Hi Mark, I understand your point about long emails. FWIW, I try and not offer advice on emails which I can't take time to fully read and understand.
Actually, I use a number of already compiled commercial apps which also have to install MS's C++ libraries along with the application. This seems to be standard practice for many installs. I will try and see what I can do to help out Graham per your suggestion. On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 6:40 AM, Mark Schonewille < m.schonewi...@economy-x-talk.com> wrote: > 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 > -- Chipp Walters CEO, Shafer Walters Group, Inc. _______________________________________________ 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
