Here's a problem that I'm certain only I have encountered:
After downloading the file (named setup.exe), I renamed it for better
identification when I store it on my archive disk. When I tried running the
file, it generated the error message "Unable to find attachment" and then
quit. I went back to the web page and couldn't find any reference to a
necessary attachment. I thought about it for a while, the renamed it back
to setup.exe, ran it, and it installed fine. Apparently the program looks
for itself specifically by its original name. I've never seen a program do
this before. It wasn't a problem, just a surprise.

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I've never had this problem.  I renamed it because 3dwin's file is also
called setup.exe .  I had no problems installing animplugin.

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In article <38AC2C57.ED218C79@its.bldrdoc.gov>, Tim Riley <tri### [at] itsbldrdocgov>
wrote:
>Here's a problem that I'm certain only I have encountered:
>After downloading the file (named setup.exe), I renamed it for better
>identification when I store it on my archive disk. When I tried running the
>file, it generated the error message "Unable to find attachment" and then
>quit. I went back to the web page and couldn't find any reference to a
>necessary attachment. I thought about it for a while, the renamed it back
>to setup.exe, ran it, and it installed fine. Apparently the program looks
>for itself specifically by its original name. I've never seen a program do
>this before. It wasn't a problem, just a surprise.

Exactly the same senario here. It's weird! There must be some call to 
decompression library that has 'setup.exe' hard-coded.

Dave.
mic### [at] sympaticoca

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When it would be so easy to get the actual name of the executable...
(in C it's the first string of the second parameter to main()).

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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Now that's weird.  So the install program I generate somehow looks for
itself by name?  That's not a good thing (especially if it's called
setup.exe, which is a bit non-specific).

I'll take suggestions for a better name for the install executable.

Xander

Tim Riley wrote:
> 
> Here's a problem that I'm certain only I have encountered:
> After downloading the file (named setup.exe), I renamed it for better
> identification when I store it on my archive disk. When I tried running the
> file, it generated the error message "Unable to find attachment" and then
> quit. I went back to the web page and couldn't find any reference to a
> necessary attachment. I thought about it for a while, the renamed it back
> to setup.exe, ran it, and it installed fine. Apparently the program looks
> for itself specifically by its original name. I've never seen a program do
> this before. It wasn't a problem, just a surprise.

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> I'll take suggestions for a better name for the install executable.

Well, after downloading, I always rename it to "setupanibxx.exe",
where xx is the number of the current beta release.
Of course, this is not a 8.3 name, but Moray doesn't work in Win 3.1
at all, and I really don't understand why everyone wants zip files or
install programs which have file names shorter than nine characters.

The disadvantage of this system is of course, that different versions
will cram up lots of space, but my new hard disk isn't full yet, so it
doesn't matter...

Just to mention: I never had problems installing the renamed plugin.
That seems to be a very strange error, as I've never heard before of
it.

Florian

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On Fri, 18 Feb 2000 09:00:31 -0500 Alexander Enzmann <xan### [at] mitreorg>
wrote:

>I'll take suggestions for a better name for the install executable.

  Xanimate.exe ;)

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