BlitzMax Companion (beta)

This is my first attempt to create (in BlitzMax and for BlitzMax) a Synaptic-clone.
The program downloads (from my site) a list of applications that can be downloaded and further installed.
BlitzMax Companion will install SubVersion (and it will create links on desktop if required for Install & Update batch files) and MinGW (it should automatically modify the Path and installs a new environment variable MingW as required in the manual installation)

The list of applications includes

- SubVersion
- FrameWork Assistant
- Help Search Utility
- UPX
- ResHacker
- MinGW
- Italian LangPack for MaxIDE Community Edition

* the application ask for BlitzMax path and WinRAR. It can be required to decompress some files. ZIP files are managed directly by the Companion.

* BlitzMaxCompanion is in BETA, so please handle with care!

* WIN32 version, tested only on WindowXP. I dont' know IF and HOW it could works on Vista or other Windows systems.Tested on Windows XP and Vista Premium.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1k7PgBRcDA (based on v. 1.00)
Download (v.1.28) http://www.graphio.net/download/BlitzMaxCompanion.zip

Hey degac,

Just had a quick look at the video and it looks like something a lot of first-time BlitzMax'ers may find useful.

I'll take a closer look tomorrow, but from what I can see, it looks really well made. Well done!

Brilliant idea!

well done!

Thanks, tell me if you find bugs or suggest improvements.

BlitzMaxCompanion v.1.2 is on line and it should works without problems.

What is new in v.1.2
+ you can choose a different path to install BlitzMax via SVN
+ BlitzMax itself already installed is not more required (see option above)
+ after the MinGW installation the program asks the user the permission to restart the system to make the changes effective.

http://www.graphio.net/download/BlitzMaxCompanion.zip (win32)

Comments, critic and suggestions are welcomed.

Good work mate.

Hey degac - would you like me to dd this to the newbie hint thread?

Updated to ver 1.26 1.28- please download the latest one, as it fixes some minor bugs and offers new options.