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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Announcement: Rockbox installer for WindowsRe: Announcement: Rockbox installer for Windows
From: BlueChip <cs_bluechip_at_webtribe.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2004 13:12:34 +0100 >BlueChip wrote: >># The icon could do with a little trimming >> (Feel free to nick the icon roland made for the DevKit) > >That *is* the icon from the Devkit. ;) LOL ...that's freaky ...you seem to have some green dots around the edge of yours which shows up quite clearly with my chosen desktop theme - <looks confused> ...I can do a screenshot if you think it might help. >Still, if you'd like to implement these things, I'll happily send you the >config file and let you hack away at it. ;) Hey, not for me thanks ;) I'm up to my ears as it is. Taking time out to cheer words of encouragement is a nice diversion, but I have virtually zero windoze programming experience; I am an embedded guy through-and-through ...console stuff in djgpp is about as close as I get to writing stuff for windows. Advanced stuff is always nice, but this installer is the first and most important step toward something ovekill :) I would still advise newb's to use your installer over and above "unzip" :) BC >># I would rather see a list of: >> Drive: [Label] Drive-Size Free-Space >> instead of "E:\ [browse]" >> Maybe "if you cannot see your jukebox drive connect it now and press >> refresh >> ...or better still have a monitoring thread running > >Would be nice, but it's not supported by InnoSetup. I went for the easy >option. > >># You could check for which drive it is by detecting >> a) if it is removable (that will round it down pretty quick) >> b) what driver it is using, iirc we are isd-200 and isd-300 >> c) if an existing .mod or .ajz file is in root > >I think that would involve rather more acquaintance with Windows >programming than I'm willing to suffer. > >># Model selection >> Would rather a radio-button thing than a list box >> How about little pictures of the units next to the radio buttons >> (again you can find small versions of these on my site, >> or big ones on the rockbox site) > >Me too, actually. But InnoSetup doesn't give you the choice, >unfortunately. It might be possible to sling together a bit of custom >Pascal code to provide such a dialogue (that's how I make sure that you're >in the root of a drive before installing) but it's probably more effort >than it's worth. > >># Model detection >> a) well, the driver id will give you some idea > >Probably not doable without writing custom Windows code, sadly. > >> b) checking the files present on the drive would >> be good for upgrades > >I could probably tag each install in some way, but there's no easy way to >pick a default option, I'm afraid. > >Still, if you'd like to implement these things, I'll happily send you the >config file and let you hack away at it. ;) > >Christi _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2004-06-27 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |