Now that the software is installed, you might want to refer to your User’s Guide Addendum in the "Read Us First!" folder on your hard disk.
Register Your Software
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This is an evaluation copy of InstallerMaker. It will allow you to build fully functional Product Installers. Each Product Installer will have an additional splash screen that displays that it is for demonstration purposes ONLY. If you are interested in getting rid of this screen permenently, and would like to license the InstallerMaker for commercial purposes, please see the section below entitled “Special Note to Developers”.
The User’s Guide
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The StuffIt InstallerMaker User's Guide contains detailed information on how to use the various parts of the InstallerMaker package, as well as information on how to contact Aladdin Systems for technical assistance and licensing.
Thanks
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We at Aladdin Systems would like to thank you for using StuffIt Lite and supporting shareware.
The rest of this document…
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Listed below are sections on possible conflicts and workarounds.
You may not be able to build Product Installers from large, complex Product Installer archives, unless you adjust the InstallerMaker’s application memory size before launching the InstallerMaker program. If a Product Installer archive fails to build, or the resultant Installer fails to execute properly, it may have been built at a time when the InstallerMaker’s application memory size was too small. In that case, use the Finder’s Get Info option to increase the InstallerMaker’s application memory size. Then, relaunch the InstallerMaker, and rebuild the Product Installer.
Extensions/INITS
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Aladdin Systems has endeavored to test in as many system environments as possible. However, due to the large number of INITs and Extensions, it is impossible to test the InstallerMaker under all possible combinations. If the InstallerMaker fails during the build process, or the resultant Product Installers are unusable, please try to build your Product Installers in an environment with all extensions off. If you identify an Extension or INIT that conflicts with the operation of the InstallerMaker, please call and inform us of the culprit.
In order to improve your understanding and use of StuffIt InstallerMaker™, here are some tips that are not explained clearly in the User Guide.
Change Bars in the User Guide
Change Bars have been included in the left-margin of the User Guide, to alert long-time InstallerMaker customers to User Guide changes that have occurred since the 2nd Edition of the Guide (which corresponded to the IM 1.0.1 release).
Printing the InstallerMaker User Guide
Printing the User Guide at 100% will result in the loss of the page footer (and page numbering). You can see the full page in two ways: 1) prior to printing, go into Page Setup, click the Options button, and click the check box that allows for a larger print area; 2) print at 90% reduction or below. Note that the entire page is visible on-screen, through the viewer.
Problems with Page 14
Some users have reported an inability to print page 14 of the User Guide from the viewer. Sometimes a "postscript error" is generated (when the printer in question is a LaserWriter). At other times, no error indication is given; the print job simply stops. If this is the case with you, please try to print pages 1-13, and 15-92 in two separate batches. Then contact us at Aladdin Systems. We will be happy to send a copy of page 14 to you by post or FAX. We are working with the vendor of the viewer to solve the problem, and we will release a new electronic User Guide whenever a solution is found.
Sample Source Code Gone From Guide, But Still on Disk
With InstallerMaker 2.0, we are no longer including InstallerMaker Extension sample source code within the User Guide, as an appendix. Instead, full source code for our samples remains available in the sub-folders of :InstallerMaker Extensions:. We have provided parallel samples in Think C 6.0 and MPW Pascal for each class of InstallerMaker Extension.
Parameters to IEnd
If the installation defined only a user-specified disk, then the name parameter to IEnd will be of zero length. If neither a user-specified folder nor a user-specified disk is defined during the installation, then IEnd will receive zero in the vol and dir parameters, and a zero length name.
This installer was created in about an hour using StuffIt InstallerMaker™. StuffIt InstallerMaker provides many advanced features while being VERY easy to use. By using InstallerMaker for this installer, we not only saved a distribution disk due to Aladdin's advanced compression technology, but provided our users a way to easily customize installation. If you are interested in making licensing StuffIt InstallerMaker™ for commercial or internal use, contact our licensing department at:
