your two sentence responses to everyone's problems aren't > always the best. For instance, a couple weeks ago when your curt replies > diminished a student on these lists who only wanted to understand how LC > compiles scripts (thanks Richard for an excellent explanation!) > > FYI, the ImageMagick DL is over 43 Mb, and the GhostScript install is > another 12 each for 64-bit and 32-bit. Plus there's the necessity of > detecting which Windows OS you're on vs which to install. Creating an > installer which can correctly install all of this is not trivial, and it > will create a final installation substantially larger in filesize than the > LC application-- and difficult for many to download. And then there's this > bit of information regarding AFTER installing the compiled binary: > > "If you have any problems, install the Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable > Package (x86) or Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64). 64-bit > Windows requires both packages (x86 & x64)." > > If I had to ship this functionality in a commercial app, I would commission > an external. > > Frankly, I don't know of a single commercial app on Windows which forces the > install of ImageMagick-- for these very reasons. It's difficult for > experienced users, almost certainly not trivial for newbies. > > On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 1:49 PM, Mark Schonewille < > m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > >> Hi Graham, >> >> Try downloading a binary instead of compiling it yourself. >> >> Schools should not behave like they're the European Central Bank but should >> just install the software teachers and pupils need. > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
