simon0098 at yahoo.com
2016-Feb-18 16:27 UTC
[R] How to create an executable file from R GUI?
Hi, I've created a GUI using RGtk2 package. How can I make an executable file from my R script so that users click on it and the GUI appears for them? [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
To give a full answer we need some more detail from you. For example what operating system are you on? what do you mean by "users click on it"? and at what point do you want them to click (after running R, when looking at the desktop, etc.) But to help get you started you may want to look at the help page `?Startup` which tells you all the things that R does as it starts up and how to have it run commands automatically as it is starting up. I have created some GUI examples in the past that clients then wanted to have on their own computer to play with and demonstrate to others. I usually would install R on their machine for them and create a shortcut on the desktop (these were all MS Windows computers) that pointed to the standard R executable, but started in a specific directory/folder. Then in that folder I created a ".Rprofile" file with the commands to load in the appropriate data and packages and run the gui demonstration. The user could then double click on the shortcut on the desktop and 2 windows would pop up (the regular R interface and my gui demo), I instructed the client to just minimize and ignore the regular R window and they were then able to use my demo and then close everything when they were finished. You could do something similar (but exactly how will differ between Windows, Mac, and Linux computers). On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 9:27 AM, simon0098--- via R-help <r-help at r-project.org> wrote:> Hi, > I've created a GUI using RGtk2 package. How can I make an executable file from my R script so that users click on it and the GUI appears for them? > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. 538280 at gmail.com
OK. I should add that I want to have a shortcut on my desktop. My operating system is Windoes. I just need that when users click on this shortcut, my GUI appears without opening R environment since my users are completely unfamiliar with programming. [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Simon, Greg,
That is the very reason why I've given up on Tck/Tk, in favor of shiny.
The user interface opens up in a webpage, without opening the normal R
console (it only opens a Terminal window).
To exemplify, package QCAGUI has a function called runGUI(), and on Windows
it's a simple matter of creating a .bat file,
which for my user interface it only contains this:
CLS
TITLE QCA Qualitative Comparative Analysis
C:/PROGRA~1/R/R-3.2.3/bin/R.exe --slave --no-restore -e
"setwd('D:/');QCAGUI::runGUI()"
The double click on the .bat file, and that's it.
I hope it helps,
Adrian
On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 7:24 PM, Greg Snow <538280 at gmail.com> wrote:
> To give a full answer we need some more detail from you. For example
> what operating system are you on? what do you mean by "users click on
> it"? and at what point do you want them to click (after running R,
> when looking at the desktop, etc.)
>
> But to help get you started you may want to look at the help page
> `?Startup` which tells you all the things that R does as it starts up
> and how to have it run commands automatically as it is starting up.
>
> I have created some GUI examples in the past that clients then wanted
> to have on their own computer to play with and demonstrate to others.
> I usually would install R on their machine for them and create a
> shortcut on the desktop (these were all MS Windows computers) that
> pointed to the standard R executable, but started in a specific
> directory/folder. Then in that folder I created a ".Rprofile"
file
> with the commands to load in the appropriate data and packages and run
> the gui demonstration. The user could then double click on the
> shortcut on the desktop and 2 windows would pop up (the regular R
> interface and my gui demo), I instructed the client to just minimize
> and ignore the regular R window and they were then able to use my demo
> and then close everything when they were finished. You could do
> something similar (but exactly how will differ between Windows, Mac,
> and Linux computers).
>
> On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 9:27 AM, simon0098--- via R-help
> <r-help at r-project.org> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I've created a GUI using RGtk2 package. How can I make an
executable
> file from my R script so that users click on it and the GUI appears for
> them?
> >
> >
> > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> >
> > ______________________________________________
> > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> > PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
>
>
> --
> Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
> 538280 at gmail.com
>
> ______________________________________________
> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
> PLEASE do read the posting guide
> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
>
--
Adrian Dusa
University of Bucharest
Romanian Social Data Archive
Soseaua Panduri nr.90
050663 Bucharest sector 5
Romania
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