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  1. Feb 21st, 2010, 11:36 AM #1
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    Question GUI Program Pack?

    I would have searched the forum for this but I have no idea what you would call something like like this, I want to make a GUI with buttons on it. That have a name of a Program (Example: Firefox) Then when that button is pushed it exec's the Firefox Installer Kinda get what I mean? Its basically a GUI with Multiple Programs in ONE.

    Im sure I can make the GUI with no problems, But I have no idea how to get all the installers INTO the program it self, and How to link them to the Buttons.

    Please Help?

    Im using VB6.

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    Re: GUI Program Pack?

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    Importing the installers into your program itself is not a wise move, as the file size will probably be huge - which means that the memory your program needs to run will be that huge too.

    If you have more than a few programs, most computers wont be able to handle the memory demands, and will therefore become unbelievably slow for as long as your program is running.

    In addition to that, in order to run the installers you will need to extract them from your program (which takes time, and is prone to errors), and then have them using up memory too.


    I would recommend keeping the separate, but exactly how would be best to deal with it depends on the details of the situation, which you haven't told us yet.
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    Re: GUI Program Pack?

    Well I have seen these programs before...I Dident think memory would be a issue...The program would be ruffly 100-200MB. Thats it. And I don't quite understand what you mean by "Details of the situation" ?
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    Re: GUI Program Pack?

    Quote Originally Posted by LawlCakes View Post
    Well I have seen these programs before...I Dident think memory would be a issue...The program would be ruffly 100-200MB. Thats it.
    That much would be an issue for several people - including me until a couple of weeks ago, when I got a new computer.

    The time to open a program of that size (and extract/virus scan/start one of the installers, including the extra memory for it) would probably have been over a minute for me - whereas with the files separate it would have been under a second.
    And I don't quite understand what you mean by "Details of the situation" ?
    Things like...
    • Why are you wanting to create this program in the first place?
    • How are you intending to distribute it (CD/DVD, or email, etc)?
    • What versions of Windows are you planning to support?
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