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HARDDISK INSTALL V1.0
Written by Henrik Brinch
(c)1991 Copyright And All Rights Reserved By InfoCoast Technologies
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What is HARDDISK INSTALL (HDI)?
HDI is a program which makes it easier to install programs on a harddisk.
Why HDI ?
I wrote this little utility program for the program "World Atlas V2.50b"
(Centaur Software inc.), because the harddisk installation was really
not for the common user, if I hadn't written this utility the end-user
of the program would have had to edit an advanced CLI file to change
the destination path of the installation process.
This is now replaced with an intuitionalized interface (string-gadget),
which I think is much better.
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Installing a program with HDI.
IMPORTANT: IF YOU'RE RUNNING HDI FROM CLI YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE
DIRECTORY WHERE THE FILE 'INSTALL.BATCH' IS (USUALY
WHERE HDI IS). IF YOU AREN'T HDI WILL POP UP A REQUESTER
SAYING IT COULDN'T FIND THAT FILE. TO GET TO THE DIRECTORY
WHERE HDI IS SIMPLY USE THE 'CD' COMMAND.
IGNORE THIS NOTE IF RUNNING HDI FROM WORKBENCH!
That is very simple :
1. Click inside the box and write the device where you want to have
your program installed on. Has to end with either : or /
2. Choose the install from the menu and select CONTINUE from the
requester which appears... and then you've got it!
3. When finished you SHOULD read the final text, which mostly will
say something about ASSIGNS which you SHOULD add to your
s:startup-sequence or s:user-startup (using an texteditor)
4. After you've read these informations, click mouse and select quit
from menu and you're finished!!!
For the advanced users, you can also supply another installation batch
file - the way to do this, is to specify the batch file as an argument.
This can at time being only be done from CLI ie. :
hd_install FAST_INSTALL.batch
That will invoke HDI with the installation batch file called
FAST_INSTALL.batch. BEWARE! If the installation file hasn't
got the right HDI-.batch format you might be surprised by the
result (please only supply a REAL HDI-.batch file, to prevent
fireworks!). This will be fixed in future releases!
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Using HDI for your own releases
Yes that's possible! You can even write your own text in the program.
This is how it works :
The user enters a device/filepath in the string-gadget, when he chooses
INSTALL (from menu) HDI loads the 'install.batch' file and replaces
every @ with the device/filepath the user specified. Afterwards HDI
will execute 'install.batch' as a normal CLI script.
The text in HDI is also included in the 'install.batch' file (actually
it is 'install.batch' where the installation job is done).
EXAMPLE of 'install.batch' file :
; This is just a normal comment - will _NOT_ be visible to the user
; unless he types or edits this file!
;
;
; - END OF COMMENT - (not neccesary... just to show you where)
; ~This is the installation message, HAS to start with the ODD looking
; ~char in front of EACH line!... It is allowed to make an empty line
; ~
; ~
; ~
; ~or more! You _HAVE_ to end the installation message with another
; ~odd looking char which is this |
;
;
; Here w have som more comments (YES...??)
;
; ^This is the text wich will be printed out after installation
; ^is finished... as you see this text also starts with an odd char
; ^(but another one!)... _HAS_ to end with |
; You just write the CLI installation here... that's it!
Copy c: @TEST all
; If the user had written say WORK: in the string gadget the above
; line will be parsed as : Copy c: WORK:TEST all!!!!
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Future of HDI
Development on HDI will continue, and HDI will be made more advanced
so the individual programmer can customize HDI with requesters etc.
For new versions of HDI, consult your local bulletin board system (BBS)
or send US $5.00 and a disk to the address below, though i would
advice you to e-mail me first, to secure that any new versions is
available - I can't take time to return money and disks!
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Distribution of HDI.
HDI and _ONLY_ HDI is PD (Public Domain) and can freely be distributed.
Please refer to your programs manual and see if you can distribute that
too (normally not the case, if it is a commercial program!).
HDI is Public Domain means that you can freely distribute it, however
you MUST also copy the .doc file (this file) in an unchanged manor!
I hope to see that you create a seperate drawer for this program
and it's files! It is prohibited to change, or take out parts of the
HDI's code! You're not obligated to send any registration fees
whatsoever, but you're ofcourse welcome to do it!
The author of HDI takes no responsibility of _ANY_ damages directly or
indirectly caused by this utility, nor does he guarentee that it works
properly on all configurations (though it should!).
Author : Henrik Brinch / InfoCoast Technologies
Address : Kloevervej 7
2800 Lyngby
DENMARK
Tel./Fax: +45 45 87 67 23
E-Mail : Euro.UUCP. cbmehq!cbmdeo!icoast!hbrinch
Intl.UUCP. {pyramid|rutgers}cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmdeo!icoast!hbrinch
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