Re: Help! Firebird question (was Irritating ads)

[Guest guest]

Clay wrote:

> Okay, I've downloaded Firebird, the icon is on the desktop. I click

> on it, and it says I need to choose what program to open it with?

> Then it shows all these programs, many of which I didn't even know I

> had. I have no idea. Do I want to open it with AOL? Something else?

Is it in a .zip format? If so, you need to use a .zip extractor, like

WinZip, to open it. Later versions of Windows have native .zip file

support... I would guess that you are using Win 98 from that (the most

common version that does not have native .zip support).

You can get WinZip at http://www.winzip.com/

Soon, Firebird will have an installer like Mozilla does, so it will be

less of a problem for beginning users then.

[Guest guest]

Clay wrote:

> wrote:

>

> > Is it in a .zip format? If so, you need to use a .zip extractor,

> > like WinZip, to open it.

>

> It says its MozillaFirebird 0.7-win32.zip They want $29.00 for

> WinZip. I have a program available that says, winhlp32 Could I try

> opening it in there? Yes, I have Windows 98.

You can get the trial version for WinZip for free. Winhlp32 will not

extract a .zip file.

Just download and install WinZip, then use that to extract Firebird.

Move the MozillaFirebird folder to your \Program Files folder (just drag

it and drop it), and it is installed. It will create its own settings

directory automatically.

I am sure this seems like kind of a pain, but once it is installed, you

don't have to worry about it anymore. If all else fails, the regular

Mozilla suite has an installer, so you don't have to do this stuff.

[Guest guest]

DeGraf wrote:

> Firebird *does* have an installer,

> and using it makes things like add-

> ing Flash later on a lot easier!

> It is at:

> http://downloads.us-east3.mozdev.org/seb/MozillaFirebird-0.7-

setup.exe

Thanks, . I uninstalled the other version and

installed this one instead. Now I just need to figure

out how to use it. I don't have a clue, and feel stupid,

just like when I first got the computer.

Clay

[Guest guest]

DeGraf wrote:

> This message from Klein arched across the cosmos:

> > Soon, Firebird will have an installer like Mozilla does, so it will

> > be less of a problem for beginning users then.

>

> Firebird *does* have an installer, and using it makes things like

> adding Flash later on a lot easier! It is at:

I was aware that there was an experimental installer, but I had not

tried it, so I was not sure how well it worked. If it was an official

installer, it would be on mozilla.org, not mozdev.org... but if it

works, great.