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Artware Year 2000 Survival Kit - Installation Instructions for NetMgr
=====================================================================
Revision 0009, released by Wilfried Brinkmann and Tobias Ernst.
Eine deutsche Anleitung findet sich in INSTALL.DOK.
1. Preface
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Please read ..\README.DOC before installing this patch!
This directory contains the following files:
INSTALL.DOC - You are reading it :-).
INSTALL.DOK - The German edition
NETMGR.ASM - Assembler source code for NETMGR.COM, only for those that are
interested in it.
NETMGR.COM - This program contains service routines for the patched DOS
executable. It is the "launcher application" for the patched
16-bit DOS executable.
NETMGR.PSC - Patch script for Wilfried Brinkmann's PATCH program and the
16-bit DOS exeuctable. In addition to the binary code for the
patches, the .PSC script files also contain some quite useful
information for interested assembler programmers.
NETMGRP.PSC - Patch script for the OS/2 executable.
NETBUGS.DOC - List of bugs fixed by this patch.
NETBUGS.DOK - The german edition
2. Installing the patch for the 16-Bit DOS version (NETMGR.EXE)
--------------------------------------------------------------
a) If you are applying a patch to NETMGR.EXE for the first time, skip to
step d).
b) If you have previously installed the experimental patch for
Netmgr from ARTFIX02.ZIP or ARTFIX03.ZIP, you must now delete the
patched executable and replace it by an unmodified original
NETMGR.EXE executable such as the one contained in NET100.ZIP.
c) If you have previously installed the ARTFIX TSR (only if you were
using ARTFIX02.ZIP), you should now delete the ARTFIX.COM file and
remove all references to ARTFIX.COM from your batch files.
d) The NetMgr 1.00 executable is in a compressed executable format, and you
have to uncompress it before you can apply the patch. There are
numerous ways to expand such executables. One of them is to use the
PKLITE program. You will need version 2.01 or greater. You can f'req
PKLTS201.EXE from systems including mine (2:2476/418). In order to
uncompress NETMGR.EXE, enter "PKLITE -X NETMGR.EXE". The size of the
uncompressed executable should be 180214 bytes.
e) Change to the directory containing the NETMGR.PSC file and start
the "patch" program by typing a command such as "..\PATCH\PATCH"
at a DOS command prompt.
g) You will be asked for the name of the executable that you want to
modify. Enter netmgr.exe with its full path name, for example
"C:\MAILBOX\NETMGR\NETMGR.EXE". If you get an error message on a file
size mismatch, refer to step c). After the patch has been applied,
confirm the "info" dialog box.
f) After the patch is applied, the file "NETMGR.EXE" is renamed to
"NETMGR.OVL", because the patched executable cannot be executed as a
standalone application. Copy the file named "NETMGR.COM" (also in the
directory containing this install.doc file) to the directory where
"NETMGR.OVL" resides by entering a command such as "COPY NETMGR.COM
C:\MAILBOX\NETMGR\NETMGR.COM".
g) If your batch files, OS/2 or Windows desktop, PIF files or others
contain explicit references to "NETMGR.EXE", you will have to alter
these to refer to "NETMGR.COM". However, if you have always started
NetMgr by simply typing "NETMGR", nothing will change.
3. Installing the patch for the OS/2 version
--------------------------------------------
a) These instructions only refer to "NETMGRP.EXE". For instructions
on patching "NETMGR.EXE", see section 2.
b) Open an OS/2 command window. Change to the directory containing
the file NETMGRP.PSC.
c) Start the patch program, which is located in the PATCH subdirectory of
this archive. E.g., type "..\PATCH\PATCHP".
d) Enter the name of the executable that you want to modify, including
full path name information. For example, type
"C:\MAILBOX\TIMED\TIMEDP.EXE". Confirm the "Info" dialog box that
appears after the patch has been performed.
e) That's it! No other changes are required for the OS/2 executables!