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Freeman Installer & Uninstaller version 2.0
Copyright (C) 1995 Freeman-Teresa Software
All Rights Reserved
MUST-KNOWs
==========
1. Use option -d to unzip finst20.zip:
pkunzip -d finst20
If you didn't, unzip it again.
2. Wanna be up and running? Follow the tutorials (1-3, may be 4).
3. Wanna be Freeman expert? Read the Q&A.
4. Don't know where to set options/values? Try Edit | Events.
5. This is an evaluation copy only. On rare occasions it will
display an unregistered notice on the background.
Special Offer
=============
New user --- US$20. Offer ends 1st May, 1995
v1.5 user --- Free
v1.0, v1.1 user --- US$10
Jump ship user --- Free if you are using:
InstallSHIELD
EDI Install Pro
WISE
WinSetup
Chief Install Pro
Installigence.
Offer ends 1st May, 1995
How to Install?
===============
1. Create a temporary directory on your hard disk, i.e.,
md temp
2. Unzip finst20.zip to that direcotry with option -d, i.e.,
cd temp
pkunzip -d a:finst20
3. Run install.exe, i.e.,
install
Features
========
- Visual IDE.
- One-mouse-click test run, make, build, disk set building.
- One-mouse-click Multi-lingual support.
- Built-in near-pkzip super power compression/decompression.
- Uninstall. Works even on aborted installations.
- Modifies AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS.
- Displays 256 colors bitmaps in custom dialogs.
- Installs extra-ordinarily large files spanning across disks.
- Customizable Online help in installer for all supported languages.
- Installs fonts (TrueType or otherwise).
- Version checking (works on your own DATA FILEs too!).
- Background buttons and gauges like InstallSHIELD.
- Time stamp, file size checking.
- Sets INI entries.
- Sets registration keys.
- Supports int/bool variables and expr's with most C/C++ int operators.
- Conditional event execution.
- Asks for user info and stores it encrypted into installer and/or app.
- Detects previous versions.
- Executes external programs at any time.
- Can be iconized when installing files.
- Retrieves INI entry values.
- Retrieves registration key values.
- Insert C/C++ code directly in the IDE.
- Searches for files or detects file existence.
- Displays custom message boxes.
- Prompts for string or Yes-No.
- Detects system configurations like Windows version, math processor,
CPU, ...
- Backups, deletes, renames files.
- 4 tutorials and a set of detailed Q&A.
Author
======
Kent Tong
Mail Box 20
Wentworth Building
University of Sydney
Sydney NSW 2006
Australia
Internet: tongk@arch.su.edu.au
CompuServe: 100351,3364
ph & fax: (61) (2) 2116314