This can't be a new request, but I couldn't find another mention of it here. I'd like to be able to compile an FB script into an executable I could run on another machine.
I'm using FB6 to make a script that builds an installer for a set of files in a standard directory structure, and I'd like to give it to non-technical members of my team who don't have FinalBuilder, don't have any need for it other than this one script, and will likely be confused by the FB interface if they're asked to run the script in order to build the installer. It would be great if I could just put an executable on the machine and say "Double click this and follow the instructions."
Any chance this will ever happen?
Any suggestions for accomplishing a similar result? Remember - I'd like to not have to put a copy of FB on the person's machine, and I'd like them not to see the FB interface.
Not a new request, and I’m sorry to say there is zero chance this will ever happen. It always seems like a simple thing when people request it, however it you actually think about it for a few minutes the idea isn’t so simple. FinalBuilder interacts with a bunch of tools, all of which can be installed anywhere on a machine. Some are easy to detect, others impossible and require the user to tell FinalBuilder where they live. The chances of an FB project as an exe running successfully on any machine is actually quite small. Also, given the amount of code we have had to write for supporting various tools, the resulting exe would likely turn out in the 10Mb+ size just for a simple file copy.
Thanks for the info, Vincent. You’re right, of course, and while simple FB scripts probably could be compiled, there’s undoubtedly easier ways to accomplish this than asking the FB team to make this possible for the scripts that would qualify.