wadams9 opened this issue on Dec 07, 2002 ยท 5 posts
ToolmakerSteve posted Sat, 07 December 2002 at 11:23 PM
Speaking as a programmer - I doubt it. If we are down to contemplating this level of file-massaging, then it is time for a more automated encoding utility. Hmm. Like self-extracting win-zip file. Off the top of my head, I would think like this: a new "standard" folder within Poser folder, maybe called "Installers". Author instructions to user would say: after unzipping to your Poser folder, go into folder "Installers", and double-click on "MyCoolProduct-installer.exe". That would be a file that this hypothetical encoding tool would have made. It would look for the appropriate seed file - and would only have to pester user if it wasn't found. If found in the expected place, it would place the decoded file where it belongs. Maybe you could suggest this to the various folks who've written the existing encoder utilities? NOTE: the "ideal" solution would be like DAZ installer, that handles the whole unzip process, and was modified to support checking for seed file(s).. but that is a bigger project - someone would probably have to charge money for such a utility to recoup their time writing it.