Re^2: install of secondary program from perl created .exe

The exe I wrote installs a manual, which requires a SVG viewer to run, with out the viewer it will close. It is ment to run on a windows box and uses IE as it's shortcut. The installer works well but I wanted to know if perl had the ability to launch IE and direct the user to a download site and if anyone knew where i could find information on it.

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Re^3: install of secondary program from perl created .exe by talexb (Chancellor) on Dec 20, 2007 at 16:08 UTC
OK -- now we're getting somewhere! Yes, Perl can launch an external program, most likely using system. I'm not that familiar with IE, but certainly Firefox can be launched with a URL so that it opens to that location on the web. Again, a safer approach would be to launch the browser with a static local page that has a link to a number of locations where SVG viewer could be obtained -- the machine you're installing on may not have a connection to the Net, and you should plan for that eventuality. Alex / talexb / Toronto "Groklaw is the open-source mentality applied to legal research" ~ Linus Torvalds	[reply]
Re^3: install of secondary program from perl created .exe by roboticus (Chancellor) on Dec 20, 2007 at 16:13 UTC
mustangman530: OK, given that information, what I'd do is: Build a web page document telling them the problem, and include a link to the download site. If your program determines that the EXE isn't present, then start their browser with the location of the .html file you included (e.g. "file:///C:/Program Files/mustangman/need_svg_viewer.html"). ...roboticus	[reply]