Build Options

The Build Options window is used to set various options when building an installer. This window is opened from the File:Build Installer menu option.

The Build Options window contains the following items:

Template

This popup menu contains a list of available Installer templates. This list is constructed from the names of the folders within the "DragInstall Templates" folder. Inside each template folder is a template file with the same name. A template file is a file of resources which are used to build the stand-alone installer. Currently there is one available installer template named "Drag & Drop".

Language

This popup menu contains a list of language files available for the selected installer template. This list is constructed from the folder named "Languages" within each template folder. The selected language file is merged into the final installer during the build. This produces an installer localized for the selected language.

Build As

This pop-up menu gives you three choices for building an installer.

• "680x0 Application" builds an installer application with only 680x0 code. These installers will run on either a 680x0 or PowerPC based machine, but they will run under emulation on a PowerPC Macintosh.
• "PowerPC Application" option builds an installer with only PowerPC code. These installers will not run on 680x0 based machines.
• "Fat Application" option builds an installer which contains code for both the 680x0 processor and the PowerPC processor. Fat installers run optimized on both platforms, but they are larger than installers optimized for a specific platform.

Compression

This radio button set provides three compression options.

• "Best" produces the smallest installers, but it is the slowest to build.
• "Faster" produces installers with respectable compression but more quickly than the "Best" option.
• "None" turns compression off altogether. This option is useful for quickly building test installers.

Segments

This pop-up menu allows you to select a maximum size for the installer segments.

• "Custom" allows you to enter a size (in K) for the segment size.
• "Double-sided disk" produces installers that fit on a standard double-sided disk (780K segments).
• "High-density disk" produces installers that fit on a standard high-density disk (1390K segments).
• "No segments" turns off segmentation altogether producing an installer application that is a single file. This option is best for producing CD-ROM installers.

Extra Space on first disk

This entry field provides a way to set aside some space on the first installer disk for items like Read Me files that are not included in the installer archive.

Continue

This button retains the build options that you've set and opens a standard save dialog asking for the name and location of the installer application.

Cancel

This button stops the build and returns you to the current script window.

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