[WarpCast] SFX Installer - 5/09/99 |
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Source: Wayne Swanson (swanee@pillarsoft.net)
Moderator: Dirk Terrell (admin@os2ss.com)
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The SFX Installer has been released for general usage.
The SFX Installer offers the first one file
archive/installation tool widely available on the OS/2
platform. It marries the installation tool for your
software and it's own setup tools into one friendly package
for point and click installation setups that are
personalized for your software. SFX allows you to
build an archive in standard or self-extracting format,
with or without the installer.
There are no cryptic scripts to learn to write other than
any setupstrings you need to place folders and icons on the
desktop. The installation setup tool allows you to point
and click a complete setup. When you are satisfied with how
the archive should be setup you can save all the
information and recall it when needed. SFX will save and
retrieve as many setups as you have disk space for and will
help the author of multiple programs to keep them
organized. It can also be used as a general zip file
distribution builder as well.
The SFX Installer includes several novel details for the
software distributer including:
1) Dll and help file placement (and tracking) into existing
LIBPATH and SET HELP directories so your user may avoid
adding to these paths and also avoid rebooting before
usage.
2) An uninstallation script is written at install time
specific to the users installation that will, track all
files your program has installed and remove any WPS objects
created at installation time. This uninstall script can be
modified if needed via a plugin.
3) Authors can make use of Plugin scripts to overcome any
installation limitations that your installations need to
perform. (examples included)
Although the installer is distributed as shareware, we
invite freeware authors to use the installer free of charge
as a small token of appreciation for their selfless work.
Please read the license for more details.
More information and downloads are available at: http://www.pillarsoft.net
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