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- ~CREATE NEW INSTALL
-
- CREATE NEW INSTALL
-
- In order to create an INSTALL.EXE program you must first select a
- filename for the install setup file. This setup file will store all
- the configuration information for each INSTALL.EXE you create. This
- allows you to easily create installation programs for multiple
- applications. To recreate a previous install program you need only to
- reload the setup.
-
- You can load a setup file from a previously created install program
- to modify for a new install program. To create the new install setup
- file just rename the setup as you exit the QUIK-INSTALL program.
-
- If you like you may load the setup file that came with your copy of
- QUIK-INSTALL. You can then make the desired changes and save the setup
- under a new name.
-
- ~CREATE NEW INSTALL
- ~LOAD EXISTING FILE
-
- LOAD AN EXISTING SETUP FILE
-
- Choose this option display a directory listing of all the SETUP.QIK
- files in the QUIK-INSTALL directory. You can load a setup file from a
- previously created install program, modify it, then save it under a
- different name to easily create multiple installation programs.
-
- ~LOAD EXISTING FILE
- ~COMPLETION MESSAGE
-
- INSTALLATION COMPLETION MESSAGE
-
- At this prompt you may enter a message that will be displayed at the
- end of the installation. Most likely this would be a message on how to
- start or configure your program. It could be a greeting or warning.
- It can be anything you like up to 80 characters.
-
- Unless you clear or overwrite the screen by executing a batch file
- or program after the installation is completed, this message will be
- the last text on left on the screen.
-
- ~COMPLETION MESSAGE
- ~DEFAULT PROMPT
-
- DEFAULT PROMPT
-
- When the program runs it prompts the user to press ENTER to accept
- the default drive and subdirectory name to install to. You should use
- an example that will be suitable for your program. Example: If your
- program is named QUIKWORK your might want the user to install the
- program to a directory named QUIKWORK. In this case enter
- C:\QUIKWORK.
-
- QUIK-INSTALL defaults to the C: drive and the filename you have
- chosen for the setup file.
-
- ~DEFAULT PROMPT
- ~NUMBER OF DISKS
-
- NUMBER OF INSTALLATION DISKS
-
- Here you should enter the number of disks you would like QUIK-
- INSTALL to prompt for and copy. This number is limited only by the
- length of the EXE archive's filename. If you are not installing
- from an EXE archive this number is unlimited. The reason: QUIK-
- INSTALL concatenates the the number 1 to the number of disks to
- install to the end of the EXE archive's filename. If your program
- installs from more than 9 disks your EXE archive's file name must not
- be more than 6 characters long. If your program installs from more
- than 99 disks the EXE archive's name must not be longer than 5
- characters. See option 7 for more details. (It is unlikely you will
- encounter this problem.)
-
- ~NUMBER OF DISKS
- ~EXIT IN INSTALL DIRECTORY
-
- EXIT IN INSTALL DIRECTORY <Y/N>
-
- After the installation is completed you will most likely want your
- user to start your program. If this is the case you should answer Yes
- to this question. Answering Yes will cause the user to be in the
- installed directory after installation has completed.
-
- ~EXIT IN INSTALL DIRECTORY
- ~STUFF KEYBOARD BUFFER
-
- STUFF KEYBOARD BUFFER
-
- If you like QUIK-INSTALL will stuff the keyboard buffer with a
- command of your choice. This allows the user to start the program
- without doing a directory to find the right file. This could be a
- batch file to type a README or it could start your program. You may
- leave this option blank.
-
- EXECUTE BUFFER <Y/N>
-
- If you elect to Stuff The Keyboard Buffer you will be prompted to
- have whatever the command execute immediately. You might wish your
- user to read a text file or start a configuration program. If you
- stuff the buffer with a batch file you can have the install program do
- a number of things. If you select No the command you have stuffed in
- the buffer will remain on the screen after the installation is
- completed. The user then has the option to press ENTER to start the
- program or choose to do something else.
-
- ~STUFF KEYBOARD BUFFER
- ~EXECUTABLE ARCHIVE
-
- EXECUTABLE ARCHIVE
-
- This option has some important features. First, when QUIK-INSTALL
- is run it will copy files or try to run an executable archive. If
- you enter a filename at this prompt the program will try to run an
- executable archive by the name you enter. If your program is being
- installed from a single disk this is all you need to do.
-
- If you are using executable archives and installing an application
- that requires more than 1 disk there are some special considerations.
- In order to keep the QUIK-INSTALL program at it's minimum size I
- opted not to store individual filenames for multiple disk archive
- installations. Instead I use a simple system that requires you to
- name your executable archives using a number as the last letter of
- the filename.
-
- Example: If your program uses three disks to install and your
- program's name is MYWORK you would have to name your three executable
- archives MYWORK1.EXE, MYWORK2.EXE and MYWORK3.EXE. When the QUIK-
- INSTALL program asks you for an archive name you would enter MYWORK.
- This method allows me to concatenate a number to the MYWORK filename
- based on the number of disks you are installing. It also allows an
- unlimited number of disks and requires no extra space inside the
- QUIK-INSTALL program. (Note: Make sure your file name does not
- exceed 7 characters (6 characters if you install 10 or more disks) so
- the disk number can be concatenated.)
-
- The QUIK-INSTALL program will work with any executable archive. It
- is not dependant on the command syntax of any of the known EXE archive
- compressors.
-
- ~EXECUTABLE ARCHIVE
- ~SPACE NEEDED TO INSTALL
-
- SPACE NEEDED TO INSTALL
-
- To have the program test for available disk space before installing,
- enter the amount of space your program requires in bytes. If the user
- tries to install your application to a drive that does not have enough
- space QUIK-INSTALL will abort the installation. It will also display
- a message explaining that your application requires the amount of space
- you enter here. Like all options you may leave this blank to have the
- program skip disk space checking.
-
- ~SPACE NEEDED TO INSTALL
- ~BACKGROUND COLOR
-
- BACKGROUND COLOR
-
- This is the color the screen will be set to when the QUIK-INSTALL
- installation program is first executed. You should choose colors that
- are similar to the application that will be installed.
-
- When you choose this option a small window will be diplayed in the
- currently selected colors. The ARROW keys and Mouse may be used to
- select colors. When you have selected the color combination you wish
- to use you may press ENTER or "click" the ENTER line with mouse to set
- the colors and return to the main menu.
-
- ~BACKGROUND COLOR
- ~FOREGROUND COLOR
-
- FOREGROUND COLOR
-
- This is the color the information window will be set to when the
- QUIK-INSTALL installation program is first executed. You should choose
- colors that are similar to the application that will be installed.
-
- When you choose this option a small window will be diplayed in the
- currently selected colors. The ARROW keys and Mouse may be used to
- select colors. When you have selected the color combination you wish
- to use you may press ENTER or "click" the ENTER line with mouse to set
- the colors and return to the main menu.
-
- ~FOREGROUND COLOR
- ~BATCH FILE TO EXECUTE
-
- BATCH FILE TO EXECUTE
-
- If you enter a file name at this prompt QUIK-INSTALL will attempt
- to execute it before beginning the installation. This is the FIRST
- thing QUIK-INSTALL does after getting all the necessary installation
- information. QUIK-INSTALL passes three installation variables to
- whatever file is being executed. Using a batch file this will allow
- you to perform a variety of installation tasks. If you are adept at
- writing batch files it is quite feasable to have the start-up batch
- file perform the entire installation. The would allow you to create a
- highly customized installation. The variables passed to a batch file
- are:
-
- %1 - Drive letter the user is installing to in this
- form: C:.
-
- %2 - The sub-directory the program is being installed
- to in this form: \DIRNAME.
-
- %3 - The full path of the drive and directory where
- the QUIK-INSTALL program was executed from in
- this form: C:\DIRNAME\DIRNAME\ etc. (This is
- where the files being installed will be residing.)
-
- If a start-up batch file is specified you will be prompted to
- specify whether QUIK-INSTALL or the start-up batch file should perform
- the installation. If you select ENABLE the QUIK-INSTALL program will
- make the subdirectory, copy the files, and/or unpack the EXE archives.
- If you select DISABLE the previous three feature will be disabled.
-
- The QUIK-INSTALL installation program can called from this batch
- file to prompt the user for answers to additional questions and to set
- screen colors. (See the section in the manual on COMMAND LINE
- PARAMETERS for additional details on calling the INSTALL.EXE module
- from within a start-up batch file.)
-
- ~BATCH FILE TO EXECUTE
- ~MAKE INSTALL.EXE
-
- MAKE THE INSTALL.EXE PROGRAM
-
- When this option is selected a second menu listing the final setup
- information will be displayed. It is from this final menu that the
- INSTALL.EXE module is created.
-
- ~MAKE INSTALL.EXE
- ~EXIT PROGRAM TO DOS
-
- EXIT PROGRAM TO DOS
-
- When you select this option you will be prompted to save the current
- configuration under the current name or change it. After the
- configuration has been saved the program is exited to DOS.
-
- ~EXIT PROGRAM TO DOS
- ~DISABLE FUNCTIONS
-
- ENABLE/DISABLE QUIK-INSTALL INSTALLATION FUNCTIONS
-
- Since a start-up batch file has been specified you must specify
- whether QUIK-INSTALL or the start-up batch file should perform the
- installation. If you select ENABLE the QUIK-INSTALL program will make
- the subdirectory, copy the files, and/or unpack the EXE archives. If
- you select DISABLE the previous three features will be disabled.
-
- This option allows you to have the QUIK-INSTALL program pass
- information to the start-up batch file (Installation source and
- destination drives and directories) to allow it to perform the entire
- installation.
-
- Since the QUIK-INSTALL installation program can be called from
- within the start-up batch file using command line parameters to perform
- tasks that set ERRORLEVELS (Such as waiting for a keypress then setting
- the errorlevels to the ASCII code for the key pressed.) you can write
- very elaborate batch files that can perform very complex installations.
-
- ~DISABLE FUNCTIONS
- ~EXECUTE BUFFER
-
- EXECUTE BUFFER
-
- This option appears only if you choose to stuff the keyboard
- buffer. If you stuff a command into the keyboard buffer after
- installation it can be very useful to have it execute immediately.
- You might wish your user to read a text file or start a configuration
- program. If you stuff the buffer with a batch file name you can have
- the batch file perform an number of useful tasks.
-
- ~EXECUTE BUFFER
- ~COMPRESS INSTALL.EXE
-
- COMPRESS INSTALL.EXE
-
- The QUIK-INSTALL program can optionally call the public domain
- LZEXE program to compress the customized QUIK-INSTALL installation
- program. Compress the INSTALL.EXE module after it is created will
- usually squeeze another 1000 bytes or so out of it.
-
- To compress INSTALL.EXE leave this option set to YES.
-
- ~COMPRESS INSTALL.EXE
- ~OUTPUT DIRECTORY
-
- OUTPUT DIRECTORY
-
- This is the DRIVE\DIRECTORY where the new INSTALL.EXE program will
- be created. Usually when you are packaging a new application for
- distribution you will gather all it's associated files into a single
- directory. This option allows you to create the INSTALL.EXE module in
- the same place as the application files.
-
- The output path defaults to the currently logged directory.
-
- ~OUTPUT DIRECTORY
- ~TITLE TEXT
-
- TITLE TEXT
-
- This is a customized line of text that will be displayed underneath
- the copyright notice at the top of the screen. Use this line to relate
- the installation program to the application it will be installing.
-
- ~TITLE TEXT
- ~CANCEL INSTALL.EXE CREATION
-
- CANCEL INSTALL.EXE CREATION
-
- This option simply returns to the main menu.
-
- ~CANCEL INSTALL.EXE CREATION
- ~MAKE THE INSTALL.EXE PROGRAM
-
- When you select this menu item the INSTALL.EXE program is created
- using the configuration currently selected. The INSTALL.EXE program
- will be created in the DRIVE\DIRECTORY specified in the OUTPUT
- DIRECTORY field.
-
- ~MAKE THE INSTALL.EXE PROGRAM
-