I've been writing the installer for my app lately using NSIS and wanted to
have the entire app install from a single file for users from win98 onwards.
In order to support 98 onwards I need to install ie6, then MSI, .net
framework, directX, mdac2.8, msde and capture card drivers. The whole
installer comes out to 200meg which isn't a problem because it will always
be on CD. Overall it takes 5 to 10 minutes to install. The interesting part
is that out of that 5 to 10 minutes the actual installation of my app (2
years of my work) flashes by so fast you can't even see it. Reminds me of
what people say who've visited the grand canyon, you really feel
insignificant. :-)
Michael
4  1048 
Congratulations, if for nothing else then for getting all that to work.
Of course if your effort seems infinitesimal by comparison, it just goes to
show how many man/hours MS devoted to getting all those things wrong the
first time around :)
Charlie
"Michael C" <mc*****@NOSPAMoptushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:et*************@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... I've been writing the installer for my app lately using NSIS and wanted to
have the entire app install from a single file for users from win98
onwards. In order to support 98 onwards I need to install ie6, then MSI,
.net framework, directX, mdac2.8, msde and capture card drivers. The whole
installer comes out to 200meg which isn't a problem because it will always
be on CD. Overall it takes 5 to 10 minutes to install. The interesting
part is that out of that 5 to 10 minutes the actual installation of my app
(2 years of my work) flashes by so fast you can't even see it. Reminds me
of what people say who've visited the grand canyon, you really feel
insignificant. :-)
Michael
"Charlie Tame" <ch*****@tames.net> wrote in message
news:uo****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... Congratulations, if for nothing else then for getting all that to work.
Thanks
Of course if your effort seems infinitesimal by comparison, it just goes
to show how many man/hours MS devoted to getting all those things wrong
the first time around :)
Yep, I guess the time my app takes to install compared to the dependancies
is an indication of how much time I've spent compared to how much time MS
have spent. Makes me feel even more insignificant. :-) It's like MS wrote
the various parts of the app and I just glued them all together. At least I
get to take the credit :-)
Michael
Don't feel too insignificant, Michael. Each of us is standing on the
shoulders of someone standing on the shoulders of someone...
That includes Microsoft!
--
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
..Net Developer
Ambiguity has a certain quality to it.
"Michael C" <mc*****@NOSPAMoptushome.com.au> wrote in message
news:Oh**************@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl... "Charlie Tame" <ch*****@tames.net> wrote in message
news:uo****************@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... Congratulations, if for nothing else then for getting all that to work.
Thanks
Of course if your effort seems infinitesimal by comparison, it just goes
to show how many man/hours MS devoted to getting all those things wrong
the first time around :)
Yep, I guess the time my app takes to install compared to the dependancies
is an indication of how much time I've spent compared to how much time MS
have spent. Makes me feel even more insignificant. :-) It's like MS wrote
the various parts of the app and I just glued them all together. At least
I get to take the credit :-)
Michael
"Kevin Spencer" <ke***@DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com> wrote in message
news:es**************@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl... Don't feel too insignificant, Michael. Each of us is standing on the
shoulders of someone standing on the shoulders of someone...
That includes Microsoft!
That's true, I remember working at a large car company and thinking that
they didn't really make the cars, just buy in parts and put it all together.
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