On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 10:31 PM, <perryh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Austin English <austinenglish@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > I should've mentioned that zipped files are a bit hard ... >> I've looked into it a bit before, just haven't decided the >> easiest way yet to avoid problems in the future. Which is >> why standalone executables are so much easier :-). > > Would it work to prefix a zipfile with an extracter, thereby > transforming it into a self-extracting .exe file, and then > treat that self-extracting file as a self-installer? (Or, > would you need for the extracter to also start up the app > after unzipping it?) Sure, it would. But I'm not looking to repackage stuff, but use freely available downloads. > BTW I know absolutely nothing about Autohotkey, nor how it > fits into the scheme under discussion. Autohotkey allows recording scripts, notably keystrokes/mouseclicks, among other things. I'm using it in a Summer of Code project to make gui tests for Wine. -- -Austin
