One of our products is an Add-In for Excel.
It would be really good if we could simplify the packaging at the developers end and the install at the users end.
Since our w3 is more than 5MB, it wouldnt matter if it was a bit bigger.
Why should there be a separate aplwr.exe?
My dream is that at )RSAVE time you would have an option.
This option would generate an exe which is a merge of the w3 and aplwr and the dll etc.
It would ensure the users aplwr is compatible with the w3.
Then the user just sees an exe.
I realise that there are a number of 'installers' that will do this for us.
We are usually under pressure at ship time and it increases stress to
have to go through yet more steps to get something to send.
And I would be much happier to stay in the APL+Win world than coping with yet another paradigm, and having to deal with yet another supplier.
Richard Hill