Re: [Bug-XBoard] WinBoard Installer

[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 <address@hidden> 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, address@hidden 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               address@hidden          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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