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Patching Async Professional version 1.10 to 1.11
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TurboPower Software
Patch scripts updated 94/02/01
APR111.EXE is a self-extracting archive that contains patch files
to transform Async Professional version 1.10 into version 1.11. The
patch file was generated using Pocket Soft's .RTPatch utility (version
2.01).
If you don't already have a copy of PATCH.EXE, you can download it
from the same place where you found APR111.EXE. Store PATCH.EXE in a
directory that is on your DOS PATH. You'll probably want to keep a
copy of PATCH.EXE, since it can be used to apply all TurboPower
maintenance patches.
APR111.EXE contains one patch file, which you should extract or
copy into your \APRO subdirectory. Then move into that subdirectory
and enter the following command at the DOS prompt:
PATCH APRO111
PATCH provides running status of the patch process, and displays a
summary when patching is complete.
You can delete the patch file (extension .RTP) from your \APRO
directory once patching is complete. You'll probably want to keep
APR111.EXE for a while, in case repatching is required (see below).
As with any TurboPower update, see the READ.ME, READ.1ST, and FASTUPD
files for information about the new version.
Download UPDATE.TXT from the same place where you found APR111.EXE for
additional background information about the patching process,
available patch files, etc.
Be aware of the following limitations of the patching process:
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1. The patch only works to bring version 1.10 up to 1.11. For example,
it cannot bring version 1.04 up to 1.11. You need a separate patch
file for each incremental version.
2. Dependent files that you can rebuild yourself are *not* patched.
This keeps the size of the patch file to a minimum. In many cases,
such patches would be wasted anyway, since there are so many different
ways the dependent files can be created (with varying defines,
compiler options, compiler versions, etc.). Files with the extensions
EXE, LIB, HLP, TPU, TPW, and TPP are not patched unless they depend on
source code or other files that aren't part of Async Professional. Be
sure to remake all dependent files after you install the patch. All
files but the HLP file can be remade by using the supplied make or
project files, or just by compiling them into your application. The
HLP file can be recreated by entering the following command in the
\APRO directory (or wherever you have stored your APRO help files):
MAKEHELP /Q APRO
Note in particular that COMTEST.EXE and COMTESTO.EXE are not part of
the patch. If you use these programs, be sure to recompile them after
applying the patch. These programs are made by APRO.MAK and APROO.MAK,
respectively. On the other hand, OOPCOM.EXE and OOPINST.EXE *are* part
of the patch, since they depend on Object Professional.
3. If you didn't originally install all of Async Professional, then
of course PATCH can't update the uninstalled portion of the library.
This isn't a problem unless you later install the rest of the older
version. In that case, you must reuse the patch to bring the newly
installed files up to the current version.
PATCH does not attempt to patch archive (.LZH) files. You must
dearchive all files that you wish to patch. This applies to BONUS
files as well as production files.
4. PATCH can't find files that you have moved out of the \APRO
directory. It *can* find files in subdirectories of this directory,
however.
5. PATCH doesn't attempt to update certain files because they are
updated automatically during installation or when you configure the
library for your application. Because these files have been customized
for your system, PATCH cannot make reliable changes to them. Even so,
it's often important for us to distribute updated versions of these
files, since there may be new defines and dependencies in them. We
decide on a file by file basis whether to distribute a new copy of
these files or to allow your existing version to remain intact. Here
is a list of affected files for APRO 1.11:
Directory Filename In Patch? New Name or Directory?
---------------- ------------ --------- ----------------------
\APRO APDEFINE.INC New copy APDEFINE.111
\APRO SIMPCOM.DAT No
\APRO OOPCOM.CFG No
\APRO OOPCOM.PB No
When one of these files is distributed as part of the patch, a
complete new copy of it is included, since PATCH probably cannot patch
your modified copy. Where appropriate, the final column of this table
shows the name or directory of the new copy of the file. Be sure to
look at this new file, modify it as appropriate for your environment,
and copy it over the old version before proceeding.
6. If you modified the TurboPower source code, PATCH refuses to apply
changes to the modified files. (It uses a checksum algorithm to assure
that the file it is patching is the intended version.) In this case,
the only way to get a valid set of patched files is to reinstall an
unmodified copy of Async Professional and patch it, then make your
changes to the new version.
7. In APRO 1.11, Fossil and Digiboard support was incorporated tightly
with the library and converted from bonus to production status. The
following files in your APRO BONUS directory are obsolete as of
version 1.11: APCOMD.PAS, APCOMF.PAS, APDIGI14.PAS, APFOSSIL.PAS,
DIGI14.DOC, DTEST.PAS, DTESTO.PAS, FOSSIL.DOC, FTEST.PAS, FTESTO.PAS,
OODIGI14.PAS, and OOFOSSIL.PAS. The patch program does not delete
them, however, just in case you need them for something else.
Some of these files become production files in version 1.11. Complete
new versions of the following files are installed by the patch in your
\APRO directory: APDIGI14.PAS, APFOSSIL.PAS, DTEST.PAS, DTESTO.PAS,
FTEST.PAS, and FTESTO.PAS.
If you have questions or problems regarding the patch, please contact
us:
TurboPower Software
P.O. Box 49009
Colorado Springs, CO 80949-9009
voice: 719-260-6641
fax: 719-260-7151
BBS: 719-260-9726
CompuServe ID: 76004,2611
Pascal forum: PCVENB section 6
C/C++ forum: PCVENE section 1
Internet: 76004.2611@compuserve.com