From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.70.52.234 with SMTP id w10mr13678433pdo.9.1425637367823; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 02:22:47 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.140.48.165 with SMTP id o34mr246771qga.37.1425637367770; Fri, 06 Mar 2015 02:22:47 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!hl2no5544631igb.0!news-out.google.com!db6ni44602igc.0!nntp.google.com!hl2no4039110igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 02:22:47 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <885312b8-d001-422f-aba8-d442281fe1d2@googlegroups.com> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=81.157.101.86; posting-account=pmkN8QoAAAAtIhXRUfydb0SCISnwaeyg NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.157.101.86 References: <973cdbad-228c-401f-bd51-d2bac0d1549e@googlegroups.com> <54d737cf-1790-429d-a650-3341741250ab@googlegroups.com> <1fafd00e-0ebb-4d0a-81e5-76f1f59e4ffc@googlegroups.com> <885312b8-d001-422f-aba8-d442281fe1d2@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <605fcde9-2c72-4682-b12a-2f3923d3d910@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Question: How do I establish a (.exe) program link for immediate calling of my cipher programs from a computer desktop say. From: Austin Obyrne Injection-Date: Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:22:47 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:25121 Date: 2015-03-06T02:22:47-08:00 List-Id: 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 > > > -- > > > > > > > > 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