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 Friday, March 6, 2015 at 10:11:21 AM UTC, MM wrote:
> On Friday, 6 March 2015 09:58:50 UTC, Austin Obyrne  wrote:
> > On Friday, March 6, 2015 at 9:48:43 AM UTC, MM wrote:
> > > On Friday, 6 March 2015 09:05:02 UTC, Austin Obyrne  wrote:
> > > > When you've all stopped laughing at this mundane question would somebody please put me right.
> > > > 
> > > > My interest alone is in the core cipher programs that I write and store away in folders in my computer and I would like to make these programs more portable locally here at home. 
> > > > 
> > > > Apart from being a very good problem solver in Ada I have no pretention of being able to 'mix it' with the heavier developers in your group so I have no compunction about humbly slapping my soul on the table in this matter.
> > > > 
> > > > I need to be able to do this as de rigueur in future with finished work because I want to make my stuff to be more transparent and user-friendly.
> > > > 
> > > > Your help as always would be appreciated.
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers - Austin O'Byrne
> > > 
> > > Whenever you hit the 'Run ' button in your IDE, a .exe file is produced.
> > > That is how the program gets run.
> > > 
> > > You will see these .exe files in all the .zip files you have uploaded
> > > to your web site. You will also see a bunch of .obj files, which are
> > > the compiled, but not yet linked files produced when each .adb (Ada
> > > source) file is compiled.
> > > 
> > > Your Windows machine may not display the extensions by default,
> > > but you can turn them on. (Under the "View" option/tab, if I remember
> > > correctly.)
> > > 
> > > M
> > > --
> > 
> > <Whenever you hit the 'Run ' button in your IDE, a .exe file is produced.
> > <That is how the program gets run. 
> > 
> > If I'm reading you correctly I have to open my folder and run the
> > programs from there as .exe program files ?
> 
> "Can", not "have to".
> 
> > What I would like to do is to move single programs from within any
> > folder to other parts of my computer like say 'My Documents' in
> > Windows and run them from there as standalone .exe or even say as
> > part of an opening 'Welcome' page if that is feasible ?
> 
> Best is to try it and solve any issues that crop up.
> 
> You may have to do something clever with .dll files (shared libs)
> but I think you'll get lucky.
> 
> M
> --

Many thanks - I guess that answers my question for now - Regards