>Hi Hank,
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>>I have one desktop app I would like to box up. And if that worked, I would like to see if the Lianja Cloud Server could be boxed.
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>I first used the product in a limited way, encapsulating the VFP runtime, a couple of MS legacies ocx and a few other things for a relatively light application. Not a light app in terms of VFP code lines but in terms of dependencies (hence deployment size). It worked fine and allowed for installer-free deployment.
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>I recently decide to possibly incorporate a host of additional dependencies whilst keeping this idea of "applet kind-of-deployment". The dll/ocx baggage grew significantly with dbi-tec ocx stuff, chilkat and a lot more. It doubles the size of the exe. But I found that the product reacted in a great way. IMHO that sort of push VFP onto steroids. And I'd be glad to hear that it may help others on the UT.
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>The GUI has a few quirks and idiosyncrasies. But you need no documentation to get it up and running. Just make sure that you "import the activeX registration information" for your components" instead of ticking "Register as COM library". The first options makes sure that your bundled app is statically informed of the activeX-COM components at build-time; I did not until recently. Once you make sure your app is properly setup the build i-e "packing" time is a bit longer. But the application startup time is brilliant!
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>>If you want to get back into Lianja, we could trade hours of how-to's. :)
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>I am on my way out of VFP, back to the python waters that I tested in the late 90s. And I do not see currently how I could really use Lianja with my coming project. I expect my next stuff - if I can kick it up! - will rely on duckdb + pandas as data mangling engine and python as a replacement to VFP. But you never know. i understand that you can python the Lianja environment:-)
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>Daniel
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>>Hi Hank,
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>>Thank for dropping in. Glad i am not alone caring about good ol' vfp desktop app deployment 😊.
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>>I am using the "packer", a GUI-driven tool that includes the functionalities I need (zipping, packing and smart activeX encapsulation). It definitely supplements vfp well! I expect it would do the job well for a windows python-based desktop app. That would of course apply to a lot of other interpreter-based dev platforms, vb6, ci-joint, clarion and others...
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>>Don't know whether that would be of any interest for a Lianja desktop app though. I ran a couple of tests. But I never went far enough into lianja desktop development to build a full deployment package. I had be glad to have information on Lianja winxx desktop application size, dependencies, installer (admin mode ?) and other distribution-related issues.
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>>Daniel

Yes, Python 3.7 is in Lianja. And now that PWA apps are point and click, and dashboard building tools are more automated, there are a lot of mainstream app possibilities.

Thanks for the info on the Packer.

Hank