I need your great help for build and Launcher

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Kissme

(Posted 2004) [#1]

Hi all,

i wan to know if anyone of you know how to make a good launcher.

Example :

I have my "main.exe" and i not wan users can't start it's without an Launcher with an parameter.

How i can make something like this : Execfile ("Main.exe)+an parameter or not my main.exe told to him "Please Start the launcher."

Kiss and Thanks
Stephanie

CodeD

(Posted 2004) [#2]

uh...could you rephrase that...in either proper english or grammar?? If english is not your native language I'm sorry, if it is...

Kissme

(Posted 2004) [#3]

Hi Coded :)

Yup sorry for my bad english am a poor french girl lol :)

My question it's :

Imagine you have 2 differents exe :

- Launcher.exe
- Main.exe

If user Try to start your Main.exe, this one told to him "Sorry, for start this program you need use Launcher.exe"

In the Launcher.exe i wan he send an parameter for told to the Main.exe ok you can run !

Thanks

Kiss
Stephanie

mearrin69

(Posted 2004) [#4]

@CodeD:
Seems pretty clear to me. Maybe you need some help with English yourself? Maybe you want to be a little more patient with people whose first language isn't your own?

KissKool,
I'd say, have a parameter in main.exe that's required and if it's not there then have it print your "Please start the game using launcher.exe" (or whatever) message.

Then you have your launcher.exe pass in that parameter, plus whatever else you want it to send (configuration info, etc.)

It sounds like you already had this pretty much figured out...just needed some reassurance. I think you're on the right track.
M

[edit]If you need help with the actual code just let us know.[/edit]

cermit

(Posted 2004) [#5]

@KissKool Hey i sent you an email =)

No wait i didnt, i got an error from hotmail.

If someone wants to start the Main.exe without
the launcher you could check if its running
if not display the parameter.

I dont know how to check if a program
is executed though.

SopiSoft

(Posted 2004) [#6]

You can use the CommandLine$() function in main.exe to check if a parameter was passed to it e.g.:

If CommandLine$() <> ""
  ;run the program
Else
  Print "Sorry, to start this program you need to use Launcher.exe"
  WaitKey()
  End
EndIf

Kissme

(Posted 2004) [#7]

Many thanks all for your help.

Kiss
Stephanie

CodeD

(Posted 2004) [#8]

Exactly, I wasn't trying to be rude but, I didn't understand the question, if that makes me a dumb___ , so be it.

mearrin69

(Posted 2004) [#9]

OT@CodeD,
Sorry, shouldn't have been so curt with you...your comment just took me the wrong way.

I myself try to take a little extra time to figure out what people on the Internet are trying to say, because often English is not their first language. If they are English speakers and just don't give a crap (and you can usually tell) then I think they're fair game, though :

On Topic, glad you figured it out KissKool

Zephar123

(Posted 2004) [#10]

heck english is my first language, but unfortunetly alot of times I have a hard time expressing what I want to say. No im not stupid im just liek many oif other people and have my flaws ;)

CodeD

(Posted 2004) [#11]

well, at least we all made up!
:)

WolRon

(Posted 2004) [#12]

Make up and Kiss(Cool).

:)

Mustang

(Posted 2004) [#13]

Try this:

;compile this as "launcher.exe"


Graphics3D 480,480,16,2

Print "Press any key to load level 1"

WaitKey()


ExecFile("yourgame.exe /loadlevel1")

End

;compile this as "yourgame.exe"


If CommandLine$() <> "/loadlevel1" Then RuntimeError "Please run the menu Launcher.exe program, not this one." 

Graphics3D 640,480,16,2

Print "allright - it worked! Wo-hoo!"

WaitKey()


ExecFile("launcher.exe")

End

...Works for me at least.