INSTALL
DOCUMENTATION

A General Installation Program For
The IBM Personal Computer

Version 1.0





Copyright(c) 1989 By Stephen V. Genusa
All rights reserved.


Stephen V. Genusa
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OTH Programming
149 Wheeler Road
Monroe, LA 71203



THIS IS NOT FREE SOFTWARE and may not be sold without the
author's express written permission. If you have paid a
"public domain" vendor for this program, rest assured that
not one bit of what you paid ever gets back to the author.
If you use this program, YOU MUST REGISTER. Neither OTH
Programming nor Stephen Genusa will answer technical
support inquiries from unregistered users.

To register, send $25.00 with your name, company name (if
any) and address to -

OTH Programming
Stephen V. Genusa
149 Wheeler Road
Monroe, LA 71203

Upon receipt of your registration fee, you will be sent the
most current version of INSTALL and its accompanying
documentation.

INSTALL and this document are protected by copyright. The
receipt or possession of this document does not convey any
rights beyond those enumerated herein to reproduce or
distribute its contents. If INSTALL or this document are
copied, a fee may be charged for the service of copying
only, and not for INSTALL itself. If such a charge is made,
it must be clearly identified as a service charge only by
the vendor.



WHAT REGISTRATION DOES



1.) Your name / company name will be placed into the
installation program with OTH Programming info removed.

2.) You will receive a NEW version which will do 'smart'
updating of the config.sys and autoexec.bat files.

3.) You will receive information on program updates.

4.) Registration of the INSTALL package allows you to use
the INSTALL package legally. For only $25.00 an
individual can use install as much as you like for as
many programs as you like. This is a one time
registration for each individual who wants to use
install. For corporate/business use please contact OTH
Programming.

5.) You will receive information on other programs OTH
Programming has released as shareware.


INSTALL INTRODUCTION

Most programmers do not want to write a different installation
program for each new program developed. Many resort to batch
files which in general are not very smart and not very impressive
cosmetically. The MakeInst and Install programs were developed to
make software installation as easy for the developer to prepare
as for the end user to install. After evaluating this package we
hope that you will become a registered user of Install.

PURPOSE

This package is designed so that the developer/distributor of
software can within a matter of minutes completely prepare floppy
diskettes for distribution to end users.

The package provides many features including:

- Automatically calculates required hard disk requirements
- Displays available hard disk space
- Allows custom install screen text
- Handles critical errors such as open disk drive doors
- Prompts user until correct floppy is inserted




USING INSTALL

Using install is a very simple process.

1.) Copy all files to the floppy(s) as you want them to be
installed. If you want certain file installed into a
subdirectory under the main installation directory
then simply make a subdirectory on the floppy. eg
A:\EXAMPLE\ for files to be installed in a subdir
called \xxx\EXAMPLE where xxx is the main installation
subdirectory. Make sure you leave enough room on
floppy #1 for INSTALL.EXE (about 40K) and the
INSTALL.DAT (varies in size according to the number of
files but usually less than 2K) data file.

2.) Run MAKEINST.EXE. This program will prompt you for up
to 6 lines of text to be displayed on the screen at
installation. You will also be asked to enter the
default installation directory. After this insert disk
#1 and press any key. All file data is read and
stored. Repeat this for each floppy.

3.) Copy INSTALL.EXE and the file created install.dat to
floppy #1.

4.) Test the installation by typing a:install [drive to
install on].

5.) Send floppy(s) to end users. That's it!




SAMPLE SCREENS:

After running MAKEINST your screen should look something
like this:




Make Install
Copyright (c) 1989 By Stephen V. Genusa
All Rights Reserved




Press Any Key To Continue

Screen Line 1 :MAKECAD - A dBase III --> AutoCAD Drawing File Program
Screen Line 2 :Ver 1.0 By Stephen V. Genusa, OTH Programming
Screen Line 3 :Copyright (c) 1989 By Stephen V. Genusa
Screen Line 4 :All Rights Reserved
Screen Line 5 :Released 08/18/89
Screen Line 6 :OTH Programming - 149 Wheeler Road - Monroe, La 71203
Default Directory:\ACAD\MAKEDWG

INSERT DISK #1 IN DRIVE A: AND PRESS ANY KEY OR PRESS TO END

etc...


Here's what the end user will see:





MAKEDWG - A dBASE III --> AutoCAD Drawing File Program
Ver 1.0 By Stephen V. Genusa, OTH Programming
Copyright (c) 1989 By Stephen V. Genusa
All Rights Reserved
Released 08/18/89
OTH Programming - 149 Wheeler Road - Monroe, La 71203

Disk Space Free : 9136128 Disk Space Required : 0

Press Any Key To Begin Installation






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