Jonnyboy

If you are running a system with system language other than English, I have a question. Do the "Pinned" shortcuts appear when you choose to create them? If not, let me know. Thank you

FFaM v0.9.0.5 posted It is almost complete, there are still a few rough edges. But, here is what was completed in this update: -fixed file copy overwite -fixed bug in paths -completed addon creation (please test, I do not use these anymore) -file created in same as location as FFaM, moved from desktop -completed flash installer - on 64-bit systems the 64-installer is used -completed shockwave installer - on first use of Shockwave, you will have to approve the license and complete the install -added language identifier to installer filename -completed custom install location -completed custom profile name and/or path -completed set as default browser -complete shortcuts creation

Anyone??

There was a problem with the paths. I may have fixed it, but the next update is not quite ready. In the meantime try this. Please let me know if this corrects the problem. thank you

I need a little help. The old links for Adobe Flash Installer have been removed and replaced with these links. In my app, I would like to verify the MD5 hashes of the downloaded files. Now, to my question. Does anyone know where I can find a link for the MD5 hashes, posted by Adobe?

Not at the moment, and maybe not ever. I removed all of the optimized builds for a couple of reasons. But, mostly because the links for their builds changed with every update. That meant for my app to be current, I had to update it for every new build of every optimized version of firefox. I have gotten better with regex and my add them in the future. I won't add them if I have to manually update their links for every update. Having a stable and upgradeable x64 version of firefox would be nice. But, most of the plugins and extensions are not built for x64, and may not work.

As soon as I have finished FFaM, I will look at finishing this.

FFaM v0.9.0.4 posted Changelog

FFaM v0.9.0.3 posted Changelog

Anyone have a need for this, if it were completed properly?

FFaM v0.9.0.2 posted Hello all!! Long time, no here. I finally finished with my classes and had a little time to work on this the last couple of days. I know, it was supposed to be done before Christmas. Sorry, this was the best that I could do. I am posting the current file on my sourceforge. Be warned, it is not 100% done, but it is very close. A few things that do not work, yet. 1) Flash and Shockwave will not install. 2) The shortcuts will not be created. 3) It may only install into the default location. 4) The app is missing alot of error catching routines. I am very new to C# and do not know how to use it very well. So, you may get an "unhandled exception" or some other fatal error. If you do, please screenshot it and post it for me. Then, I can fix it. To finish these few items, I need to set up a some VM 's to test the installs on. This was written and tested on 1 Win7 x64 system. Please test and post any bugs. The app requires .Net 3.5. Sorry, but I could not get everything working properly in .Net 2.0. Thank you all, ~jonnyboy Changelog

Hello all!! Long time, no here. I finally finished with my classes and had a little time to work on this the last couple of days. I know, it was supposed to be done before Christmas. Sorry, this was the best that I could do. I am posting the current file on my dropbox sourceforge. Be warned, it is not 100% done, but it is very close. A few things that do not work, yet. 1) Flash and Shockwave will not install. 2) The shortcuts will not be created. 3) It may only install into the default location. 4) The app is missing alot of error catching routines. I am very new to C# and do not know how to use it very well. So, you may get an "unhandled exception" or some other fatal error. If you do, please screenshot it and post it for me. Then, I can fix it. 5) It saves the installer to %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Temp\Files directory. To finish these few items, I need to set up a some VM 's to test the installs on. This was written and tested on 1 Win7 x64 system. It is 6:00 am here and I am tired. I promise, I will finish when I wake up. Please test and post any bugs. The app requires .Net 3.5. Sorry, but I could not get everything working peoperly in .Net 2.0. Thank you all, ~jonnyboy MD5 = 93F40CE1F4578E0E4088BF9707985937

When I finish my current class, should be around 2-3 weeks. I hope. Thanks

Version 0.9b1 can't create the installer, because the code has not been written. When I finish my current class, I will will look into the it. I don't know why it is not downloading the the current flash player. Also, with the new x64 flash player, I may need to remove it altogether or maybe include both versions in the installer. Will take a little time, but I will figure it out. Thank you

No, you are not missing anything. The option to build an installer from you current Firefox without downloading a Firefox Installer was removed. The main reason is because, the Firefox setup exe, makes several entries into the registry that define the version of itself, the uninstaller and of gecko. When you install Firefox, the installer is deleted and I could not keep up with all of the different versions of the installer. To install your version of Firefox properly requires that versions setup.exe or numerous registry modifications. That is something that I do not want to keep up with. There are still at least 2 bugs that I am aware of. They affect the extensions not working properly after install and the shortcuts not being created in the proper location. As soon as I have finished my current class, I will work on fixing those 2 bugs and maybe finish 0.9. If time permits, I will. So very few people even use this anymore, I'm to keep it as simple as possible and as close to zero maintenance, except for web path changes. ~jonnyboy

I have finished the UI for FFaM v.9b1. If you have a little free time, please download and try to make it throw an exception or error. I think everything works except creating the installer. I am open to suggestions on improving the UI. It is written in C# and requires .Net 2.0 and as all .Net apps, it's a little slow to open.

Update 0.8b5 Posted

Update 0.8b4 Posted

Several steps were removed, they were no longer needed. They had mainly to do with the old style of extensions and rdf files. I can't drop beta, yet. I have only received 5 responses and 1 still can not even open the hta. Still, something to fix. If, I receive any more reports of this happening, it will be removed.

@boddynlan: give this latest post a shot and let me know if you find anything else. As far as the splash screen goes, if the error still occurs, the only other thing that I can think of is to remove the left click event handler and just have the esc key as the only method to disable the splash screen.

FFaM v.8b3 Posted *EDIT* I added a poll question about .Net Version requirements.

I already provide a way to exit the splash screen. Simply press the escape key or left click - once - anywhere in the main window outside of the popup. You should allow the popup to fully open, before you force it to close. I am not going to invest any more time to this hta, with one exception, I will fix the errors and remove the ability to left click and close the splash screen. *EDIT* I am not a programmer. Nearly every line of code was researched using numerous websites and literally hundreds of trials and error. This is a script, it is not perfect, accept its limitations. Don't expect a polished piece of software. This is the best that I was able to create and I do this for my education and my enjoyment. ~jonnyboy

That's an easy fix and I'll take of it when I get home. There is a timeout set at 15 seconds, also once it completes the div is removed from the document. There shouldn't be any reason why it remains behind. The biggest problem, and the primary reason why I am not going to continue working on this script, is the fact that it progresses asynchronously and not synchronously. I am working on this in C# and there I can control whether it behaves asynchronously or synchronously.

@bobdynlan: A couple of things. First, thank you for the feedback, but it's not the same old error, this is entirely new script. As mentioned in the changelog, this has only been tested on Win7 x64. I asked more than a month ago for some assistance in bug checking, I got no response. I will look into the error that you are getting when I get home. Second, thank you.

Well, since I can not control the display in all versions of windows to at least appear to be similar, I am going to attempt to write this in c#. I have never written anything other than scripts. So, it may take me awhile. Any help would be appreciated. I would post it on github or somewhere similar, but again, I have never done anything like that. I have gotten as far as getting the current versions of Firefox and downloading the installation files. It does not appear to be too difficult, but the code will be bloated and in-efficient. But, as long as no memory leaks, it should be ok. ~jonnyboy