- easy application packing in blackbox?

From: [at]} <Jean-Philippe>
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 01:24:31 +0100

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Hello BBox list,

I'm teaching Blackbox at Univ.of Geneva for 1st-year student. I'd like
them to pack their applications so they can export and distribute
a unique exe file.

We know how to use CreateTool and make an .exe from a selected module
name. But if an application requires one or more GUIs (form), we have to
include these resources in the Packer list. Then we have to include
[Host,Form,Sql,Win,Std,Ole,...]/Code/*.ocf as some of them are used by
the GUIs. Then we have to add System/Rsrc/CommandLine.txt (with
/NOAPPWIN).Besides, we have to momentarily modify Config file so our
GUI launches at startup. That are numerous steps...

Maybe I don't know all the ins and outs of the Linker and Packer. I
tried to include some GUI file names in the selected list used by
CreateTool. But they are ignored. I guess CreateTool works on MODULES
only. So we don't know exactly which ocf files are required by Forms
so the application is really autonomous. Maybe they are some tricks to
avoid crucial operations about Config and CommandLine...

It would be great if all these steps could be in one click. So one
could create an exe from a GUI window (i.e. the GUI knows which
modules it needs) instead of from a module. The exe would be named
after the name of the GUI file, and the NOAPPWIN and "startAtLauch"
 options would be included by default.

Does someone have an idea to automatize all above in a one-click tool ?
Thanks very much in advance.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Jean-Philippe

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Jean-Philippe Goldman
Département de Linguistique - Université de Genève
Rue de Candolle, 2 - CH-1211 Genève-4, Suisse
tél ++41.22.379.73.62 (fax 79.31)
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