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- INSTALLATION of ANSIPLAY vs. 2.2
- (C) Copyright 1991, J. M. Ibarra
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- INSTALL.EXE is used to automate installation procedures
- for ANSIPLAY version 2.2.
-
- THE INSTALLATION PROCESS
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- The installation program is basically broken into 5 procedures:
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- 1. Installation of your ANSI device driver.
- 2. Setting a PATH in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- 3. Creating/Updating your ANSIPLAY.CLS file.
- 4. Use an environment SETting in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- 5. Option to print manuals and documentation.
-
- DOS command syntax is: INSTALL
-
- 1. Installation of your ANSI device driver.
- The ANSI device driver included with your DOS files is
- names ANSI.SYS. Before this driver can work, it must be
- installed into your CONFIG.SYS file in the root directory
- of your boot drive.
-
- INSTALL.EXE will ask you which drive\directory this file
- is located upon booting up. Then it will check to see if
- the device driver is already installed. If not, it will
- alter (or create) your CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- For more information on ANSI.SYS, consult your DOS user's
- manual.
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- 2. Setting a PATH in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- (This path is used for searching executable files)
- INSTALL.EXE will ask you on which drive\directory the
- ANSIPLAY program files will be found.
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- INSTALL.EXE will then search for your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- on your boot drive.
-
- It will then search for the first occurance of the text
- "PATH " or "PATH=" in the file. If the text is found,
- the ANSIPLAY files drive\directory will be appended to
- the textline. If the text is not found, it will be
- appended to the last line of the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
-
- Consult your DOS user's manual for information on how the
- PATH statement works.
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- 3. Creating/Updating your ANSIPLAY.CLS file.
- INSTALL.EXE will allow you to select the default colors
- for and whether or not you wish the screen to be cleared
- after each ANSI file display.
-
- See the section on "Reinitializing your screen display"
- for information on the file ANSIPLAY.CLS.
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- 4. Use an environment SETting in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- (This path is used for searching for ANSIPLAY.CLS DATA file)
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- INSTALL.EXE will ask you on which drive\directory the
- ANSIPLAY.CLS is to be written to.
- INSTALL.EXE will then search for your AUTOEXEC.BAT file
- on your boot drive.
-
- It will then search for the first occurance of the text
- "SET ANSIPLAY=" or "SET ANSIPLAY " in the file. If the
- text is found, the ANSIPLAY files drive\directory will
- be appended to the textline. If the text is not found,
- it will be appended to the last line of the AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file.
-
- Consult your DOS user's manual for information on how the
- SET statement works.
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- 5. Option to print documentation.
- You will be given an option to select which text files,
- if any, you want to print. Each selection will be
- preceded with a brief description of the file contents.
-
- Printer output will be sent to default printer (LPT1:).
- During printing you may pause/stop/abort the print job(s)
- by hitting the [ESC] key, at which time you will be given
- 3 options...
-
- C)ontinue...resume printing
- S)top.......stop printing the file which is currently
- being printed, and continue with next file.
- A)bort......abort all print jobs.
-
- If your CONFIG.SYS and/or AUTOEXEC.BAT files have been updated
- you will be reminded to reboot your system so the the changes
- will automatically be invoked.
-
- To reboot, Hold down the keys...[CTRL], then [ALT], then [DEL].
-
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- ========== APPENDIX I - TROUBLE SHOOTING (INSTALLATION) ===========
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- Problem:
- When I entered the letter of the boot drive, the program
- said "Logging onto boot drive..." and never returned.
-
- Reason:
- INSTALL will try to access the drive you specified. If
- the drive is invalid or unaccessible, the program will be
- sent into infinity.
-
- Solution:
- Reboot, and try again...this time being sure the drive is
- valid and accessible.
-
-
- Problem:
- When INSTALL went to access my CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT or
- ANSIPLAY.CLS files, it returned an error message.
-
- Solution(s):
- - Be sure that the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT files are on
- the drive\directory you specified.
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- - Be sure the drive\directory you specified is valid and
- accessible. Files that are read-only are not accessible
- and will return an error message.
-
- - Be sure the specified drive has enough disk space to write
- the updated data onto.
-
- Problem:
- When I reboot, there was an error in CONFIG.SYS file.
-
- Reason:
- INSTALL.EXE seaches the CONFIG.SYS file for an exact match
- of drive\directory\filename in which the ANSI device driver
- exists. The device driver may have already been installed
- under a different drive\directory than the one you specified.
-
- Since the path's do not match, INSTALL.EXE assumes that the
- driver is NOT installed therefore installing it twice. When
- the system is re-boot, the driver is installed twice thus
- causing the error.
-
- Solution:
- Use your text editor to remove the incorrect text line.
-
-
- Problem:
- When entering the drive\directory to locate a file, the
- program sometimes will not accept my keyboard input.
-
- Reason:
- The program has a built-in feature which checks for proper
- pathname syntax during user-interaction. For example, if
- during a "\" character creates a situation where two "\\"
- characters are found, the program will not accept the
- improper format.
-
- Solution:
- Turn off INSert mode if necessary (by hitting the INS key),
- and type it in properly. The automatic syntax checking will
- be removed in the next updated version to help simplify user
- input.
-
-
- Problem:
- When the PATH setting is changed, the new PATH is displayed
- on screen. Before INSTALL.EXE changes the PATH setting, it
- tries to find an existing PATH in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- This is done by searching for the FIRST occurence of the
- text "PATH " (PATH followed by a space), or "PATH=" (PATH
- followed by an equal sign.
-
- If by fluke chance there is another line of text in the
- AUTOEXEC.BAT file, INSTALL.EXE will think this was the line
- to be changed and alter it.
-
- Solution:
- Use your own text editor to fix the line of text which should
- not have been altered. Then, if you're unsure how to change
- the actual PATH setting, just move the line of text which
- contains the PATH setting to the beginning of the file, and
- re-run install.
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