annotate build/win32/installer/README.txt @ 562:e34b44afd428

Fixed the built in pychan dialogs as they didin't work at all. Updated the editor to support modal execution and now use the pychan dialog message boxes for displaying some error messages.
author prock@33b003aa-7bff-0310-803a-e67f0ece8222
date Thu, 24 Jun 2010 19:58:59 +0000
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1 To create the installer you must have Inno Setup Compiler >= 5.3 installed.
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3 Then follow this procedure:
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4 1. Check out a clean copy of fife trunk.
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5 2. Build FIFE (ensure that the required DLLs get copied to <FIFE>\trunk\engine\python\fife)
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6 3. From the <FIFE>\trunk directory execute the command 'python setup.py bdist_wininst' to build the python module installer.
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7 4. Compile the FIFE installer (right click fife.iss -> Compile)
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9 You should now have a working installer called FIFE {VERSION}.
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11 Now that you have the working copy set up, all you have to do to create a new installer is:
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12 1. Update the fife directory (svn update)
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13 2. Recompile FIFE
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14 3. Run 'python setup.py bdist_wininst' to create the python module installer
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15 3. Compile the FIFE installer