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ANNOUNCEMENT
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Software Installer V1.2 for OS/2* is now available
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
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Why spend your valuable time developing installation processes for
your applications when Software Installer makes the job much easier?
Software Installer for OS/2 provides a workstation installation tool
that enables application developers to automate the installation and
maintenance process for their applications. This tool provides
services for INSTALLING, UPDATING, RESTORING, and DELETING
components of workstation products that are installed from CD-ROM,
diskette, Local Area Network environments or from MVS, OS/400*, VM,
or VSE/ESA* host systems. Software Installer is designed to support
the Configuration, Installation and Distribution (CID) architecture
and will create a CID enabled installation for your application.
NEW FUNCTIONS FOR THIS RELEASE
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o Create a CID enabled installation
o Enhanced CONFIG.SYS support
o Disk Generation Utility
o Tailorable options on last message
OTHER MAJOR FUNCTIONS OF SOFTWARE INSTALLER
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o Provides multi-threaded execution. You can install one product
while using another
o Compresses your product files using Software Installer's utility
or your own
o Decompresses compressed files during installation using Software
Installer's utility or your own
o Maintenance functions include:
- Updates an installed product for corrective service or the
next release of a product
- Restores a previous release of a product
- Deletes a product from the user's workstation
o Runs exits supplied by Software Installer during installation
that can:
- Set environment variables
- Modify the user's CONFIG.SYS file
- Add and delete information from the OS2.INI file or an
application's own INI file
- Create and delete Workplace Shell* objects
- Register and de-register Workplace Shell(*) object classes
o You can specify exits for Software Installer to run specific tasks
o Allows the user to selectively install components of a
multiple-component product
o Allows up to 20 directories for installation destinations
o Provides for the following tailoring of the initial installation
screen:
- Display up to 100 bitmaps
- Animate the bitmaps
- Display an optional information window that is useful for
displaying a READ.ME file
o Replaces product files that are in use
o Installs from diskette without installing Software Installer
o Provides a utility for renaming Software Installer files you
redistribute
o Graphical installation screens that are customizable
o Provides sample files and extensive on-line documentation
o Provides context sensitive help that is customizable
If you want to create full-function, flexible installation processes
for your applications in less time, try Software Installer.
To receive a more detailed description of Software Installer call:
o 1-800-IBM-CARY Phone (US)
o 1-919-469-7763 Phone (outside US)
DISTRIBUTORS
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o Indelible Blue, Inc. 1-800-776-8284 - Phone (US)
1-919-834-7005 - Phone (Canada)
1-919-783-8380 - FAX
o Business Depot, Inc. 1-800-844-8448 - Phone (US)
1-404-840-8022 - Phone (World Wide)
1-404-840-7852 - FAX
o Programmers Paradise 1-800-445-7899 - Phone (US)
o OS/2 Solution Centre 44-285 641175 - Phone (Europe)
Atten: Mike Gove 44-285 640181 - FAX
o IBM Australia Limited 61-2-354-7684 - Phone (Asia/Pacific)
Atten: Rohaini Cain 61-2-354-7766 - FAX
Q and A's
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o IBM* TALKLINK INSTALL2 CFORUM
1-800-547-1283
o CompuServe: GO OS2DF2
1-800-848-8199 rep #239
o IBM Cary Development Lab
1-919-469-7423 FAX
SUPPORTED DRIVE ENVIRONMENTS
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Software Installer supports installation from the following drive
environments:
o Diskette
o CD-ROM
o Local Area Network (LAN)
SUPPORTED HOST ENVIRONMENTS
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Software Installer supports installation from the following host
environments:
o Operating System/400* (OS/400*) with IBM* PC Support/400*
o Multiple Virtual Storage (MVS)
o Virtual Machine (VM)
o Virtual Storage Extended (VSE/ESA*) Version 1.3.0
SPECIFIED OPERATING ENVIRONMENT
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Machine Requirements
o A personal computer running OS/2 Version 2.0 or 2.1
o 2 MB of hard disk space above that required by OS/2
o .5 MB of memory above that required by OS/2
o 2-button mouse or other pointing device
Program Requirements
o IBM Operating System/2* (OS/2) Version 2.0 or 2.1.
NOTE: If you use OS/2 Version 2.0, then the OS/2 Version 2.0
ServicePak XR06055 is recommended. Without the
ServicePak, your installation will not return the
appropriate results from user exits even though the exit
completes correctly. Also, Workplace Shell objects created
during an installation will not use the specified icon.
o IBM Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 Version 2.0.
NOTE: The Developer's Toolkit for OS/2 is required for creating
a customized product installation. However, the product's
users do not need to have the toolkit on their systems to
install your products.
o To install from an AS/400* host system, you need IBM PC Support/400
(Program Number 5738-PC1) Version 2 Release 2.
o To install from a VM, MVS, or VSE/ESA host system, you need IBM
Extended Services for OS/2* with Communications Manager
installed.
LICENSE INFORMATION
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This is a summary of the Software Installer license information.
Complete licensing information is included with the product. Each
Software Installer license allows you to use Software Installer on
one workstation at a time and distribute the re-distributable
modules as part of one or more software applications. To use
Software Installer on additional workstations, you need additional
Software Installer licenses. A special license is available for
corporate usage.
You can install Software Installer on a LAN data server so that
multiple developers can access the code to enable their applications
to Software Installer services. However, you need a Software
Installer license for each workstation on which Software Installer
is used to enable an application. You do not need a Software
Installer license for workstations that run applications containing
the re-distributable modules.
There are no extra charges or royalty payments for redistributing
the required executable modules in an application.
WARRANTY INFORMATION
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Software Installer comes with a limited warranty.
SERVICE INFORMATION
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Program service support is defined in the license agreement which is
included with the product. From time to time, product upgrades may
become available and may be purchased for a fee.
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* Trademark of the IBM Corporation in the United States and other
countries.