Customizable folders

Content can be added only to these 9 component folders underneath the xmetal\Customizable folder:

Except for the Dlls and Top folders, each of the above folders corresponds to a folder of the same name in the HoTMetaL PRO installation. Some installation folders get their entire contents from the corresponding customizable folder, while others get some of their content from the standard installation, and some from the customizable folders. The HoTMetaL PRO installer will first install the standard files, and then will copy files from the customizable folders into the installed locations. This means that a file in a customizable folder will overwrite a standard installation file of the same name.

The folders whose entire contents comes from the corresponding customizable folder are:

The customizable folders contain some default content `out of the box', so the HoTMetaL PRO you have received is in effect already a customized version.. You can replace this content or add to it as long as you keep the names of the 11 folders exactly as indicated above.

Note: Since Windows 95 does not allow an empty file to be copied and Windows NT does not allow creation of empty files, copying empty files from a Customizable folder on these platforms will not work.

Installation and de-installation

A customized HoTMetaL PRO is installed using the standard HoTMetaL PRO installer. The Custom install feature of the HoTMetaL PRO installer enables users to de-select certain components, so in some cases you may wish to provide specific installation instructions (for example, to always do a Typical install, which does not allow users to de-select components). Certain components, such as help files are required, and cannot be de-selected even during a Custom Install.

If HoTMetaL PRO is de-installed using Add/Remove Programs from the Windows Control Panel, all customizable files will be uninstalled.

The customization setup file

If a change is made to any of the 11 component folders, you need to indicate the new total size of the folder contents (in bytes) in the customization setup file (hmpro6\Customizable\csetup.ini). The HoTMetaL PRO installer will determine how much space is required to install the selected folders, and will warn the user at installation time if there is not enough space to install. It is important that the size that you enter into the csetup.ini file accurately reflects how much space is needed at installation time for each of these folders.

If you remove all of the content of any of these 9 component folders, then you must remove the folder itself as well. (The HoTMetaL PRO installer expects that if the component folder exists, then it will have content.) Remember to update sizes in the csetup.ini file.


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