Copyright: Copyright 1994 Infotech Development


Contents
DiskTemplate Help

Copyright © 1994 by Infotech Development

To learn how to use Help, press F1.

What is DiskTemplate?

Copyright Notice

Disclaimer

System Requirements

How To...

Use the Tool Bar

Add a New Template

Open a Template

Rename a Template

Delete a Template

Add a File to the Template

Edit a File in the Template

Delete a File in the Template

Print Reports

Make Installation Disks


DiskTemplate Description
What is DiskTemplate?

DiskTemplate is a useful, easy-to-use tool for creating and updating installation diskettes for your programming projects.

The manual method for creating and maintaining installation diskettes is often tedious and very laborious.  DiskTemplate, with its easily understood interface, makes this process easy and fast.  To use DiskTemplate, simply, select the files you want to distribute, designate a few options, and tell DiskTemplate to make your installation diskettes.  It's that easy!  DiskTemplate will make as many copies as you want, and the copies will be updated as your project is updated.

A "template" stores all the file information about your installation disks, and can be retrieved with a few mouse clicks.  Each template can store up to 250 files and will support projects with up to 50 installation diskettes.

DiskTemplate also features full on-line help, which will answer most questions about standard operations, and a disk and file report, which will give you a hard copy of important information about your project installation set.

DiskTemplate is designed to use the Microsoft Compression Utility, the preferred method of compression for programmers of Visual Basic, Visual C++, and a few other Windows development platforms.


Copyright Notice

This software and the disks on which it is contained are licensed to you, for your own use.  This is copyrighted software.  You are not obtaining title to the software or any copyright rights.  You may not sublicense, rent, lease, convey, modify, translate, convert to another programming language, decompile, or disassemble the software for any purpose.

You may make as many copies of this software as you need for back-up purposes.  You may use this software on more than one computer, provided there is no chance it will be used simultaneously on more than one computer.  If the need should arise to use the software on more than one computer a site license may be obtained through Infotech Development.

Copyright notice does not apply for demos and evaluation copies.  Demos and evaluation copies may be freely distributed and used provided the files have not been modified in any way.


Disclaimer

Infotech Development and the author of this software disclaims all warranties relating to this software, whether expressed or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, and all such warranties are expressly and specifically disclaimed.  Neither Infotech Development nor anyone else who has been involved in the creation, production, or delivery of this software shall be liable for any indirect, consequential, or incidental damages arising out of the use or inability to use such software even if Infotech Development or the author of this software has been advised of the possibility of such damages or claims.  In no event shall Infotech Development's liability for any damages ever exceed the price paid for the license to use the software, regardless of the form of claim.  The person using the software bears all risk as to the quality, performance, and functionality of the software.

Some states do not allow the exclusion of the limit of liability for consequential or incidental damages, so the above limitations may not apply to you.

This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Colorado and shall inure to the benefit of Infotech Development and any successors, administrators, heirs, and assigns.  Any action or proceeding brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to this agreement shall be brought only in a state or federal court of competent jurisdiction located locally to Infotech Development's current location in Colorado.  The parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.


System Requirements

Hardware Requirements

•	Personal Computer using an 80286 or higher microprocessor (80386 is recommended).

•	2 MB RAM (4 MB recommended).

•	750 KB hard drive space.

•	Floppy diskette drive.

•	EGA, VGA, super VGA, XGA, 8514/A or compatible video graphics card.

•	Mouse.

Software Requirements

•	Microsoft DOS operating system version 3.1 or later.

•	Microsoft Windows version 3.1 or later.

•	Microsoft File Compression Utility.


Using the Tool Bar

The tool bar allows quick access to commonly used menu commands.  When the mouse cursor passes over a tool bar picture, the status bar will reflect what action will be taken if the mouse button is clicked.

Tool Bar Pictures:

Open the Templates window.

Add a file to the current template.

Edit the current file.

Delete the current file.

Make installation diskettes.

If a command is not available, the tool bar picture will not be visible.


Adding a Template
Add a Template

DiskTemplate will allow you to add up to 250 templates, and each template will be added in the correct alphabetic order.

A "template" contains all the file information about your installation diskettes.  Each template can contain up to 250 files and supports up to 50 diskettes.

To add a new template:

•	Open the Template window by choosing Templates from the File menu, or press Ctrl+T, or use the tool bar.

•	From the Templates window, choose New or press Alt+N.

•	Enter the name of the new template you would like to create and choose OK, or press Enter.

•	From the Templates window you may add a description.
(The description can be added or edited at any time.)

•	To open the newly created template, choose Open from the Template window, or press Ctrl+O.


Opening a Template
Open a Template

Before you can make or update your installation diskettes.  You must open it's template.

To open a Template:

•	Open the Template window by choosing Templates from the File menu, or press Ctrl+T, or use the tool bar.

•	From the list of templates, select the template you wish to open.

•	To open the template, choose Open, or press Alt+O.

•	You may also double click on the template name from the list.


Renaming a Template
Rename a Template

The names of the templates help you identify which template is associated with a specific programming project.  If at any time you decide that a template name should be changed, you can easily rename the template.

To rename a template:

•	Open the Template window by choosing Templates from the File menu, or press Ctrl+T, or use the tool bar.

•	From the list of templates, select the template you wish to rename.

•	From the Templates window, choose Rename, or press Alt+R.

•	Enter the new name of the template you would like to rename and choose OK, or press Enter.

•	To open the renamed template, choose Open from the Template window, or press Ctrl+O.


Deleting a Template
Delete a Template

When the need to update or create installation diskettes no longer exists for a specific software project, the template associated with that project may be deleted.

To delete a template:

•	Open the Template window by choosing Templates from the File menu, or press Ctrl+T, or use the tool bar.

•	From the list of templates, select the template you wish to delete.

•	From the Templates window, choose Delete, or press Alt+D.

•	DiskTemplate will ask for confirmation.

•	After receiving confirmation, the template will be deleted.


Adding a File
Add a File

When starting a new template or when a new file is added to your software project, it is necessary to add new files to the template.

To add a file to the template:

•	Open the template you would like to add a file to.

•	Choose "Add File to Template" from the Edit menu, or press F5,  or use the tool bar.

•	Choose "..." to select the file to add.

•	Use the Up / Down button to designate the destination diskette.

•	Mark the file to be compressed or not compressed.

•	Choose Ok, or press Alt+O.

•	The newly added file will become the currently selected file.


Editing a File
Edit a File

As your project changes or grows, some files in your software project may acquire a new location or file name.  When this occurs it may be necessary to edit files in the template.

To edit a file in the template:

•	Open the template in which you would like to edit a file.

•	Choose "Edit Current File" from the Edit menu, or press F6,  or use the tool bar.

•	Choose "..." to select a new file or location.

•	Use the Up / Down button to designate a new destination diskette.

•	Mark the file to be compressed or not compressed.

•	Choose Ok, or press Alt+O.


Deleting a File
Delete a File

As your project changes or grows, some files in your software project may be removed or become obsolete.  When this occurs it may be necessary to delete files from the template.

To delete a file:

•	Open the template from which you would like to delete a file.

•	Choose "Delete File from Template" from the Edit menu, or use the tool bar.

•	DiskTemplate will ask for confirmation.

•	After receiving confirmation, the file will be deleted from the template.


Printing Reports
Print Reports

DiskTemplate provides two reports, a disk and a file report, which will give you a hard copy of important information about your project installation set.

To print reports:

•	Make sure your printer is set up properly.  If not, select Print Setup from the File menu and set up your printer.

•	After your printer is properly set up, select Print from the File menu.

•	Select the report you would like to print.


Making Installation Disks
Make Installation Disks

After completing your template or when your project files have been updated, you may need to make a new set of installation diskettes.

To make installation diskettes:

•	Open the template associated with the project you would like to make installation diskettes for.

•	Choose "Make" from the Edit menu, or press F8,  or use the tool bar.

•	Select the correct location for the Microsoft Compression Utility.

•	Select the destination floppy drive.

•	Choose Make, or press Alt+M.

•	The files will be copied to a temporary directory and compressed (if needed).

•	Follow the instructions on the screen.

•	After the installation diskettes have been made, DiskTemplate will ask if you want to make another copy.

•	Continue the Make process as often as needed.