Re: tclkit.exe description

iu2 <israelu@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: Hi all,
: I think this is more of a Windows question, but perhaps you could help
: me with this:

Hmm, it's a Windoze question to do with tclkit.

: I created a starpack that can accept a file name in the command line.
: On Windows I right click on a text file and choose "Open with" and
: choose the starpack. This works ok.
: The problem is that the application name that appears in the "Open
: with" applications is not the name of the starpack (e.g., myepp.exe)
: but, rather, "Tclkit, a standalone runtime for Tcl/Tk".

That's because the runtime executable is indeed Tclkit, with what
would otherwise be your starkit content riding piggy-back.
Piggy-back is of course the deeply technical term for how a starpack
works. Fortunately, jcw is currently on holiday, so isn't around to
give a simpler explanation.

One way of doing what you want is to build your own version of tclkit
from source. This string is set in the tclkit.rc file. But
building tclkit from source, although in the opinion of jcw not rocket
science, involves a learning curve. Roll-your-own is certainly much
simpler than it used to be, but you need to be a bit compiler-savvy.

I have no idea whether it is possible (or desirable) to edit the
resources of a Windoze binary executable, although I know there are
various methods proposed for changing the icon. At a guess, you
would have to be careful to use exactly the same number of characters.
The element in question is FileDescription.

: Is it possible to change that description, and how?

So, yes, I know the hard way. There may well be easier ones.

--
Steve Blinkhorn <steve@xxxxxxxxx>
.

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