Re: Question: How do I establish a (.exe) program link for immediate calling of my cipher programs from a computer desktop say.

[Austin Obyrne <austin.obyrne@hotmail.com>]

On Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 5:55:15 PM UTC, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Mar 2015 10:20:30 -0800 (PST), MM <mrvmurray@gmail.com> declaimed
> the following:
> 
> >Hi
> >
> >You have a terminology problem which makes you harder to understand.
> >
> >> Question: How do I establish a (.exe) program link for immediate calling
> >> of my cipher programs from a computer desktop say.
> >
> >Programs are not "established"; they are "compiled (and linked)" or "built".
> >
> 	But if you elide the middle part, leaving "... establish a ... link
> for..." it makes perfect sense...
> 
> 	At least to me, this is a request for how to create shortcut icons that
> will let him run his programs without loading the IDE and doing a build/run
> sequence.
> 
> 	Of course, how one creates such shortcuts is dependent upon which OS is
> being used, possibly which windowing manager for some, whether the shortcut
> is supposed to be for all-users or for the single login, and if the program
> so linked needs an environment around it (does it open its own windows, or
> is it a command line program -- since in Windows my experience is that many
> command line programs will open a console window, but that window vanishes
> as soon as the program exits; no chance to read any error messages), or
> even if it needs to obtain command line arguments which may need to be
> provided by the shortcut.
> 
> 
> 
> 	For making it usable to others, I'd recommend the OP study up on the
> standard installer/package managers for the system he's using... 
> 
> 	In either event, NONE of the questions have anything to do with the use
> of Ada, and everything to do with the computer system in general. Something
> likely more than an appliance user is willing to undertake.
> 
> -- 
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Many thanks Dennis for that useful advice - Austin O'byrne