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- │ Software Installation Application v3.20 │
- │ SEE BELOW FOR PRODUCT INFORMATION │
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- │ This is a VENDINFO Product Information Record │
- │ │
- │ This record is a means of conveying information about a software │
- │ product from the author to distributors and users. It contains a │
- │ normal, "human-readable" section (you're reading it now), followed │
- │ by a compressed data record. The data record contains a great │
- │ deal of information in a form useable by automated tools. This │
- │ allows BBSes, disk vendors, etc. to test automatically for │
- │ permission to distribute, and to automatically extract product │
- │ information for use in BBS files databases, vendor catalogs, etc. │
- │ │
- │ The VENDINFO file standard is published and is freely useable. │
- │ │
- │ The VENDINFO toolset includes a free end-user viewer, processing │
- │ tools for use by distributors (BBSes, shareware disk vendors, │
- │ etc.), and the editor used by author/publishers to produce these │
- │ records. These tools are either free or very-low cost shareware. │
- │ The toolset can be obtained from many sources, including the │
- │ originators of VENDINFO: │
- │ │
- │ Rams' Island Software Voice: 303-841-2848 CompuServe: 76244,324 │
- │ 7644 E. Lakecliff Way BBS: 303-841-6269 FidoNet: 1:104/333 │
- │ Parker, CO 80134-5904 USA RIME: RAMSISLE │
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- VENDINFO standard v1.00, produced by VendEdit v1.00, 11-May-1995
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: Software Installation Application
- Version: 3.20
- Version Date: 10-May-1995
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Freeware, copyrighted but freely distributable and useable
-
- Product Description: Pepys' Software Installation Application
- permits up & down loading of all packages
- supported by a pepyinst.lst file. This
- includes creating user installations,
- distribution disks and BBS uploads.
-
- Installations can be sourced from any drive
- in any form (ie distribution disk, BBS
- download or a user installation) to create
- the desired target output.
- Reason for version: Inclusion of Program Manager Group & Item
- creation
-
- Category: Utilities; Disk utilities; Floppy disk
- utilities; Disk duplicating
- Keywords: Software Installation BBS Distribution
- Downloads Uploads Un-install
- Required Packages: PEPYIN32
- This Package: PEPYIN32
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 8086/8088)
- Clock Speed: 16 MHz
- Minimum OS: Windows 3.0
- Standard RAM: 640K
- Extended Memory: 256K
- Required:
- Hard drive
- Keyboard
- Mouse
- Other Require: To be of any value, this software needs to be
- accompanied by any application which has a
- 'pepyinst.lst' file supporting it.
-
- Orders:
- Address: Pepys Ltd.
- 34 Huntingdon Road,
- Brampton
- HUNTINGDON
- Cambs PE18 8PA
- United Kingdom
- Phone: (0)1480 383626
- FAX: (0)1480 383626
- Other E-mail: Intend to shortly have an electronic address
-
- Support:
- Address: Pepys Ltd.
- 34 Huntingdon Road,
- Brampton
- HUNTINGDON
- Cambs PE18 8PA
- United Kingdom
- Phone: (0)1480 383626
- FAX: (0)1480 383626
- Other E-mail: Intend to shortly have an electronic address
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- This is THE Software Installation Application Version 3 (C) by Pepys
- Ltd. 1994 which is a sophisticated installation and distribution
- program to accompany other Pepys' applications.
-
- This section of the document contains only a brief description of the
- product and its features, along with instructions for its installation.
-
- How many times have you been hampered in using a package by a weak or
- non-existent installation program? This application enables easy and
- straightforward installation together with the ability to propogate the
- installed applications further.
-
- It is a Windows program requiring Version 3.1. Use of the program
- should be intuitive to existing Windows users.
-
- After the welcome window the main window allows the user to:
-
- * Change the source path for installations to any drive\directory
- * Select any application for installation/download
- (supported by a 'pepyinst.lst' file)
- * Change the target location of installation/download
- * Change the type of installation/download between:
- - User installation on hard disk
- - Distribution disk creation (on floppy of course)
- - BBS Upload (on hard or floppy disk)
- * Select/Deselect any optional files for installation
- * Action the Installation, this builds a Log file which can be
- reviewed and/or printed.
- * Obtain context-sensitive help
- * Quit the Program
-
- Quite detailed help is contained within the program. Further
- information can be found in the section labelled:
-
- 'DETAILED PRODUCT DOCUMENTATION CONTENTS'
- (after the INSTALLATION section below)
-
- THE Software Installation Application is FREEWARE in respect of its use
- to install and create downloads of Pepys' and any other software which
- is supported by a 'pepyinst.lst' file.
-
- You should not have paid any fee specifically for this application to
- any disk vendors, dealers, etc, albeit that they may have charged you
- for the application which is to be installed.
-
- If you have paid a fee then it was as a fee for their copying and
- distribution services, rather than a payment for any form of use of the
- program.
-
- The program is self-installing - if required in a particular context
- then it is installed in the most appropriate place on the user's system
- or distribution/upload disk.
-
- As you will have realised by now, this file is in the VENDINFO.DIZ file
- standard. If has come to you as a BBS Download, to avoid conflict with
- the VENDINFO.DIZ file of the user application it will have been called
- PEPYINST.DIZ. In all other contexts it is saved as VENDINFO.DIZ. THE
- Software Installation Program controls the naming of this file when it
- propagates it.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- PEPYIN32.EXE 56642 10-May-1995 03:20a 89C6D798
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- There IS no separate installation procedure for THE Software
- Installation Program (S.I.A.) It can be run from any source, be it
- hard or floppy disk. The program controls its own propagation
- dependent uponm the context of the required installation or download.
-
- The exact steps you need to take will depend on how you received
- S.I.A. In the instructions below, the filename PEPYIN** refers to the
- latest version as supplied, eg PEPYIN32 for version 3.2
-
- INSTALLING FROM DISKETTES
-
- A diskette may either be in Distribution Disk or BBS Upload/Download
- format. The difference is irrelevant to S.I.A. except that:
-
- * BBS Upload/Download disks should only contain ONE installable
- application in the disk root directory, alongside PEPYIN**.EXE
-
- * Distribution Disks may contain ONE OR MORE installable
- applications, each one being contained in a separate sub-directory.
- The root directory contains PEPYIN**.EXE, a VENDINFO.DIZ file for
- S.I.A. and any system files (eg VBRUN300.DLL)
-
- To install from diskette(s), you need to perform the following steps.
-
- 1 Place the distribution diskette in the appropriate diskette drive.
-
- 2 Load Windows and go to File Manager
-
- 3 Run the "PEPYIN**.EXE" program on the distribution diskette.
- For example, if the distribution diskette is on drive A then
- issue the following command: FILE, RUN, a:pepyin**, or double
- click on the program in the a: drive directory listing.
-
- 4 Follow the instructions presented by the installation program.
- You will have a chance to approve the installation before any
- changes are actually made to the contents of your hard drive. The
- program will ask you for a destination drive and directory (after
- suggesting defaults) and will copy the application to that
- directory. If you so direct it, S.I.A. will install the
- application(s) in other drives\directories of your choice.
-
- 5 At a certain stage of the installation you are asked if you are
- likely to want to later propogate the application(s) . If you so
- define, then PEPYIN**.EXE and this file are loaded into the
- directory above that where the application(s) is/are loaded.
-
- INSTALLING FROM A HARD DRIVE
-
- If you downloaded a Pepys application from a BBS (or received it in the
- form of archive files from some other source), you will need to perform
- the following steps.
-
- 1 Extract the contents of the archive file(s) in a temporary
- directory on your hard drive. The procedure for doing this
- varies, depending on the form in which you received the package.
- In all likelihood, the fact that you are reading this text means
- that you already have the necessary tools and knowledge to
- perform this step. If not, you should be able to obtain
- directions for this from the same source from which you received
- the package.
-
- 2 Load Windows and go to File Manager
-
- 3 Execute the "PEPYIn**0.EXE" program which you have extracted.
- For example, if the temporary directory into which you have
- extracted the application is C:\TEMPDIR, you would issue the
- following command in File Manager: FILE, RUN,
- "c:\tempdir\pepyin**" or to double click on the filename
- "pepyin**.exe" in the c:\tempdir directory listing.
-
- 4 Follow Steps 4 and 5 as for INSTALLING FROM DISKETTES above
-
- 5 When you're satisfied that the installation was successful, you
- should delete the temporary directory FROM which you installed
- Quiz Machine (C:\TEMPDIR, in the above discussion), including all
- its contents.
-
- YOU'RE READY TO GO
-
- Once you've complete the installation, you should consult the
- VENDINFO.DIZ files for the application(s), which contain all relevant
- documentation. These are contained in the same directory to which each
- installation has been targeted.
-
- FURTHER DISTRIBUTING APPLICATIONS
-
- As freely distributable Freeware, you are free to pass this software
- (unchanged) onto anyone else. It is possible that the applications
- which it covers are Shareware. The best way of ensuring that you pass
- the applications on unchanged is to use THE S.I.A. using the options to
- either create a distribution diskette or BBS Download.
-
- However, please note that the Freeware version of the S.I.A will NOT
- create Distribution Disks or BBS Uploads of Registered versions of
- software. We can supply a registered version which has these
- facilities.
-
-
- ----- Detailed Product Documentation Contents ---------------------
-
- The following 'headings' follow within this section:
-
- * Using THE S.I.A
- * Release History
- * Hey! Authors, Vendors and Distributors
- - You CAN buy THE S.I.A.
- * Company Information
- * Viewing this File in Full.
-
- ----- Using THE S.I.A ---------------------------------------------
-
-
- On initial loading the user is presented with a welcome screen. Pressing
- continue initiates a search of the path from which the application was
- run, and all sub-directories under it. A message box then announces how
- many applications have been found.
-
- Also, if you are running the program from a floppy disk, you are asked
- if you wish to have the later facility of uploading to Distribution
- Disks and Bulletin Boards: answer YES or NO. If you answer NO, certain
- files will not be installed and you will be unable to replicate the
- software at a later stage. After a short delay the main window is
- displayed.
-
- The opening window is divided into 3 areas:
-
- * The source box occupying most of the left hand half of the screen,
- giving details of the on the source of applications to install or
- download.
-
- * The target box occupying all the right of the window, giving details
- of the target of applications to install or download
-
- * The command box in the bottom left-hand corner, containing buttons
- which control the application.
-
-
- Quick Start
- ***********
-
- Presuming that at least one application has been found, the 'Application
- to Install' frame will display these installable applications.
-
- These applications can be selected by clicking on the combo-box in that
- frame. An outline description of the application can be obtained by
- clicking on the 'About Application' button in the same Frame.
-
- On the right, the Target box will offer a default target drive, target
- directory and a type of installation. Normally, the following will be
- offered as the defaults:
-
- * If pepyin**.exe was started from a floppy disk:
-
- Drive: Your highest hard drive
- Directory: \Pepys\Application-default
- Type of Installation: User Installation
- Install Options: Displayed, if later distribution option
- denied.
-
- * If pepyin**.exe was started from a hard disk:
-
- Drive: Your lowest floppy drive
- Directory: Appication-default
- Type of Installation: Distribution Disk
- Install Options Not available
-
- You may change the target drive, target directory and type of
- installation subject to certain logical limitations (such as a
- distribution disk cannot be created on a hard drive!). If they are
- available, you may deselect 'Install Options', avoiding the loading of
- certain files to your installation.
-
- Once you are satisfied, then press the large button in the bottom left
- hand corner. This will be labelled as "Create .... " whatever
- installation type has been selected (eg, 'Create User Installation')
-
- The directories proposed will be validated, and the window will change
- to an installation log. As installation proceeds, you will see the
- progress. You may also be asked to choose whether to overwrite any
- existing files, if found.
-
- At the conclusion of the installation, the installation log also shows
- the outcome of the installation - either a Total Success, Partial
- Success or Unsuccessful. You may print the log out by pressing the
- Print Log button.
-
- If the installation was successful a Program Manager Group entitled
- 'Pepys Applications' will be created in your system and an icon for the
- application installed will be included in it.
-
- Finally, press the Close Log button to return to the main window. At
- this point, you may select another application to install (if there is
- more than one available to install) or Quit the program by pressing the
- Quit Button.
-
- The 'Quick Start' section has taken you quickly through a simple
- installation or download of one application. The S.I.A has much more
- flexibility than that and the remaining sections of this guide go
- through other options in more detail.
-
- On Loading S.I.A
- ****************
-
- The selection of otherwise of the option to later distribute the
- software (when running from floppy disk) has the following effects.
-
- * If 'YES' selected:
-
- Pepyin**.exe (and its vendinfo.diz file) are copied to the directory
- above each user installation.
-
- Install Options (bottom right hand box) are not offered.
-
- * If 'NO' selected:
-
- Pepyin**.exe etc are NOT loaded to your installation
-
- Install Options are offered for user installations.
-
- This option is further offered if you subsequently log to a floppy drive
- as the source of installations (see section on CHANGING SOURCE)
-
- If no applications are found in the path from which PEPYIN**.EXE is run,
- then a message box informs you accordingly. When the main window
- appears, the focus is highlighted on the Source Drive and Directory
- boxes. You must first re-select the drive and/or directory to conduct a
- different search for installable applications (see next section on
- CHANGING SOURCE)
-
- Changing Source
- ***************
-
- Either when forced to by exception (as described above) or by your
- choice, the application enables the source of installable applications
- to be changed.
-
- If you wish to initiate a change, first of all click on the Drive List
- Box. Even if you wish to just change directories, it is necessary to
- click on the Drive List Box.
-
- Then select a directory (or the whole drive) within which to search for
- installable applications. You do this by double-clicking on the
- required directory. The higher up the directory tree you go, the wider
- the search, however, a search of a whole 100 Mb disk with 100
- directories may take a minute or so to complete.
-
- Click on the button 'Find Installable Applications' which appeared after
- clicking on the drive list box. The application will then display its
- search and inform you at the conclusion of how many applications have
- been found. CLick on the OK button, and these installable applications
- will be listed in the 'Applications to Install' list box.
-
- If no applications were found a message will inform you accordingly. All
- other areas of the application will be disabled, and you will have
- broaden or change the directories of search.
-
- If more than one application is available for installation then this can
- be changed by clicking on the 'Applications to Install' list box. There
- will be a short delay whilst the target details are changed.
-
- Conclusion
- **********
-
- All other features of the product were described under 'Quick Start'.
-
- The SIA should result in successful installations with no error
- messages. However, it is possible that, if files have been lost in
- transmission, errors of missing files will be recorded. If this is so,
- take a hard a copy of the Installation Log and compare it against the
- contents of the source media. If expected files are deficient, you will
- need to contact the originator to obtain them.
-
-
- ----- Release History ---------------------------------------------
-
- For those who might have seen an earlier version, and to demonstrate
- how much effort goes into maintaining such a piece of software, the
- following details of the release history are tendered.
-
- Version 3.2 - 10 May 95
- Inclusion of function to create Program Manager Group and Items
-
- Version 3.1 - 30 Nov 94
- Bug Fixes on Version 3.1
-
- Version 3.0 - 13 Nov 94
-
- 1. Major update to allow both up an downloads.
- 2. BBS Upload and Distribution Disk creation introduced.
- 3. Ability to change source drive and directory of installations.
- 4. Addition of printable installation log and status tracking.
- 5. Extension of pepyinst.lst standard to include Documentation and
- Installation Program files, and details of application.
- 6. Modification of packlist.lst standard to allow any specified
- system files to be handled (not just Visual Basic 3)
- 7. Facility to de-conflict VENDINFO.DIZ for user application and
- installation program.
- 8. Creation of README.1st file on each installation.
- 9. Encryption of pepyinst.lst file
- 10. Welcome screen added
-
- Version 2.0 28 Oct 94
-
- 1. Implementation of Pepys corporate screen design standard
- 2. Last version using packlist.txt as standard for contents.
- 3. Greater freedom in selection of target drive and/or directory.
-
- Version 1.0 - 1 Sep 94
-
-
- ----- HEY! Authors, Vendors and Distributors,
- You CAN by THE S.I.A for your own use
-
- This is a generic piece of Windows software which can be used to
- install any application. It has the added advantage of also being used
- to create a distribution diskette or BBS Upload on hard or floppy disk.
-
- **************************
- ** INSTALLATION PROGRAM **
- **************************
-
- The program is designed specifically for propogating shareware and its
- features provide considerable benefits to authors and distributors of
- software written in any language.
-
- * Generic program, installation controlled by a standard file:
- PEPYINST.LST. Your construction of this file defines the
- installation.
-
- * Install option features (defined in pepyinst.lst) include:
-
- - Wildcard file installations - handle 0,1 or many files meeting
- the same wildcard specification (eg *.bmp)
-
- - Installs specified windows and/or system files (eg .wav's
- .dll's, vbx's, etc) to windows and/or system directories only
- if not present already. - User selectable options supported
-
- - Small data files created from pepyinst.lst directly.
-
- - One-on-one small file creations can be linked to wildcard file
- installations.
-
- - Also handles installation of documentation and install program
- files.
-
- * The installation program can be used to propogate the program.
- It can successively be used to do a user installation and then a
- distribution diskette and BBS upload production and over again.
-
- * Can handle more than one application on one distribution disk.
-
- * The user can specify any valid drive\directory for installation
-
- * An installation log is produced on-screen and can be printed.
-
- * Pepyinst.lst files are encrypted to prevent tampering.
-
- The program can be sold to you at one of two levels:
-
- * The object code with the encrypter, a description of the
- PEPYINST.LST standard and branding with your own graphic. This
- could be used to install any Windows software, not just Visual
- Basic. This is available for just $24.99 (£14.99)
-
- * The Visual Basic 3 source code with the above package. Authors
- would have the freedom to modify the package (ie introduce new
- features, change logos, etc) and to issue Copyright on the object
- code provided that:
-
- - It is distributed as Freeware
- - No attempt is made to re-sell the source code.
- - No changes are made to existing elements of the PEPYINST.LST
- standard.
- - Any ADDITIONS and EXTENSIONS made to the standard must be
- communicated back to Pepys Ltd.
-
- The price of this option is $99.99 (£59.99).
-
-
- ----- Company Information ------------------------------------------
-
- Pepys Ltd. is a private limited company registered in England.
-
- Registered number 2960001.
-
- Registered offices: Bridgewater House, Century Park, Caspian Way,
- ALTRINCHAM, WA14 5HH
-
-
- ----- Viewing this File in Full ---------------------------------------
-
- The heading at the foot of the document announces the VENDINFO
- compressed data section. This communicates, in a structured way, the
- status, content and licensing arrangements for this product. Pepys
- have summarised all salient facts in this 'human-readable' section of
- the document, however, if you are involved in the business of software
- distribution, or are on-line to BBS then you will almost certainly want
- to be able access the full information content of this file.
-
- To do so you need the program VENDVIEW, which is Freeware. Pepys are
- able to distribute this file to you for a small distribution charge.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS IS"
- BASIS. Pepys Ltd. DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE,
- WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED
- WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- NEITHER Pepys Ltd. 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 Pepys Ltd. HAS BEEN
- ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING
- THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE
- SOFTWARE.
-
- This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of England and
- Wales and the European Community and shall inure to the benefit of
- Pepys Ltd. 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
- COUNTY or CROWN or EUROPEAN COURT of competent jurisdiction located in
- Cambridgeshire, England or Europe. The parties hereby consent to in
- personam jurisdiction of said courts.
-
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- TRIAL USE LICENSE
-
- This application is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by
- Pepys Ltd. This software and accompanying documentation are protected
- by the copyright laws of England, the European Community and also by
- international treaty provisions.
-
- Pepys Ltd grants you a limited license to use this software for
- evaluation purposes for any period. Should you obtain, from any other
- source the registered version, then you are required to register its
- use and pay the licence fee to Pepys Ltd.
-
- You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
- disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
- program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized
- use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this
- license. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Pepys
- Ltd.
-
-
- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
-
- The following may distribute this application, with existing files
- completely unaltered, without further permission; for other cases or to
- distribute in modified form, you must consult the attached data record,
- which is hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying
- all the distribution requirements expressed in that data record, and
- summarised below, is hereby authorized.
-
- Permission to distribute this package is not transferable, assignable,
- saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor wishing to distribute the
- package must independently satisfy the terms of this limited
- distribution license.
-
- Pepys Ltd. may revoke any permissions granted here, by notifying you in
- writing. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Pepys
- Ltd
-
- For the benefit of those unable to view the data record, the following
- additional information and limitations are provided:
-
- * All files as originally supplied must be distributed. This
- specifically includes the following:
-
- - All material relating to Pepys' own advertising on the Order
- Form, namely the *.bmp files and the file TITLES.TXT, all
- unaltered.
-
- - This VENDINFO.DIZ file.
-
- - The installation list file PEPYINST.LST, unaltered. This is
- essential for the installation program PEPYIN**.EXE to work
- properly.
-
- - The PEPYIN**.exe installation program. To avoid confliction
- with this application's VENDINFO.DIZ, this installation program's
- own VENDINFO.DIZ may be temporarily named PEPYINST.DIZ
-
- * Vendors and distributors may add other files as desired, for
- example:
-
- - Additional help or Go.Bat type files
-
- * Vendors and distributors may use any form of compression technology
- they desire on the files, providing that the user is still able to
- use the pepyin** program as supplied. The application as
- originally supplied does not contain ANY compressed files (NB: the
- 'scrambling' of certain files is a private encryption, not
- compression).
-
- * The application may be packaged with other applications of a
- similar or dissimilar nature for distribution; however, we
- re-iterate that the installation program PEPYIN**.EXE and
- PEPYINST.LST must still be available in such distribution.
-
- * Vendors and Distributors who acknowledge receipt of this package in
- writing obtain the rights to receive the latest upgrades of this
- package when they are released.
-
-
-
-
-
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