Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Program Beta testers needed...

brycetech opened this issue on Apr 01, 2002 ยท 6 posts


brycetech posted Mon, 01 April 2002 at 1:02 AM

I'm currently writing a new program. It can be used for a lot of things...but, its primary function is to unzip multiple zip files at once. With its default settings, it looks in the immediate folder it is in for all zips within that folder. These are displayed in checkboxes that can be selected/deselected to allow for quick installation of a lot of various zips at once. Some uses: It could be put on a backup cd that contains multiple zip files to quickly unzip all of those zips. It could be put in a download folder to quickly unzip multiple files downloaded off of the internet and (this is what Im using it for) it could be added to a cd that is for sale to give multiple installation options of characters/sets/props to the user. For instance, I have 86 characters..amounts to ~500 mb of models/textures and such. Eventually, there will be another cd that has all of them on it. If a person doesnt have 500 mb of free space on their poser drive, they can choose which ones to install instead of installing all 86 figures with props. Another "up" side to this program is that it doesnt leave out mac users because the zips are on the disk and they can convert them..if it was all just a setup.exe file, itd leave the mac user out cause they couldnt get to the files to convert them. The program has a text file that dictates a lot of things..for instance, you can change the background color, the words displayed, the icon displayed, the text color, the default directory for the program to look in..and more. All by just editing that text file. This makes it perfect for cds (either recovery or for sale). There are two versions..a lite version that does the things above and a pro version that will allow this stuff done directly from within the program..as well as being able to browse to a new directory to find zips. the lite version will be free and freely distributable and will be a great way to recover zipped up poser stuff (and other things). the pro version will prob only be about 5 bux...and will generate the lite version that can be included on cds and such. its all part of the model packager program that Ive been writing for ..well forever..and this little tidbit is just an additional thing that will make it easier for everyone to get things installed quickly. :P BT