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Re: Where To Write My File

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| One of my rules on software development is to have no external references
| except what's in winders. No ActiveX, No Dlls.

  I can appreciate that, but I also agree with Deanna
and Garry. The whole point of an installer is convenience.
Even more so for non-tech. people. Most people are
not capable of downloading your file, putting it somewhere
safe, then putting a shortcut on their Start Menu.

   I once read an article about a software company that
couldn't figure out why so many downloads were not
translating to sales. It turned out that 2/3 of the people
downloading couldn't find the file after they'd downloaded
it. :)
   Though I think that problem is actually caused, in
large part, by treating people as stupid. Browsers have a
set location for download. A lot of software has a set
location for saving files. Typically that location is either
the user Documents folder or the program folder, neither
of which is known to the the person using the PC. And
since XP it's nearly impossible for an average person to
even find their Documents folder. If programs defaulted
to asking where the file should be saved then people
would know where they'd put it.

  I don't know if this will help at all, but I have straight VB
code for creating CABs and extracting from them. That could
allow you to add CAB compression without an extra library.
And speed shouldn't be an issue, since cabinet.dll does most
of the work.

http://www.jsware.net/jsware/vbcode.php5#cab1

   See download #2. I use it in an MSI unpacker program
that gets a lot of downloads. It's been very dependable
and runs on all Windows systems, requiring only cabinet.dll,
which is a system file. 

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Where To Write My File "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-11-04 21:21 +0000
  Re: Where To Write My File Jim Mack <no-uce-ube@mdxi.com> - 2012-11-04 16:51 -0500
  Re: Where To Write My File "DaveO" <djo@dial.pipex.com> - 2012-11-05 09:54 +0000
  Re: Where To Write My File Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2012-11-05 10:12 +0000
  Re: Where To Write My File "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-11-05 11:35 +0000
    Re: Where To Write My File "DaveO" <djo@dial.pipex.com> - 2012-11-05 11:59 +0000
      Re: Where To Write My File "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-11-05 12:17 +0000
        Re: Where To Write My File Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2012-11-05 13:43 +0000
  Re: Where To Write My File GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-11-12 10:00 -0500
    Re: Where To Write My File "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-11-12 19:10 +0000
      Re: Where To Write My File GS <gs@somewhere.net> - 2012-11-12 17:08 -0500
      Re: Where To Write My File "Thorsten Albers" <gudea@gmx.de> - 2012-11-12 23:29 +0000
        Re: Where To Write My File "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-11-13 11:43 +0000
          Re: Where To Write My File Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-11-13 14:43 +0100
            Re: Where To Write My File "Mike Williams" <Mike@WhiskyAndCoke.com> - 2012-11-13 17:07 +0000
              Re: Where To Write My File Schmidt <sss@online.de> - 2012-11-13 19:00 +0100
              Re: Where To Write My File "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-11-13 19:10 +0000
          Re: Where To Write My File "Mayayana" <mayayana@invalid.nospam> - 2012-11-13 09:08 -0500
            Re: Where To Write My File "Ivar" <ivar.ekstromer000@ntlworld.com> - 2012-11-13 19:16 +0000
          Re: Where To Write My File ralph <nt_consulting64@yahoo.com> - 2012-11-13 09:18 -0600
            Re: Where To Write My File "DaveO" <djo@dial.pipex.com> - 2012-11-13 16:41 +0000
              Re: Where To Write My File "CoderX" <coder@x.com> - 2012-11-15 13:38 -0500
      Re: Where To Write My File Deanna Earley <dee.earley@icode.co.uk> - 2012-11-13 10:19 +0000

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