Re: windows installer - vbs vs bat startup script

[Ian McCallion]

On Friday, 28 August 2020, JohnD <john.david.donoghue@gmail.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John W. Eaton [mailto:jwe@octave.org]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 11:49 AM
> > To: Nicholas Jankowski; JohnD
> > Cc: octave-maintainers
> > Subject: Re: windows installer - vbs vs bat startup script
> > 
> > On 8/27/20 11:44 AM, Nicholas Jankowski wrote:
> > >     I wonder if the issue is trying to run the .vbs script, or trying to
> > >     run a program as hidden from another program ?____
> > >
> > >     __ __
> > >
> > >     If it just the general act of running a .vbs script , we could just
> > >     a small program using activex and call almost the same commands
> > >     from within it.
> > >
> > >
> > > if the issue with vbs files is the various, potentially conflicting,
> > > non-standard security protocols,  is activex any better? I wasn't aware
> > > it was supported outside of a browser environment.
> > 
> > Does it need to be a script or could the same job be done with a
> > separate .exe program file that sets up the environment appropriately
> > and then execs the real Octave binary?
> > 
> > jwe
>
>
> Heres a launcher exe code that looks like will work. See comments in file for compiling.
>
> It probally needs a little more work to ensure things don’t buffer run, and doesn’t do much error checking
>
> It assumes its in the same directory as the octave executable and works out the paths from that.
>
> Its pretty close to what is being done in the.vbs scrip, but in a different order for parts

Looks good John. If I may suggest octave-launcher.exe is always installed in the root folder for the release, independently of where the main exes get installed. This will avoid a potential cause of breakage between releases for user code that launches octave.

Cheers... Ian