I need a better way to install Servoy Client launch file
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2006 11:49 pm
I have a solution that runs on my Servoy server and will be accessed via the Servoy Client by users from many different computers running both Windows and OS X. I would like a more bullet-proof method for getting something on the client's desktop that is named what I want and has an icon of my choosing and launches only one of my server's many solutions.
The procedure in the past for setting up a client computer has been:
1. Navigate the web browser to the URL of the Servoy server.
2. Click the 'Launch Servoy Client' button.
3. Hope that a file gets made on the user's desktop.
4. Pray that the user answers "Yes" or "Allow" or "I Trust You, Servoy" to all the security warnings.
What I would like to have happen is:
1. Navigate to a page on my website with a link to download an installer file.
2. User runs installer, can choose to override OS specific default file location (/Program Files or /Application).
3. Start menu items created and/or shortcuts placed on desktop.
4. File on desktop has easy-to-understand name and has my icon, regardless of OS.
I like the look-and-feel of the Servoy application installer and the it2be Tools installer, but not enough to spend thousands of dollars on an installer creator. Any suggestions?
The procedure in the past for setting up a client computer has been:
1. Navigate the web browser to the URL of the Servoy server.
2. Click the 'Launch Servoy Client' button.
3. Hope that a file gets made on the user's desktop.
4. Pray that the user answers "Yes" or "Allow" or "I Trust You, Servoy" to all the security warnings.
What I would like to have happen is:
1. Navigate to a page on my website with a link to download an installer file.
2. User runs installer, can choose to override OS specific default file location (/Program Files or /Application).
3. Start menu items created and/or shortcuts placed on desktop.
4. File on desktop has easy-to-understand name and has my icon, regardless of OS.
I like the look-and-feel of the Servoy application installer and the it2be Tools installer, but not enough to spend thousands of dollars on an installer creator. Any suggestions?