Finish your application - the build function

Applies to:
Working with BrowserBob

Using the build functionality you create an application that is executable as a standalone application on Windows systems fully independent from the BrowserBob authoring environment. Nothing else needs to be installed on the target system. The application you distribute is fully independent. BrowserBob offers a variety of different methods to finalize your standalone application.

Building of your final application can be done different ways, generating different output programs. In your version you can generate the following program types:

 

Executable: creation of a single selfextracting "Application.exe" for easy publishing and single file distribution.
This method packs all files needed into a single executable file, which you can publish or distribute easily. Use this method for web-publishing or for sending your browser to colleagues & friends. The browser application will launch like any other application after double-clicking the exe-file. You can use your own customized icon for the file.
Details about the EXE Method

Setup: custom-setup-wrapper for your application. Create a real branded setup, with custom interface, icon, licence info and more.
Besides creating the actual program files, the extended method builds a setup routine and wraps it around your weblication. This setup routine works like a wizard that guides users through the installation process as you know it from other applications. It allows the user to choose the destination folder for the installation, to name the start-menu shortcut, etc... Here you can also assign your own desktop and program icon and License and Readme files. The setup file generated by this method is a single standalone  "setup.exe" file.
Details about the Custom Setup Method

Raw files: create all files into a special folder for CD/DVD use, to create setups with 3rd party setup makers or to integrate your application into other application structures.
This method creates all files into a directory of your choice. Since this plain method does not offer an installation routine, it is the method to use if you want to burn your project on a CD or DVD, create a setup with a third party installer, or to integrate your application into an existing application structure. All generated files are necessary for executing the application. Launch the "ApplicationName.exe" to run it.
Details about the Raw Method

 

 


Related topics:

Bulding

Build dialog

File structure of BrowserBob applications