ACT

The application creation tool (ACT) is a tool which converts python code into an install package for Airon 1x . It supports only python 2.5 code, and python 2.5 installed on your computer is recommended, but not essential. You can download the tool here . You can also download python 2.5 here . This is a guide on how to use the ACT:

1. Firstly, you need to write your python script . Bear in mind it has to have a command-line or textual interface . If you have python installed on your computer, then use IDLE or some other editor like SPE . It is also a good idea to test it works, and has no bugs, because as of yet, Airon 1x has absolutely no idea of how to handle errors and exceptions, and will just crash . So testing is always good .

2. Place your python script in the same directory as the ACT, and run the ACT . Where it asks you to input the name of your python script type it in . For example: 'test_module.py' . If the file exists, it will ask you a few things .

3. The first of those things being the name of your application . So, in my instance, 'test_module' . Then, it will ask you the description . I might input 'A stupid little module that is entirely pointless and does nothing except repeat the word pizza 10 times .' . Then finally, it will ask you for reading time. This is the number of seconds it will display the message for . So I'd input '7' for 7 seconds .

4. There is now a folder called 'package', and inside it, there should be a file called '~INSTALL_TEST_MODULE~~.airinstall', or a slight variation on that, depending on what you called it .

5. You can now install it now !