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- This release note should accompany distribution of UpdateMaker 1.1
-
- UpdateMaker is a utility program for making and applying update documents,
- or for making custom update applications.
-
- An update document or application describes the differences between any two
- Macintosh files and the changes required to convert one file into the other.
-
- It is often advantageous to distribute update documents rather than a
- completely new version of a file, not only because the update document
- tends to be smaller, but also because it is useless unless the old
- original file is available.
-
- Stand-alone update applications are some 12K larger than the equivalent
- document but have the advantage that the receiver does not need to have a copy
- of UpdateMaker to use them.
-
- UpdateMaker can create an update document for literally any two Macintosh
- files, be they applications, documents, system extensions, or whatever.
- For example, one can make an update document that will describe the differences
- between the Font/DA Mover application and Disk First Aid, and change one
- into the other.
-
- Documentation on how to use UpdateMaker is built into the Help menu of the
- application. No other manual is provided or required, because UpdateMaker
- uses the standard Macintosh interface conventions 8-).
-
- UpdateMaker requires System 6 or later; it is fully System 7 compatible and
- slightly System-7 friendly. It was written with MacApp The Wonder Development
- System, which is the main reason for its inordinate size.
-
- UpdateMaker is copyright 1991 Analog Digital Instruments Ltd and is made
- available to you by the Shareware principle: try it out and if you find
- it useful enough to keep and use it, we ask for a shareware payment
- (address details are in the Help documentation). For non-commercial use, we
- ask for a $10 shareware payment, for commercial use we ask for $50. Large
- companies or institutions should contact us about site licensing.
-
- The author would be grateful for any bug reports or constructive suggestions
- not requiring the entire application to be rewritten :-).
-
- Michael Hamel, Confuting Services Centre, University of Otago
- michael@otago.ac.nz