- #SHORTCAT TUTORIAL INSTALL#
- #SHORTCAT TUTORIAL UPDATE#
- #SHORTCAT TUTORIAL UPGRADE#
- #SHORTCAT TUTORIAL LICENSE#
- #SHORTCAT TUTORIAL WINDOWS#
There are many utilities to ask for GUIDs, including this very simple C program that can be compiled with practically any C/C++ compiler of your choice. They are guaranteed to be unique, no matter who else asks for GUIDs on their computers, they will never collide with yours. GUIDs come for free, you can generate as many as you like any time.
#SHORTCAT TUTORIAL WINDOWS#
Although all applications have human readable names, Windows will require a more unique identifier than a mere name: GUIDs (those long, hexadecimal numbers like CE26AD1E-00D5-4E03-8CBE-6DA5C23AA833) to identify every part of our package. To make sure that Windows Installer can keep track of our program, we have to provide some means of identification.
#SHORTCAT TUTORIAL INSTALL#
We will also want two shortcuts to appear in the usual place in the Start Menu, plus we will add an icon shortcut to the user desktop to launch our application.Īs simple as this install package will be, the underlying Windows Installer will offer a great deal of functionality, including automatic inclusion of our program in the Programs and Features Control Panel tool. We expect these files to be copied to an application specific folder. Submit your own tips and tricks, or other Shortcat material!Īlso, I will be using the mailing list soon (for the first time ever!) to let people know about the blog and other general news.Our first WiX sample will install a very simple imaginary application: it consists of an executable, a DLL library and a user manual. There’s Compatibility section where I plan to document any issues an application has with Shortcat, but I’m going to need help from you to populate that! I will be moving some of the posts from the old site at some point but it’s not a priority.Īnd finally, this blog! I will be posting the detailed changelogs, tips and tricks, feature previews, links to Shortcat-related things and the occasional news. New support site! You can reach it at . It’s got a Knowledge Base which is a pretty sparse at the moment. I’m also spending more time on other parts of the product, which brings me to the next bit of news… I resigned from my job last month to pursue my dream of building a product that people love.ĭevelopment speed should be faster, but I’m planning to do some consulting on the side to pay for living expenses, so don’t expect super speed. Secondly, I’m now working on Shortcat full-time.
#SHORTCAT TUTORIAL LICENSE#
Therefore, if you’d like a license, it’s better to buy one sooner rather than later! Thanks to all that have supported Shortcat development by purchasing a license it really means a lot! The discount (at time of writing) is $10 off, however the discount will be reduced when new features are added. Big enough to warrant setting up a blog just so I can write a blog post about it!įirst things first: Shortcat is now on sale! (If you didn’t already know :p) You can buy a license at a discount while it’s in beta. It’s been a busy couple of weeks, but there has been some big things happening with Shortcat.
#SHORTCAT TUTORIAL UPGRADE#
If you are stuck on Lion for cannot upgrade for whatever reason but have already purchased a license, please contact me by replying to the license email and I will refund your order.
#SHORTCAT TUTORIAL UPDATE#
I have updated the website to show that it will require 10.8+, but Shortcat will still run on 10.7 until Mavericks ships and an update is released. It wasn’t an easy decision, and I hope you’ll understand. The data confirms my suspicions that Lion users are the opposite of the lion’s share (heh) of the Shortcat user base.Īfter discussing this at length with other developers, I’ve decided that I will be dropping support for Lion when Mavericks is released.
Mountain Lion users are an overwhelming majority at 85.6%,.I’ve looked at the Google Analytics data from the changelog views and discovered the following: Mavericks is at 62.3% after only five days!.There’s only so much time I have to work on Shortcat, and supporting more platforms means less time working on features.ĮDIT: As of October 27th, 2013, the statistics are as follows: Testing against multiple versions, dealing with subtle API differences, and not being able to use really useful APIs because they don’t exist on an older platform, etc. There are costs with supporting multiple OS versions for applications. With Mavericks around the corner, I had to consider whether or not it’s worth attempting to continuing to support 10.7 (Lion).
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