<text>The installer doesn’t ever create duplicate search paths in the Home Stack, since the known paths are checked line by line before new ones are added. Nevertheless, in time, it is likely that the search paths in the Home stack will become littered with addresses of folders which no longer exist, or which no longer contain any files used by HyperCard. While this isn’t really a problem, it’s a good idea to clean up the search paths every now and then.Simply go to the “Stacks” card in the home stack and delete any search paths that have become useless. Feel free to use any number of installers for regenerating any paths to your own stacks. DOCK Installers don't need DOCK hypertext to work.</text>
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<name>Maintaining Search Paths</name>
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card_4887.xml
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<!DOCTYPE card PUBLIC "-//Apple, Inc.//DTD card V 2.0//EN" "" >
<text><span class="style1">ou could wish to install folders </span><span class="style7">outside</span><span class="style1"> the folder containing the installer. This is only possible if the outside folders are on the same branch as the installer.You might reasonably expect this capability from an installer, which is why I have included it, but I should also point out that this approach makes a few unwarranted assumptions about how the user will organize his data. The </span><span class="style7">inner folders</span><span class="style1"> truly depend on the enclosing folder for their paths and will always be correctly installed, no matter what the user does on the outside. This may not be true of outside folders.Outer folders are likely to occur with large texts which may be fed to the computer from separate volumes. Using a compacting utility which knows how to split archives into diskette size pieces could remove this problem. If you decide not to use such a utility, you should include an explanation in the text of your installer. A statement like “Be sure to copy all of the separate folders provided into a single folder on the receiving disk!” I would understand this, but what do I know?</span></text>
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<name>Installing Outer Folders</name>
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card_2838.xml
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<!DOCTYPE card PUBLIC "-//Apple, Inc.//DTD card V 2.0//EN" "" >
<text><span class="style1">he installer tells HyperCard to add new search paths to the Home Stack.Your Installer should be fairly conspicuous in the folder you wish to install.</span><span class="style5"></span><span class="style1">• Open your Installer (made in the usual way from the </span><span class="style2"><a href="#" class="group">Model Installer</a></span><span class="style1">).• Poke “Install” with the Option key held down to enter configuration mode.• Click on “Context(s)” and select your </span><span class="style2"><a href="#" class="group">Context Stack</a></span><span class="style1">s if you have any.• Click on “HyperTalk Stack(s)” and select your HyperTalk Stacks if you have any.• Click on “Partial paths...” and select one stack from each of the folders to install. (All corresponding fields may also be edited in the usual manner.)• Poke the Install button with the Option key held down to exit configuration mode.The visible text of the installer in “user” mode is editable background text, so you can reword it. The original text is general enough for most purposes.See my installer “</span><span class="style2"><a href="#" class="group">Dock Installer</a></span><span class="style1">” as an illustration.</span></text>
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<name>Search Path Installer</name>
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card_2312.xml
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<!DOCTYPE card PUBLIC "-//Apple, Inc.//DTD card V 2.0//EN" "" >
<text><span class="style1">ne of the objectives of this program is to enable you to share your stacks with other people.• Include your Context stacks, Links Stacks, and Index stacks, with your documents.• You must also provide a copy of the “Dock Programs” folder along with your text. It has it’s own installer, in case you don’t provide one. Dock Programs is essentially a runtime package which supplies an otherwise complete DOCK system without “Power Menus”.• If you are sending a stack system presented with Finder sub–folders, remember to provide an Installer.This stack is about setting up installers. A most important question is where to put the installer. An obvious choice is to put it where it will be seen right away. Read the comments about </span><span class="style2"><a href="#" class="group">installing outer folders</a></span><span class="style1"> if your text is too big to be moved in a single package.</span></text>
