[wpkg-users] [Bug 171] User notification does not work on Vista

[Rainer Meier]

Hi Stefan,

> Redirect the input from a file:
> 
> Msg.exe <MyText.txt

WPKG does not use any temporary files. I will not start using such work-arounds
and hacks just for a feature which is very rarely used. Especially since longer
messages than 256 characters are also not very user friendly (who is reading
dialog boxes with such a huge amount of text anyway?).

Using a temporary file would involve checking available space to write to,
writing a temporary file, sending the message and then cleaning up the system. I
really hate temporary files and applications needing them. So I do not plan to
go this way just to work around a stupid limitation/bug done by Microsoft.

So this is not an option to me.



br,
Rainer