Re: Re: New Windows installer for test and feedback

[John Darrington]

That is the rc file which we already have in
src/ui/gui/pspp.rc.in and is linked into the binary on each build.

But I think this user was wanting a similar thing to happen for the
installer itself.  I must admit, I'm suprised that makensis doesn't
automatically do this.

J'

On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 08:35:41PM +0200, Harry Thijssen wrote:
     
     But is is generated and used with the procedure below from pspp4windows.pl
     . I  recall the size of the fileversion was limited.  Other variables speak
     for themself.
     
      sub ProcCreatingResourceInfo
       {
         my $dayNumber = POSIX::strftime("%j", gmtime time);
         my $YearLastDigit = substr $build_number, 3, 1;
     
         print "******************************************\n";
         print "* Creating resource info          ********\n";
         print "******************************************\n";
         my $myrepo_version = $repo_version;
         $myrepo_version =~ s/\./,/g;
         open FH, ">/tmp/pspp.rc";
         print FH "PSPP-SPLASH ICON \"$MingwDir/share/pspp/icons/pspp.ico\"\n";
         print FH "1 VERSIONINFO\n";
     
         print FH "FILEVERSION     $YearLastDigit$dayNumber$KindIndicator\n";
         print FH "BEGIN\n";
         print FH "  BLOCK \"StringFileInfo\"\n";
         print FH "  BEGIN\n";
         print FH "    BLOCK \"080904E4\"\n";
         print FH "    BEGIN\n";
         print FH "      VALUE \"CompanyName\",     \"
     http://sourceforge.net/projects/pspp4windows\"\n";;
         print FH "      VALUE \"FileDescription\", \"PSPPIRE  (PSPP+GUI)\"\n";
         print FH "      VALUE \"FileVersion\", \"\"\n";
         print FH "      VALUE \"InternalName\", \"$binaryversion\"\n";
         print FH "      VALUE \"LegalCopyright\", \"(c)Free Software
     Foundation, Inc.  GPLv3\"\n";
         print FH "      VALUE \"OriginalFilename\", \"PSPPIRE.exe\"\n";
         print FH "      VALUE \"ProductName\", \"$psppRepoVersion
      $gitbranch\"\n";
         print FH "      VALUE \"ProductVersion\", \"$psppVersion
      $WindowsPlatform\"\n";
         print FH "    END\n";
         print FH "  END\n";
         print FH "  BLOCK \"VarFileInfo\"\n";
         print FH "  BEGIN\n";
         print FH "    VALUE \"Translation\", 0x809, 1252\n";
         print FH "  END\n";
         print FH "END\n";
         close FH;
         system("$MingwPrefix-w64-mingw32-windres /tmp/pspp.rc -O coff -o
     /tmp/pspp.res") == 0  or die "system 'windres'  failed: $?";
       }
     
     Op ma 6 sep. 2021 16:03 schreef John Darrington <
     john@darrington.wattle.id.au>:
     
     > [[Moving to pspp-dev@gnu.org]]
     >
     > Do you have an example rc file that I can use as a pattern?
     >
     > J'
     >
     > On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 12:59:28PM +0200, Harry Thijssen wrote:
     >      Hi
     >
     >
     >      I assume this is what I used windres for.
     >
     >
     >      Stay safe
     >
     >
     >      =============
     >
     >      On Mon, Sep 06, 2021 at 09:49:21AM +0200, Matej Kovacic wrote:
     >
     >         I think you should add a publisher name and a product name in
     > setup file
     >           of Windows application. It would still ask if you trust the
     > publisher,
     >           but it won't be written "Unknown Publisher", but "PSPP project"
     > or
     >           something.
     >
     >           I know it is a small thing, but those are things that are 
making
     > better
     >           usability of the whole system.
     >
     >
     >      I'm not sure how to do that but I will try to find out.  It may well
     > be that
     >      in order have this show anything other than "Unknown Publisher" one
     > has to
     >      pay $$$ to Microsoft - depending on how many $ this is, it may not 
be
     > a
     >      problem.  But it may well be the case that one has to agree to all
     > sorts of
     >      unethical promises - that is likely to be a showstopper.
     >
     >      Thanks for the suggestion.
     >