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- H o w T o U s e T h e I n s t a l l a t i o n U t i l i t y
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- INTRODUCTION
-
- The INSTALL program is a program that automatically and correctly
- installs the specially packaged files on your distribution disk to
- your hard disk in the proper fashion to insure proper operation.
- The program displays information in "windows", which group related
- items together. Each window shown on the screen is called a "dialog
- box", and will contain three basic types of items that allow you to
- control how the installation will proceed.
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- NOTE:
- In order to use a mouse with the installation program, make sure
- the mouse driver software is installed and running according to
- the manufacturers directions prior to running the installation program.
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- HOW THE INSTALATION PROGRAM WORKS:
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- Buttons:
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- One item used is a "button." Buttons are long rectangles with
- text in them. Buttons are "pressed" by pressing the ALT key along
- with the key highlighted on the button. You may also press a button
- by moving the mouse cursor within one of the buttons and then
- pressing the left mouse button. The action described on the button
- will then occur.
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- Input lines:
-
- Another item used in dialog boxes are input lines, where you can
- type in the information requested. In the case of the path input
- lines used here, you may directly type in the path names required.
- The path name input lines also have a feature that will allow you to
- select a path from a directory tree showing various directories
- available. To use this feature, press the down arrow key when in one
- of the input lines or click the left mouse button on the down arrow
- in the small box to the right of the path input line. A separate path
- select dialog box will appear showing a directory tree with the
- available paths. You can use the cursor keys to move around in the
- tree, and when you press the RETURN key, the chosen path will be
- placed in the input line at the top of the path select dialog box.
- You may also use the mouse to directly point and click on the desired
- path.
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- To put the selected path in the original input line in the previous
- dialog box, click the left mouse button on the "Select" button, or
- press the Alt key along with the S key on the keyboard.
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- Moving around in the dialog boxes:
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- You may select various parts of a dialog box to work on by pressing
- the TAB or SHIFT+TAB keys. You may also use the mouse to select the
- desired dialog box item.
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- Message boxes:
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- At various points in the installation program special dialog boxes
- called "message boxes" will appear with pertinent information
- displayed in them. These boxes usually have one "OK" button at the
- bottom. These message boxes remain on the screen until you
- acknowledge it by pressing the OK button, either by pressing the
- RETURN key on the keyboard or by pressing the button with the mouse
- as described above.
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- System status;
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- While the program is processing files and doing the actual
- installation, a "System Status" box will be displayed, showing the
- progress of the installation with the current action being
- accomplished. This box will not respond to any keyboard or mouse
- action, but simply gives the installation progress.
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- THE INSTALLATION PROCESS...
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- Step 1 - Get the install program running
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- Place the distribution disk with the INSTALL.EXE program on it in one
- of your floppy drives. Then type (assuming you placed the disk in
- your A drive):
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- A: <CR>
-
- to change to the A drive. Then type:
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- INSTALL <CR>
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- NOTE: If you have all of the files in a temporary subdirectory on
- your hard disk (having downloaded them from a BBS), change
- directories to that temporary subdirectory. For example, if you have
- placed the files in C:\TMP then type:
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- CD \TMP <CR>
-
- then type:
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- INSTALL <CR>
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- Step 2 - Enter the appropriate paths.
-
- A new dialog box will appear with input lines that allow you to
- select the desired source and destination locations for the
- product.
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- Source Path:
- The Source path is the place from which the files will be installed.
- For example, if you received a distribution disk from someone and you
- have placed that disk in your A: floppy drive, the Source Path would
- be "A:\". If the install program is in a temporary directory on your
- hard disk, you would enter that directory (such as C:\TMP). If you
- are currently in the directory in which the install program resides,
- then you could enter simply "." or a ".\" indicating the current
- directory. This might also be useful if you are installing from a CD-
- ROM.
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- Destination Path:
- The destination paths work the same way. If you wish for the program
- file to be installed in a directory called PCT3 on your C: hard
- drive, you can enter "C:\PCT3" as the path name for program files. If
- the path you enter does not exist, the install program will ask you
- if you wish to create it. If you do, it will go ahead and create it
- for you.
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- When the necessary paths are to your satisfaction, press the
- "Continue Installation" button. If you wish to cancel installation at
- this point, press the "Cancel Installation" button, or press the ESC
- key on the keyboard.
-
- THIS IS THE LAST OPPORTUNITY TO CANCEL BEFORE THE INSTALLATION
- PROCESS BEGINS.
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- Step 3 - Installation Begins
-
- The installation program will now copy and unarchive the programs
- into the designated directories. If the package has been distributed
- on more than one disk, then the install program will prompt you to
- insert the other disks in the drive when needed.
-
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- Step 4 - Installation Completed
-
- When completed, it will leave you in the program directory, to make
- starting the program simple.
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- NOTE:
- This install program utilizes self-extracting archive files
- created by LHA version 2.13, Copyright (c) Haruyasu Yoshizaki
- 1988-1991
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