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| This VENDINFO Product Information File contains both readable text |
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| section, below, for more information about VENDINFO and its tools. |
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VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 22-Aug-1995
===== Product Information ==============================
Product: SVInstal Developer's Install Utility for Windows
Version: 3.12
Version Date: 1-Jun-1995
Product Type: Software
Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
Shareware, subject to distribution restrictions
Product Description: SVINSTAL v3.12 Developer's installation
utility for Windows. Installs files, creates
program group, inserts icons. Fast and easy
to use, supports multi-disk (no file
splitting), file compression and screen
bitmaps. New in 3.1 is support for CD and
network installations. 'C' source code incl'd
with registration. US$39.95 or CDN$49.95
Uploaded by author.SVInstal v3.12
Reason for version: Enhancements
Category: Computer programming; Software installation
aids
Keywords: WINDOWS INSTALLATION
Required Packages: SVI312
This Package: SVI312
Registration Fee: 39.95 (US$)
Required Configuration
Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80386)
Minimum OS: Windows 3.1
Standard RAM: 4000K
Hard Drive Space: 2200K
Required:
Hard drive
Won't Work With:
Floppy only
Orders:
Address: Soft Ventures
Box 22183 Bankes Hall
Calgary Alberta
Canada T2P 4J5
Phone: (403) 278-1681
CompuServe: 71441,734
Internet: 71441.734@compuserve.com
Other E-mail: stevensr@cadvision.com
Support:
Address: Soft Ventures
Box 22183 Bankes Hall
Calgary Alberta
Canada T2P 4J5
Phone: (403) 278-1681
CompuServe: 71441,734
Internet: 71441.734@compuserve.com
Other E-mail: stevensr@cadvision.com
===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
SVInstal
from Soft Ventures
This is the shareware evaluation version of SVInstal.
To install SVInstal,
1. Unzip SVI312.ZIP to a floppy or directory on your hard disk.
2. Run SVI312.EXE
3. Read the help file 'Introduction' and 'Getting Started" sections.
Rob Stevens
CIS 71441,734
Internet 71441.734@compuserve.com or stevensr@cadvision.com
http://www.cadvision.com/Home_Pages/accounts/softventures/SoftVentures
Available October 95:
SVI313 - 16 bit SVInstal runable on Windows 3.1x,
Windows NT, Win 95
SVI395 - SVInstal specific to Windows 95
SVI3NT - SVInstal specific to Windows NT
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Release Notes:
*** SEE DIFF.TXT for differences between the shareware and registered
versions of SVInstal.
3.12 New Stuff
(May 95)
New Bitmap Display mode - You can now specify to display black
areas of you bitmap as transparent. This means you can
make a bitmap with large yellow lettering on a black
background and it will appear as yellow lettering on
the blue gradient. (note: only compatible with non-stretch
bitmap placement modes)
INI File support - You can now modify INI files during your
installation.
- Add to any .INI file.
- Modify any .INI file.
- Tokenized ini processing to insert the user selected
install drive and directory if required.
System Files - You can now modify AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
- Check for minimum FILES and BUFFERS, modify if required.
- Append to AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or CONFIG.SYS
- Tokenized append processing to insert the user selected
install drive and directory.
- User can choose to apply changes or not.
Automatic file placement - These files are auto-magically placed
on the first distribution, disk when used.
TileBitMap, Afterfile, Autoexec-append and Config-append
Afterfile - now runs from the user chosen drive and directory.
ie: if you specify your default to be C:\Myapp but the
user installs to D:\Myapp2, SVI will install your
afterfile to D:\Myapp2 and run it from there.
Readme - Readme file has been separated from the afterfile. You can
now specify a readme file and which program to run it,
Notepad or Write.
Restart/Reboot - You can now set SVI to restart windows or reboot the
user's PC at the end of the installation.
Disk Size - You can now specify the target disk as CD/Net and PRO_BLD
will build full distribution into DISK1.
Disk Numbers - PRO_BLD now writes disk number information which SVI312
checks at disk change time to ensure user has put in correct
disk. Loops until either the correct disk is put in or the user
selects CANCEL.
Improved error handling - you now have 'OK-CANCEL' choices on most error
s
so you can skip on to next file or cancel installation.
Feedback on build, tells which file is being processed, "3 of 29" etc.
3.12 Fixes
(May 95)
- PRO_BLD, Improved processing for 'Remove Project'. PRO_BLD was
getting confused as to when the last project had been
removed. And setting wrong version number when creating new
projects.
- SVI311 if set to gradient fill would colorover any 'Always on Top'
applications like Microsoft Office.
- Check file size, 'TOO LARGE' message if bigger than configured
disk size. ie: trying to put a 2MB file on a 1.44MB diskette.
3.12a Fixes
(June 95)
- SVI31BLD not setting Bitmap file name when opening optins window.
3.11 New Stuff
(Feb 95)
Bitmap Position - Two new position added, Place_Low and Stretch_Hori-
zontal_Low. These are the same as Place and Stretch_Horizontal
except they place the bitmap at the bottom of the screen.
Gradient Fill and Tile Fill - For screen color you can now choose either
a solid
color of a standard blue gradient fill or tiled bitmap.
Pre/Post installtion messages - You can now specify a breift (255 charac
ter)
message to appear before installation, and a different message to
appear after. Of course, you do not have to use either if you don't
want to.
PRO_BLD
Options Screen - Got too big, split into 4 'Tabbed' panels.
New Project - Now carries SVI3 and compress configure information forwar
d.
Compact Database - New menu choice under File to compact SVI.MDB.
310TO311.EXE - upgrader utility.
Multi-Add Subdirectory - When you select multiple files to ADD to a proj
ect,
you are now asked if you wish to set the SUB DIRECTORY for all files.
3.10a Fixes - There was a bug in the setup of new project default values.
The
(Feb 95) bitmap position parameter was set to 0 causeing no bitmap to be
displayed. If you changed the position the problem disappeared.
3.10 New Stuff
(Jan 95)
Screen color - You can now set the screen color to whatever you like. Th
is
is done with the new Pro-Build utility. (see below)
Source Sub Directories - You no longer need to build a subdirectory tree
on your distribution disk to install files to sub-directories. In
fact you no longer need to build your distribution disk, see Pro-
Build below.
Readme support - The Afterfile can now be used to run Notepad and bring
up your readme.txt file. (see Help for how to do this)
CD / Network support - When you specify an icon is to be placed in the
program group you can also specify if the properties are to
point back to the source. ie: Installing a CD you want the icon
properties to point to a file on the distribution media - the CD.
See CDNet.TXT for more details.
Project Based Smart(er) Build Utility - This is the main enhancement of
version 3.1. See on-line Help for full details.
3.10a Fixes - There was a bug in the setup of new project default values.
The
(Feb 95) bitmap position parameter was set to 0 causeing no bitmap to be
displayed. If you changed the position the problem disappeared.
3.06 Fixes - SVI3 would go ahead and try to install to a drive that did n
ot
(Nov94) have enough space.
- SVI3 would get real confused if you put TWO file names into
the afterfile (like "NOTEPAD.EXE README.TXT"). SVI 3.06 still
does not fully support using the afterfile to run NOTEPAD.EXE.
This is because SVI3 passes commandline parameters to the
afterfile telling it where the user chose to install the
application. To get the above to work you must make a manual
change to SVINSTAL.SVI after it is built. Edit it with Windows
notepad, and add AT THE END:
[AfterFile]
AfterFileParameterFlag=N
Version 3.1 (available early in 95) will handle this for you.
3.05 Fixes - The source drive listbox was not set to display verticle scr
oll
(Nov94) bars. This meant you could only choose from the first three driv
es.
- The 'Installation Complete' box did not come up on multi-disk
installations.
- The %F token was not being parsed correctly.
3.04 Fixes - SVI3 fails when trying to install > 24 icons in a program gr
oup.
(Oct94) Caused by single long DDE command. Now modified to add icons in
groups of 10.
NOTE: The maximum number of icons that Windows will support in
a program group is 50.
3.03 Fixes - SVI3 would fail after decompressing 16 files.
(Aug94) - SVI3 would cause a protection fault in PROGMAN if more th
an 13
icons were being added into a program group.
3.02 Fixes - SVI3, if you selected no bitmap, the calculation of number o
f
(Aug94) file to install would be incorrect.
3.01 Fixes - RunComp "Internal Error" if run more than once.
(Aug94) - Files redirected to Windows with icon displayed had icon
properties incorrectly set.
- Compress.exe, the orginally supplied compress.exe produced
files that would decompress fine with the lzexpand.dll that
comes with Windows 3.11 but would not expand if using Windows
3.1's lzexpand.dll. Files compressed with the supplied
compress.exe now work with both 3.1 and 3.11.
===== Packing List =====================================
As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
Filename Size Date Time CRC32
FILE_ID.DIZ 385 22-Aug-1995 08:04p E497DF86
===== Installation =====================================
SVInstal
from Soft Ventures
This is the shareware evaluation version of SVInstal.
To install SVInstal,
1. Unzip SVI395.ZIP to a floppy or directory on your hard disk.
2. Run SVI395.EXE
3. Read the help file 'Introduction' and 'Getting Started" sections.
Thank you for trying SVInstal,
Rob Stevens
CIS 71441,734
Internet 71441.734@compuserve.com or stevensr@cadvision.com
http://www.cadvision.com/Home_Pages/accounts/softventures/SoftVentures
Also available:
SVI3.13 - 16 bit SVInstal runable on Windows 3.1x,
Windows NT, Win 95
SVI3NT - SVInstal specific to Windows NT
===== License for Use and Distribution =================
TRIAL USE LICENSE
SVInstal is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by
Soft Ventures. This software and accompanying documentation are
protected by United States copyright law and also by international
treaty provisions.
Soft Ventures grants you a limited license to use this software
for evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed thirty days. If you
continue using this software after the thirty-day evaluation period,
you MUST make a registration payment to Soft Ventures.
You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized
use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license.
All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Soft Ventures.
LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
The following may distribute SVInstal, completely unaltered, without
further permission...; for other cases or to distribute in modified
form, you must consult the attached data record, which is hereby
incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the
distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby
authorized.
Permission to distribute the SVInstal package is not transferable,
assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor wishing to
distribute the package must independently satisfy the terms of this
limited distribution license.
U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this
package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to
commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is
<company name and address>.
Soft Ventures may revoke any permissions granted here, by
notifying you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here are
reserved to Soft Ventures.
===== About VENDINFO Files =============================
Each VENDINFO.DIZ file contains extensive information about a product.
This "human-readable" section is followed by a compressed data record
useable by automated tools. The data record allows BBSes and other
distributors to automate package handling, and provides users with a
wealth of product information. VENDINFO tools (free viewer for users,
free or inexpensive processors for distributors, editors for authors)
are available from many sources, including the originators of VENDINFO:
Rams' Island Software Voice: 303-841-2848 CompuServe: 76244,324
7644 E. Lakecliff Way BBS: 303-841-6269 FidoNet: 1:104/333
Parker, CO 80134-5904 USA FAX: 303-841-6269 RIME: 1235
===== Compressed Data Record Follows ===================
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