[wxPython-users] [Absolutely-OT] Vista Users

[Andrea Gavana]

Hi Werner, Matthias & All,

On 5/21/07, Werner F. Bruhin wrote:
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> Yes, the "Wow effect" is mostly if not all MS marketing hype.  I would
> not upgrade an existing machine unless it is very very recent.  I mainly
> got a computer with Vista as I had planned to get a new PC anyhow, and
> Dell (were I get my PC's from) only does Vista for some time now (also I
> heard something that they will also offer Linux soon) and as some users
> reported problems with my app on Vista.
>
> Problems with my app were:
> - issues with listctrl fixed in wxPython 2.8
> - a couple issue with my installer
> a) had things like error log files in "program files/myapp/prog" with
> the new UAC "program files" should only contain program files, i.e. a
> normal user has no write access to that folder hierarchy.   Moved the
> error log files to a  folder under "users/yourlogin/myapp".
> b) Installer should not offer to run application at end of installation
> (as at that point the admin user is active and not the user running the
> installation)
>
> Other things to watch out on Vista installer (the ones I remember):
> a) watch out how you use the registry.  A normal user only has write
> access to HKCU, they can read from the others.
> b) make sure that the icon you assign to your application scales nicely
> (e.g. have a icon file with 16, 32 and 48 pixel versions), otherwise it
> will look ugly in the MS Explorer
> c) localization can be confusing (I got a French Vista version - I am
> not sure that was that good an idea, as I am searching things pretty
> often, but it also allowed me to see things like this) so Program Files
> is called Programmes in the MS Explorer but when you go to e.g. a
> command prompt and dir C you will see Program Files.  If you look for
> one of these "localized" folders in your installer or program you can
> use the English name.
> d) WinHelp is not supported (except with a user download), so you should
> use HTML help

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> P.S.  I send you a few screen shots to you directly.

Werner and Matthias, thank you for the extended explanation. I know
nothing about Vista and I was curious to have some impressions from
actual users. I feel I will continue to work with XP as long as my
machine will be "not so obsolete". At that point, I'll see which is
the best alternative.
Werner, thanks a lot for the screenshots, and thanks to have included
also CustomTreeCtrl and FlatNotebook in the pictures :-D

Andrea.

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