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- To install the BDE with ChiefPro, you need to
- take the following steps;
-
- 1. Archive the BDE files. If you want to use either of my
- sample BDExx.CHF batch files, then you need to archive
- the BDE by using the ChiefPro IDE (select the "Package
- BDE files" menu item). This will use ChiefPro's built-in
- LZSS compression engine. If you want to use
- PKZIP, then you need to archive the files manually,
- and change all the references to "UNPAK" in the
- BDExx batch files to "UNZIP".
-
- *Note: this step only ever needs to be taken once. You
- can then store copies of the BDE archives for use in
- your other programs.
-
- 2. Copy the archive(s) to the last disk(s) on your installation
- set.
-
- 3. Copy either BDE16.CHF or BDE32.CHF (or whatever other
- ChiefPro batch file you are using) to the *FIRST* of the BDE
- disks (32-bit BDE is archived into 2 files which requires 2
- disks).
-
- 4. Edit your final WINSTALL.INF file and add the line:
- $BATCH-FILE=$SOURCEDIR\<batchfile name>
-
- e.g.,
- $BATCH-FILE=$SOURCEDIR\BDE16.CHF
- for the 16-bit BDE.
-
- That is it! Whenever you want to ship a new version of
- your program, you only need to do steps 2-4 again, since
- you would already have a copy of an archived BDE file
- somewhere on your disk.
-