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Greetings,

I'm reviewing my program and getting it ready for distribution testing and here is the problem I'm running into:

I have a lot of icons I want the user to be able to access and utilize for the purpose of the program.

So the thought of writting nearly 800 lines "fileinstal(whatever)" is a bit...uhm...not so much with the fun.

Seeking options or work arounds since fileinstall needs a string literal location instead of an array or variable which is what i was using up until i RTFM and found out that won't work. :\

First theory:

Zip up the necessary files and write an installer program for it and somehow unzip the files into the right directories.

I don't mind writting installers for my software and have already had to do it for about 5 or 6 programs I've developed so it wouldn't be hard other than I don't know how to forcible unzip a file to a directory through autoit functions.

Second theory:

Zip file included in the main program and write the code directly into the program to unzip the files and such if they aren't available, or if they are - use them.

Thoughts?

Thanks in advance for ideas on mass file distribution with a program.

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I have seen a few fileinstall helper scripts which writes the code for you given a dir with files in.

But it's quite a simple function to write yourself, don't forget that is where autoit comes into its own

You can knock up a quick script in minutes to help you writing your own major script.

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xeroTechnologiesLLC,

Use the #AutoIt3Wrapper_Res_Icon_Add directive to add the icons to the resource table and then you can use them directly from the exe itself. ;)

Look at the <Help - SciTE Help - Extra Utilities - AutoIt3Wrapper - Adding Icons to the program resources> for more details. :)

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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if you ask me i whud still write a script to write that part of the script

800 lines are 800 lines after all :P

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bogQ,

You are quite right - I was thinking more of ease of access within the script itself. ;)

But 800 odd icons! :o

I cannot wait to see the result! :D

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Open spoiler to see my UDFs:

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ArrayMultiColSort ---- Sort arrays on multiple columns
ChooseFileFolder ---- Single and multiple selections from specified path treeview listing
Date_Time_Convert -- Easily convert date/time formats, including the language used
ExtMsgBox --------- A highly customisable replacement for MsgBox
GUIExtender -------- Extend and retract multiple sections within a GUI
GUIFrame ---------- Subdivide GUIs into many adjustable frames
GUIListViewEx ------- Insert, delete, move, drag, sort, edit and colour ListView items
GUITreeViewEx ------ Check/clear parent and child checkboxes in a TreeView
Marquee ----------- Scrolling tickertape GUIs
NoFocusLines ------- Remove the dotted focus lines from buttons, sliders, radios and checkboxes
Notify ------------- Small notifications on the edge of the display
Scrollbars ----------Automatically sized scrollbars with a single command
StringSize ---------- Automatically size controls to fit text
Toast -------------- Small GUIs which pop out of the notification area

 

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The icons need to also be accessible to the user in a file directory structure so they can pick the icons they wish to use in their own themes, etc.

I did review the option Melba noted but didnt think that would work with the above caveat.

JohnOne,

Thank you...not sure why I didnt think about that. Mind isnt in it today I guess.

I'll give that a go and post back final results.

Thank you guys for the replies and input. Very grateful of all the time and assistance shared.

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