WinBoard Installer

[Michael Powe-2]

Hello,

This is just a note to inform you that the WinBoard installer will not
run on my new machine.  Here's the System Information summary:


Item   Value  
OS Name  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version  5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
System Name   PDXPOWEM01
System Manufacturer   Hewlett-Packard
System Model   HP Compaq nc6400 (RB518UT#ABA)
System Type   X86-based PC
Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
~1994 Mhz  
Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
~1995 Mhz  
BIOS Version/Date   Hewlett-Packard 68YCD Ver. F.06, 10/26/2006

SMBIOS Version   2.4  
Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS  
System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device   \Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x12a1c1a200+1

Locale   United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer  Version = "5.1.2600.2180
(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name WEBTRENDS\powem
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 862.85 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space  3.35 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Also, manually opening the installer .exe with WinZip and trying to
open one of the cab files returns the error message:

"""
WinZip cannot open <filename> because it is not in the standard
Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998).  The "signature bytes"
required by the Microsoft CAB specification is missing.
"""

I will try to compile the source when I get a chance.  I assume that
will work, since WinBoard itself will run.  I copied the exe over from
another machine and it does run.

Thanks.

mp

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Michael Powe michael@... Naugatuck CT USA
"No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that
which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the
civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists,
1809. ME 16:332


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[Tim Mann]

The installer works on at least some Windows XP systems, although I'm
told it doesn't work on Vista.  The installer is a very old version of
InstallShield that uses some 16-bit code.  You don't say what error you
got, but http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767
may be relevant.

Recompiling WinBoard from source isn't needed (and won't help), since
all that will get you is a WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp that's
equivalent to what you already copied over from another system.  Since
InstallShield is proprietary software, unfortunately the distributed
WinBoard source kit builds only WinBoard itself, not the installer.
The good news is that the installer doesn't do anything interesting.
It just copies WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp into an appropriate
directory under Program Files, along with a sample .pgn game or two,
and creates some shortcuts on the Start menu.

On Fri, 4 May 2007 06:19:50 -0400, michael@... wrote:

> Hello,
>
> This is just a note to inform you that the WinBoard installer will not
> run on my new machine.  Here's the System Information summary:
>
>
> Item   Value  
> OS Name  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Version  5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
> OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
> System Name   PDXPOWEM01
> System Manufacturer   Hewlett-Packard
> System Model   HP Compaq nc6400 (RB518UT#ABA)
> System Type   X86-based PC
> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
> ~1994 Mhz  
> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
> ~1995 Mhz  
> BIOS Version/Date   Hewlett-Packard 68YCD Ver. F.06, 10/26/2006
>
> SMBIOS Version   2.4  
> Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS  
> System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
> Boot Device   \Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x12a1c1a200+1
>
> Locale   United States
> Hardware Abstraction Layer  Version = "5.1.2600.2180
> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
> User Name WEBTRENDS\powem
> Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
> Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
> Available Physical Memory 862.85 MB
> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
> Page File Space  3.35 GB
> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>
> Also, manually opening the installer .exe with WinZip and trying to
> open one of the cab files returns the error message:
>
> """
> WinZip cannot open <filename> because it is not in the standard
> Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998).  The "signature bytes"
> required by the Microsoft CAB specification is missing.
> """
>
> I will try to compile the source when I get a chance.  I assume that
> will work, since WinBoard itself will run.  I copied the exe over from
> another machine and it does run.
>
> Thanks.
>
> mp
>
> --
> Michael Powe michael@... Naugatuck CT USA
> "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that
> which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the
> civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists,
> 1809. ME 16:332

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[chessknight]

I had created an NSIS installer for 4.2.7 a couple of years ago, it is still
available at

http://home.comcast.net/~chessknight/WinBoard-4.2.7_full.exe

It pretty much does what the current installer does, but it works on Vista as
well. Not sure if there is any desire to add it to our downloads as the current
installer or an alternate installer, but there it is :)

-Mark

Tim Mann wrote:

> The installer works on at least some Windows XP systems, although I'm
> told it doesn't work on Vista.  The installer is a very old version of
> InstallShield that uses some 16-bit code.  You don't say what error you
> got, but http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767
> may be relevant.
>
> Recompiling WinBoard from source isn't needed (and won't help), since
> all that will get you is a WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp that's
> equivalent to what you already copied over from another system.  Since
> InstallShield is proprietary software, unfortunately the distributed
> WinBoard source kit builds only WinBoard itself, not the installer.
> The good news is that the installer doesn't do anything interesting.
> It just copies WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp into an appropriate
> directory under Program Files, along with a sample .pgn game or two,
> and creates some shortcuts on the Start menu.
>
> On Fri, 4 May 2007 06:19:50 -0400, michael@... wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> This is just a note to inform you that the WinBoard installer will not
>> run on my new machine.  Here's the System Information summary:
>>
>>
>> Item   Value  
>> OS Name  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
>> Version  5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
>> OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
>> System Name   PDXPOWEM01
>> System Manufacturer   Hewlett-Packard
>> System Model   HP Compaq nc6400 (RB518UT#ABA)
>> System Type   X86-based PC
>> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
>> ~1994 Mhz  
>> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
>> ~1995 Mhz  
>> BIOS Version/Date   Hewlett-Packard 68YCD Ver. F.06, 10/26/2006
>>
>> SMBIOS Version   2.4  
>> Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS  
>> System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
>> Boot Device   \Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x12a1c1a200+1
>>
>> Locale   United States
>> Hardware Abstraction Layer  Version = "5.1.2600.2180
>> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
>> User Name WEBTRENDS\powem
>> Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
>> Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
>> Available Physical Memory 862.85 MB
>> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
>> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
>> Page File Space  3.35 GB
>> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>>
>> Also, manually opening the installer .exe with WinZip and trying to
>> open one of the cab files returns the error message:
>>
>> """
>> WinZip cannot open <filename> because it is not in the standard
>> Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998).  The "signature bytes"
>> required by the Microsoft CAB specification is missing.
>> """
>>
>> I will try to compile the source when I get a chance.  I assume that
>> will work, since WinBoard itself will run.  I copied the exe over from
>> another machine and it does run.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> mp
>>
>> --
>> Michael Powe michael@... Naugatuck CT USA
>> "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that
>> which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the
>> civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists,
>> 1809. ME 16:332
>
>

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[Tim Mann]

Hi, Mark.  Thanks for reminding me about that!  I will give it a quick
test run and put it up as a download.  D'oh...

On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:45:40 -0700, Mark Ioli <chessknight@...> wrote:

> I had created an NSIS installer for 4.2.7 a couple of years ago, it is still
> available at
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~chessknight/WinBoard-4.2.7_full.exe
>
> It pretty much does what the current installer does, but it works on Vista as
> well. Not sure if there is any desire to add it to our downloads as the current
> installer or an alternate installer, but there it is :)
>
> -Mark
>
> Tim Mann wrote:
> > The installer works on at least some Windows XP systems, although I'm
> > told it doesn't work on Vista.  The installer is a very old version of
> > InstallShield that uses some 16-bit code.  You don't say what error you
> > got, but http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767
> > may be relevant.
> >
> > Recompiling WinBoard from source isn't needed (and won't help), since
> > all that will get you is a WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp that's
> > equivalent to what you already copied over from another system.  Since
> > InstallShield is proprietary software, unfortunately the distributed
> > WinBoard source kit builds only WinBoard itself, not the installer.
> > The good news is that the installer doesn't do anything interesting.
> > It just copies WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp into an appropriate
> > directory under Program Files, along with a sample .pgn game or two,
> > and creates some shortcuts on the Start menu.
> >
> > On Fri, 4 May 2007 06:19:50 -0400, michael@... wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> This is just a note to inform you that the WinBoard installer will not
> >> run on my new machine.  Here's the System Information summary:
> >>
> >>
> >> Item   Value  
> >> OS Name  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> >> Version  5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
> >> OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
> >> System Name   PDXPOWEM01
> >> System Manufacturer   Hewlett-Packard
> >> System Model   HP Compaq nc6400 (RB518UT#ABA)
> >> System Type   X86-based PC
> >> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
> >> ~1994 Mhz  
> >> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
> >> ~1995 Mhz  
> >> BIOS Version/Date   Hewlett-Packard 68YCD Ver. F.06, 10/26/2006
> >>
> >> SMBIOS Version   2.4  
> >> Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS  
> >> System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
> >> Boot Device   \Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x12a1c1a200+1
> >>
> >> Locale   United States
> >> Hardware Abstraction Layer  Version = "5.1.2600.2180
> >> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
> >> User Name WEBTRENDS\powem
> >> Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
> >> Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
> >> Available Physical Memory 862.85 MB
> >> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
> >> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
> >> Page File Space  3.35 GB
> >> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
> >>
> >> Also, manually opening the installer .exe with WinZip and trying to
> >> open one of the cab files returns the error message:
> >>
> >> """
> >> WinZip cannot open <filename> because it is not in the standard
> >> Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998).  The "signature bytes"
> >> required by the Microsoft CAB specification is missing.
> >> """
> >>
> >> I will try to compile the source when I get a chance.  I assume that
> >> will work, since WinBoard itself will run.  I copied the exe over from
> >> another machine and it does run.
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >> mp
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Powe michael@... Naugatuck CT USA
> >> "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that
> >> which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the
> >> civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists,
> >> 1809. ME 16:332
> >
> >
>
>
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[Tim Mann]

I refreshed my memory about how to upload to ftp.gnu.org, and it's
there now as well as on my web page.  It's also linked from the
Savannah page and freshmeat.

One other thing I don't remember -- did you ever send "source" code for
the installer?  (Whatever that consists of for NSIS -- scripts or
whatever.)  If there is a script file or the like, it should go into
the CVS on Savannah.

Thanks,
Tim

On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:01:54 -0700, Tim Mann <tim@...> wrote:

> Hi, Mark.  Thanks for reminding me about that!  I will give it a quick
> test run and put it up as a download.  D'oh...
>
> On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:45:40 -0700, Mark Ioli <chessknight@...> wrote:
> > I had created an NSIS installer for 4.2.7 a couple of years ago, it is still
> > available at
> >
> > http://home.comcast.net/~chessknight/WinBoard-4.2.7_full.exe
> >
> > It pretty much does what the current installer does, but it works on Vista as
> > well. Not sure if there is any desire to add it to our downloads as the current
> > installer or an alternate installer, but there it is :)
> >
> > -Mark
> >
> > Tim Mann wrote:
> > > The installer works on at least some Windows XP systems, although I'm
> > > told it doesn't work on Vista.  The installer is a very old version of
> > > InstallShield that uses some 16-bit code.  You don't say what error you
> > > got, but http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767
> > > may be relevant.
> > >
> > > Recompiling WinBoard from source isn't needed (and won't help), since
> > > all that will get you is a WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp that's
> > > equivalent to what you already copied over from another system.  Since
> > > InstallShield is proprietary software, unfortunately the distributed
> > > WinBoard source kit builds only WinBoard itself, not the installer.
> > > The good news is that the installer doesn't do anything interesting.
> > > It just copies WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp into an appropriate
> > > directory under Program Files, along with a sample .pgn game or two,
> > > and creates some shortcuts on the Start menu.
> > >
> > > On Fri, 4 May 2007 06:19:50 -0400, michael@... wrote:
> > >> Hello,
> > >>
> > >> This is just a note to inform you that the WinBoard installer will not
> > >> run on my new machine.  Here's the System Information summary:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Item   Value  
> > >> OS Name  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> > >> Version  5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
> > >> OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
> > >> System Name   PDXPOWEM01
> > >> System Manufacturer   Hewlett-Packard
> > >> System Model   HP Compaq nc6400 (RB518UT#ABA)
> > >> System Type   X86-based PC
> > >> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
> > >> ~1994 Mhz  
> > >> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
> > >> ~1995 Mhz  
> > >> BIOS Version/Date   Hewlett-Packard 68YCD Ver. F.06, 10/26/2006
> > >>
> > >> SMBIOS Version   2.4  
> > >> Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS  
> > >> System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
> > >> Boot Device   \Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x12a1c1a200+1
> > >>
> > >> Locale   United States
> > >> Hardware Abstraction Layer  Version = "5.1.2600.2180
> > >> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
> > >> User Name WEBTRENDS\powem
> > >> Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
> > >> Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
> > >> Available Physical Memory 862.85 MB
> > >> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
> > >> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
> > >> Page File Space  3.35 GB
> > >> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
> > >>
> > >> Also, manually opening the installer .exe with WinZip and trying to
> > >> open one of the cab files returns the error message:
> > >>
> > >> """
> > >> WinZip cannot open <filename> because it is not in the standard
> > >> Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998).  The "signature bytes"
> > >> required by the Microsoft CAB specification is missing.
> > >> """
> > >>
> > >> I will try to compile the source when I get a chance.  I assume that
> > >> will work, since WinBoard itself will run.  I copied the exe over from
> > >> another machine and it does run.
> > >>
> > >> Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> mp
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Michael Powe michael@... Naugatuck CT USA
> > >> "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that
> > >> which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the
> > >> civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists,
> > >> 1809. ME 16:332
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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>
>
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>

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[chessknight]

Yep, there's a .nsi script that NSIS uses to compile the installer, I'll dig
that up.

-Mark

Tim Mann wrote:

> I refreshed my memory about how to upload to ftp.gnu.org, and it's
> there now as well as on my web page.  It's also linked from the
> Savannah page and freshmeat.
>
> One other thing I don't remember -- did you ever send "source" code for
> the installer?  (Whatever that consists of for NSIS -- scripts or
> whatever.)  If there is a script file or the like, it should go into
> the CVS on Savannah.
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:01:54 -0700, Tim Mann <tim@...> wrote:
>> Hi, Mark.  Thanks for reminding me about that!  I will give it a quick
>> test run and put it up as a download.  D'oh...
>>
>> On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:45:40 -0700, Mark Ioli <chessknight@...> wrote:
>>> I had created an NSIS installer for 4.2.7 a couple of years ago, it is still
>>> available at
>>>
>>> http://home.comcast.net/~chessknight/WinBoard-4.2.7_full.exe
>>>
>>> It pretty much does what the current installer does, but it works on Vista as
>>> well. Not sure if there is any desire to add it to our downloads as the current
>>> installer or an alternate installer, but there it is :)
>>>
>>> -Mark
>>>
>>> Tim Mann wrote:
>>>> The installer works on at least some Windows XP systems, although I'm
>>>> told it doesn't work on Vista.  The installer is a very old version of
>>>> InstallShield that uses some 16-bit code.  You don't say what error you
>>>> got, but http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767
>>>> may be relevant.
>>>>
>>>> Recompiling WinBoard from source isn't needed (and won't help), since
>>>> all that will get you is a WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp that's
>>>> equivalent to what you already copied over from another system.  Since
>>>> InstallShield is proprietary software, unfortunately the distributed
>>>> WinBoard source kit builds only WinBoard itself, not the installer.
>>>> The good news is that the installer doesn't do anything interesting.
>>>> It just copies WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp into an appropriate
>>>> directory under Program Files, along with a sample .pgn game or two,
>>>> and creates some shortcuts on the Start menu.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 4 May 2007 06:19:50 -0400, michael@... wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> This is just a note to inform you that the WinBoard installer will not
>>>>> run on my new machine.  Here's the System Information summary:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Item   Value  
>>>>> OS Name  Microsoft Windows XP Professional
>>>>> Version  5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
>>>>> OS Manufacturer   Microsoft Corporation
>>>>> System Name   PDXPOWEM01
>>>>> System Manufacturer   Hewlett-Packard
>>>>> System Model   HP Compaq nc6400 (RB518UT#ABA)
>>>>> System Type   X86-based PC
>>>>> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
>>>>> ~1994 Mhz  
>>>>> Processor   x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
>>>>> ~1995 Mhz  
>>>>> BIOS Version/Date   Hewlett-Packard 68YCD Ver. F.06, 10/26/2006
>>>>>
>>>>> SMBIOS Version   2.4  
>>>>> Windows Directory   C:\WINDOWS  
>>>>> System Directory   C:\WINDOWS\system32
>>>>> Boot Device   \Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x12a1c1a200+1
>>>>>
>>>>> Locale   United States
>>>>> Hardware Abstraction Layer  Version = "5.1.2600.2180
>>>>> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
>>>>> User Name WEBTRENDS\powem
>>>>> Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
>>>>> Total Physical Memory 2,048.00 MB
>>>>> Available Physical Memory 862.85 MB
>>>>> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
>>>>> Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
>>>>> Page File Space  3.35 GB
>>>>> Page File C:\pagefile.sys
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, manually opening the installer .exe with WinZip and trying to
>>>>> open one of the cab files returns the error message:
>>>>>
>>>>> """
>>>>> WinZip cannot open <filename> because it is not in the standard
>>>>> Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998).  The "signature bytes"
>>>>> required by the Microsoft CAB specification is missing.
>>>>> """
>>>>>
>>>>> I will try to compile the source when I get a chance.  I assume that
>>>>> will work, since WinBoard itself will run.  I copied the exe over from
>>>>> another machine and it does run.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>> mp
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Michael Powe michael@... Naugatuck CT USA
>>>>> "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that
>>>>> which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the
>>>>> civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists,
>>>>> 1809. ME 16:332
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>>
>>
>> --
>> Tim Mann  tim@...  http://tim-mann.org/
>>
>
>

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[chessknight]

I decided to check in the entire working directory, since the script isn't much
good without the files. So there is a new directory called 'installer' which
contains the files used to create the Winboard NSIS installer.

-Mark

Mark Ioli wrote:

> Yep, there's a .nsi script that NSIS uses to compile the installer, I'll
> dig that up.
>
> -Mark
>
> Tim Mann wrote:
>> I refreshed my memory about how to upload to ftp.gnu.org, and it's
>> there now as well as on my web page.  It's also linked from the
>> Savannah page and freshmeat.
>>
>> One other thing I don't remember -- did you ever send "source" code for
>> the installer?  (Whatever that consists of for NSIS -- scripts or
>> whatever.)  If there is a script file or the like, it should go into
>> the CVS on Savannah.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tim
>>
>> On Thu, 7 Jun 2007 23:01:54 -0700, Tim Mann <tim@...> wrote:
>>> Hi, Mark.  Thanks for reminding me about that!  I will give it a quick
>>> test run and put it up as a download.  D'oh...
>>>
>>> On Thu, 07 Jun 2007 22:45:40 -0700, Mark Ioli
>>> <chessknight@...> wrote:
>>>> I had created an NSIS installer for 4.2.7 a couple of years ago, it
>>>> is still available at
>>>>
>>>> http://home.comcast.net/~chessknight/WinBoard-4.2.7_full.exe
>>>>
>>>> It pretty much does what the current installer does, but it works on
>>>> Vista as well. Not sure if there is any desire to add it to our
>>>> downloads as the current installer or an alternate installer, but
>>>> there it is :)
>>>>
>>>> -Mark
>>>>
>>>> Tim Mann wrote:
>>>>> The installer works on at least some Windows XP systems, although I'm
>>>>> told it doesn't work on Vista.  The installer is a very old version of
>>>>> InstallShield that uses some 16-bit code.  You don't say what error
>>>>> you
>>>>> got, but
>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;324767
>>>>> may be relevant.
>>>>>
>>>>> Recompiling WinBoard from source isn't needed (and won't help), since
>>>>> all that will get you is a WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp that's
>>>>> equivalent to what you already copied over from another system.  Since
>>>>> InstallShield is proprietary software, unfortunately the distributed
>>>>> WinBoard source kit builds only WinBoard itself, not the installer.
>>>>> The good news is that the installer doesn't do anything interesting.
>>>>> It just copies WinBoard.exe and WinBoard.hlp into an appropriate
>>>>> directory under Program Files, along with a sample .pgn game or two,
>>>>> and creates some shortcuts on the Start menu.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 4 May 2007 06:19:50 -0400, michael@... wrote:
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This is just a note to inform you that the WinBoard installer will
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> run on my new machine.  Here's the System Information summary:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Item   Value  OS Name          Microsoft Windows XP Professional  
>>>>>> Version          5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600      
>>>>>> OS Manufacturer           Microsoft Corporation          
>>>>>> System Name               PDXPOWEM01                      
>>>>>> System Manufacturer       Hewlett-Packard                  
>>>>>> System Model           HP Compaq nc6400 (RB518UT#ABA)  
>>>>>> System Type               X86-based PC      
>>>>>> Processor               x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
>>>>>> ~1994 Mhz               Processor               x86 Family 6 Model
>>>>>> 15 Stepping 6 GenuineIntel
>>>>>> ~1995 Mhz               BIOS Version/Date       Hewlett-Packard
>>>>>> 68YCD Ver. F.06, 10/26/2006
>>>>>>
>>>>>> SMBIOS Version           2.4               Windows Directory      
>>>>>> C:\WINDOWS       System Directory       C:\WINDOWS\system32      
>>>>>> Boot Device              
>>>>>> \Device\Harddisk0\DP(1)0x7e00-0x12a1c1a200+1
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Locale                   United States  
>>>>>> Hardware Abstraction Layer      Version = "5.1.2600.2180
>>>>>> (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"      
>>>>>> User Name                        WEBTRENDS\powem  
>>>>>> Time Zone                        Eastern Daylight Time  
>>>>>> Total Physical Memory            2,048.00 MB         Available
>>>>>> Physical Memory        862.85 MB         Total Virtual
>>>>>> Memory            2.00 GB             Available Virtual
>>>>>> Memory        1.96 GB             Page File Space      3.35 GB      
>>>>>> Page File C:\pagefile.sys      
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, manually opening the installer .exe with WinZip and trying to
>>>>>> open one of the cab files returns the error message:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> """
>>>>>> WinZip cannot open <filename> because it is not in the standard
>>>>>> Microsoft CAB format (as defined in mid-1998).  The "signature bytes"
>>>>>> required by the Microsoft CAB specification is missing.
>>>>>> """
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I will try to compile the source when I get a chance.  I assume that
>>>>>> will work, since WinBoard itself will run.  I copied the exe over
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> another machine and it does run.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mp
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Michael Powe        michael@...        Naugatuck CT USA
>>>>>> "No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that
>>>>>> which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> civil authority." -- Thomas Jefferson to New London Methodists,
>>>>>> 1809. ME 16:332
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>>
>>> --
>>> Tim Mann  tim@...  http://tim-mann.org/
>>>
>>
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