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WinZip(R) Self-Extractor version 1.1 BETA 3
Copyright (C) 1995 by Nico Mak Computing, Inc.
All Rights Reserved
PRE-RELEASE VERSION
This file describes ONLY the new -SETUP option.
See the file readme.txt for installation instructions.
See the file whatsnew.txt for description of other new features.
The -SETUP option is intended for advanced users and software
developers. This documentation assumes the reader is familiar with
WinZip Self-Extractor and has read the help file. At this time the
-SETUP option requires the use of command line parameters: there is
currently no dialog box interface for this option.
The -SETUP option can be used to create self-extracting ZIP files that
are particularly useful for software distribution. Self-extracting ZIP
files created with this option work like normal WinZip Self-Extractor
files, with the following additional features:
1) The self-extracting ZIP dialog can be customized with an icon
and dialog text.
2) The self-extracting ZIP file contains only three buttons: Setup,
Cancel, and About.
2) When the end-user clicks the Setup button in the self-extracting
ZIP file, the self-extracting ZIP file
a) creates a temp directory
b) extracts all files to the temp directory
c) runs the program specified by the -C parameter
d) waits for the specified program to end
e) deletes the directory created in step a
f) terminates
The following command line options control this behavior:
-setup required to turn on this feature
-i fileid name of .ico (icon) file for dialog box
-t fileid name of file containing text for main dialog box
-a fileid name of file containing text for about box (256 byte limit)
Notes:
The -C option is required when using the -SETUP option.
Sample command line:
winzipse -SETUP -Idialog.ico -Tdialog.txt -Aabout.txt filename.zip -Csetup
Sample description:
-SETUP specifies that the new features should be used
-Idialog.ico specifies that the icon in dialog.ico will be displayed
in the self-extracting ZIP's dialog box
-Tdialog.txt specifies that the text in the file dialog.txt will
be displayed in the self-extracting ZIP's dialog box
-Aabout.txt specifies that the text in the file about.txt will
be displayed in the About box.
filename.zip specifies the ZIP file
-Csetup specifies that the command "setup" will be issued
to install the software in the self-extracting ZIP
Feedback:
Comments are welcome. Please be sure to post them in the "WinZip Beta"
section of the GO WINZIP area on CompuServe (S22) or send them by email
to beta@winzip.com. Please do not post beta feedback in other forums or
newsgroups, else they may never be seen by the developer.