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by Leauki
Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:31 am
Forum: Support (DiffMerge)
Topic: Why an installer?
Replies: 7
Views: 10649

Re: Is running the installer ***really*** that much of a bur

Um, yeah, I suppose that several of the steps you've suggested are possible, but I have to ask if are they ***really*** necessary or even a good idea? Absolutely. Moving just one file or folder around totally beats keeping track of an installer. For applications it doesn't really matter, but DiffMe...
by Leauki
Wed Nov 21, 2007 5:32 pm
Forum: Support (DiffMerge)
Topic: Why an installer?
Replies: 7
Views: 10649

Re: It doesn't work that way on Windows.

Sorry, it just doesn't work that way on Windows. I don't see that. If a ZIP archive can be self-expanding than so can an application create other files, including DLLs, and register them. On the Mac, the application bundle (the thing you see in the finder window) is actually a directory that contai...
by Leauki
Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:26 am
Forum: Support (DiffMerge)
Topic: Why an installer?
Replies: 7
Views: 10649

Re: The installer packages up all of the related help files.

While true that DiffMerge.exe is pretty much self-sufficient, there are several related files that also need to be distributed to known locations. This includes the on-line manual (both .CHM and .PDF), as well as the Windows Explorer Shell Extension .DLL which needs to be installed and registered w...
by Leauki
Wed Nov 21, 2007 8:30 am
Forum: Support (DiffMerge)
Topic: Why an installer?
Replies: 7
Views: 10649

Why an installer?

I work with Windows but am at home a Mac user. I have always wondered why Windows programs require an installer, especially tools which consist (or could consist) of only one file. I am using DiffMerge at work on Windows servers, I like it a lot. It's a very handy tool. However, since the usual way ...