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- THE FINISHING TOUCH
- Professional Software Installer
- Version 2.0
- June 1, 1992
- Developed by ImagiSOFT, Inc.
- who is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals.
-
-
- This is a fully working shareware copy of THE FINISH TOUCH.
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-
- To print the documentation use the command:
- COPY INSTALL.TXT LPT1:
-
- To print the order form use the command:
- COPY ORDER.TXT LPT1:
-
- The Finishing Touch Software Installer consists of the minimum six files:
- PACKER.EXE file compression utility
- INSTALL.EXE installation utility
- INSTALL.FIL sample installation script file
- INSTALL.TXT documentation for all of the above
- ORDER.TXT order form
- READ.ME this file
-
- If these files are missing or altered, the software WILL NOT run!
-
- A seventh file, SAMPLE.PAK should be included with this software to
- so people can see first hand how the software installer works with a "real"
- application. ALL SEVEN files must be on the floppy disk to see the demo
- run or you will get a "Files Missing" message.
-
- Four other, optional files have been added to see a "real" application of
- the Finishing Touch Software Installer which we used for our TSA Software.
- 1.FIL is actually named "INSTALL.FIL" on our software
- it is small and asks the question Color Y/N?
- 2C.FIL if the color is "Yes" then this file is loaded
- 2B.FIL this file is loaded for LCD & monochrome monitors.
- 4.FIL this file is loaded only if a fatal disk error occurs.
-
- Modifying INSTALL.FIL and these four files is the "fast start" way to learn
- how to use THE FINISHING TOUCH Software Installer. You have in your hands
- a fully working shareware evaluation copy. We hope that you will find
- THE FINISHING TOUCH is the smallest, most powerful, easiest to use,
- software installer with the best file compression available anywhere.
-
- ENJOY!
-
- Michael J. Prestwich,
- President,
- ImagiSOFT, Inc.
-
-
- June 10, 1992
-
- Today we implemented two minor changes:
-
- 1) DR DOS was displaying the CRC values during the UNPACK command which
- caused an annoying scroll on the screen. This problem was corrected.
-
- 2) A new user needed a SET.BUFFERS command similar SET.FILES so we added
- it. It works exactly the same way as SET.FILES command does; see the
- documentation for details.
-
-
- June 15, 1992
-
- Today we added several new commands:
-
- PROMPT On/Off turns windows on or off for the COPY, DELETE, DISK, and UNPACK
- commands. This is easier than "hiding" windows by making them the same color
- as the background as explained in the documentation.
-
- PAUSE t
- Pause for t hundredths of a second. Nice if you want to "animate" windows.
-
- WINMOVE x y
- Moves the current window the new x y position. If you use the command
- WINMOVE +1 +1 it will move the current window relative to its current position
- one row down and one row across.
-
- BORDER t
- t = type 0 = none
- 1 = single line (default)
- 2 = double line
-
- WINUPDATE x y c
- x position on the screen
- y position on the screen
- c color value
-
- Use WINUPDATE to display a string inside the current open window. For example:
- WINUPDATE +2 +1 79
- "This line is displayed in the current"
- "window with white letters on a red"
- "background. It is relative to the"
- "upper left corner by 2 characters across"
- "and 1 row down."
-
-
- Relative Cursor / Window Positions
-
- WINOPEN now supports relative cursor positions. For example, WINOPEN +0 +5 17
- will open a new window 5 rows down from the last window open. Relative
- positioning also works in the UNPACK, PATH, DRIVE, ASK, COPY, DELETE, WINMOVE,
- and WINUPDATE commands.
-
- Relative cursor positioning is especially useful when you are printing the
- selected DRIVE and PATH on the screen with the variables ~1 and ~2.
- For example:
-
- WINOPEN 0 0 79 ' red centered window
- "The directory ~1~2 already exists and contains files!"
- "Are you SURE you want to install your software in"
- "this directory Y / N?"
- ASK +26 +3 ' position cursor on
- ' the N character
- ' no matter how the
- ' window is centered
-
-