Re: Windows distribution viability

[Frederik Seiffert]

Am 11.12.2024, 22:44:02 schrieb Simon Gornall <simon.gornall@mac.com>:

It also looks as though it’s perfect for packaging - having worked through the instructions, I end up with an architecture-specific directory full of the DLLs I need, and the binary itself. Pretty sure from that I can use one of the packager tools and create a ready-to-click-and-go installation.

Yes that should work fine. You can also put a „Resources/<exe-name>“ directory next to your .exe and DLLs to enable loading resources like localized strings etc. via [NSBundle mainBundle].

With a couple more steps you can also create an MSIX package from that folder, which nowadays is the native packaging format on Windows and also allows submitting the app to the Windows Store as an option. This document outlines the required steps.

Frederik