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Subject:	Re: Setup.exe -> Creating a better user interface
Date:	Fri, 11 Apr 2003 12:30:47 -0500
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If you are installing to an older slower Win9x machine from a CD, there is a
considerable pause when the list of packages is being generated.  On a CD I
gave someone, I warned them saying "Generating this list may take some time
on a slow machine"

BB

"Max Bowsher" <maxb AT ukf DOT net> wrote in message
news:025401c30043$57603ec0$1c85883e AT pomello...
> Keep replies to the list.
>
> NGP Languages wrote:
> >> NGP Languages wrote:
> >>> Hello developers,
> >>> here is a suggestion on improving the user interface for the
application
> >>> "Setup.exe".
> >>>
> >>> My background:
> >>>   * I'm a c/c++ programmer with lots of development experiance.
MSVS6.0,
> >>> Borlandbuilder 6.0, LAMP
> >>>
> >>> My problems:
> >>>   * When I got through the first download/installation I was thinking
> >>> "default" is OK!
> >>>       (Sorry, my mistake .... I'm a developer ... )
> >>>   * The second time I directly clicked on "+All . Default" (fast
> learning
> >>> isn't it?), and the programm didn't do anything any more...
> >>>       (Sorry, my mistake .... I just had to wait 2 minutes and all
would
> >>> have been just fine....)
> >>
> >> Which version of setup? I just tested this, and there was no delay.
> >>
> >>
> >> Max.
> >>
> >
> > Setup.exe version 2.340.2.5   (Just downloaded from: www.cygwin.com)
>
> Hmm. Works (quickly) for me. I wonder why it is slow for you.
>
>
> Max.
>
>




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