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First Impression "Your Professional Installation Kit" Written & Published by Lincoln Beach Software Copyright (C) 1992-1993 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER FIRST IMPRESSION "Your Installation Program" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 LIABILITY WAIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 COPYRIGHT & SHAREWARE STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 SUPPORT STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PLEA FOR FREE ADVERTISEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 VIAS & ASSOCIATES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 IMPRESSION MENU OPTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 BASIC INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Window Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Border Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Type of Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Border Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Horizontal Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 No Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Enter Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Justify Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Move Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Copy Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Text Attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Position Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Other Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Fill with Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fill With String . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 REGISTRATION WINDOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 INSTALLATION ENHANCEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Configuration Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Default Subdirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Batch File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 AUTOEXEC.BAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CONFIG.SYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Device Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Files and Buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 K Needed On Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 DOS Version Needed To Run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Base Memory Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Is a Math Coprocessor/Game Port/Mouse Required? . . . . . . . . 11 Network Required? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Monitor Required? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Hard Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Hard Code Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Location of Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Files to Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Length of Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Exit Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 FILES TO COPY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Blank Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Multiple Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 READ ME FILES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 DOCUMENTS TO PRINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 DOS INSTRUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Drive Letter Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 DOS Command Processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 FILE COPY DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 MEDIA SELECTION STYLE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Confirmation Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 VIEW BASIC INSTALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 GENERATE DISTRIBUTION DISKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 LOADING AND SAVING CONFIGURATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SHELL TO DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 QUIT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 FINISHING UP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 UNINSTALL OPTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 INSTALLATION FLOWCHART . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 CUSTOMIZED INSTALLATIONS WITH SETUP.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 SYNTAX FOR WINDOW ROUTINES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Creating a Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Opening a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Closing a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Clearing a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Moving Bars in a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Setting Border Characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Moving a Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Putting Text in the Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Putting Titles on Borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Changing the Window Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Changing the Border Attribute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Pausing Screen Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Starting the Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to my wife for putting up with me during all of this and to God for giving me the knowledge and skill to do this. Also thanks to Charles Schell, Mike Buchanan, Mike Caines & Matt Methany for the time they took to BETA test this version and to all the users who have submitted ideas for First Impression. DEDICATION DEDICATION This version is dedicated to the memory of Suzzane Hoven 12/1/92 LIABILITY WAIVER LIABILITY WAIVER FIRST IMPRESSION IS LICENSED "AS-IS." LINCOLN BEACH SOFTWARE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THIS PROGRAM, ITS QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY, OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN PARTICULAR, IT IS NOT GUARANTEED TO PREVENT OR DETECT DAMAGE TO YOUR DATA OR PROGRAMS. IN NO EVENT SHALL LINCOLN BEACH SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS FOR LOST PROFITS OR ANY DAMAGE, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THE ABOVE LIMITATION OR EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN NO CASE SHALL LINCOLN BEACH SOFTWARE'S LIABILITY EXCEED THE LICENSE FEES PAID FOR THE RIGHT TO USE THE LICENSED SOFTWARE. THE LICENSE AGREEMENT AND WARRANTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED, INTERPRETED, AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI. Lincoln Beach Software - 1 COPYRIGHT & SHAREWARE STATEMENT COPYRIGHT & SHAREWARE STATEMENT FIRST IMPRESSION is a "shareware program" and is provided at no charge to the user for evaluation. Feel free to share it with your friends, but please do not give it away altered or as part of another system. The essence of "user-supported" software is to provide personal computer users with quality software without high prices, and yet to provide incentive for programmers to continue to develop new products. If you find this program useful and find that you are using FIRST IMPRESSION and continue to use FIRST IMPRESSION after a trial period not to exceed 30 days, you must make a registration payment of $55+$5(s/h) to LINCOLN BEACH SOFTWARE. The $55 registration fee will license one copy for use on any one computer at any one time. You must treat this software just like a book. An example is that this software may be used by any number of people and may be freely moved from one computer location to another, so long as there is no possibility of it being used at one location while it's being used at another. Just as a book cannot be read by two different persons at the same time. Also installation procedures may be developed solely for the company it is licensed to. You may not develop installations for other firms. Corporate users of FIRST IMPRESSION must register and pay for their copies by departments and site-License arrangements may be made by contacting LINCOLN BEACH SOFTWARE. You are encouraged to pass a copy of FIRST IMPRESSION along to your friends for evaluation. Please encourage them to register their copy if they find that they can use it. All registered users will receive a copy of the latest version of the FIRST IMPRESSION system and printed documentation. This software and documentation is protected under the United States Copyright Laws and International Treaty Provisions. Your support of Shareware is appreciated. SUPPORT STATEMENT SUPPORT STATEMENT If you have questions or comments about First Impression, you may call us at: 314-227-2431 If no one is there to answer your call, please leave a message and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Or you may write to us at: Lincoln Beach Software P.O. Box 1554 Ballwin, MO 63022-1554 You may contact us on the CompuServe Information Service by directing your E-mail to: Harold Holmes, CompuServe ID: 70700,630 2 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 PLEA FOR FREE ADVERTISEMENT PLEA FOR FREE ADVERTISEMENT If you would put the following paragraph in your documentation, we would greatly appreciate it: First Impression, the installation program used by <your company or program name>, was written by Lincoln Beach Software, which reserves all copyright protection worldwide. For more information about First Impression, write Lincoln Beach Software at P.O. Box 1554, Ballwin, MO 63022 or dial 314-227- 2431. They may also be reached on Compuserve at 70700,630. VIAS & ASSOCIATES VIAS & ASSOCIATES This document was edited and expanded by Vias & Associates, a technical writing and document design firm based in Gainesville, Florida. If you, or someone you know, needs documentation written, edited, designed, or laid out, please contact us at: Vias & Associates P.O. Box 8234 Gainesville, FL 32605-8234 1-800-332-8234 Compuserve: John Vias [72260,1601] Whether it's a newsletter, hardware documentation, or anything in between, we look forward to working with you! OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT First Impression is produced by Lincoln Beach Software, a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). The ASP wants to make sure the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, the ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at: 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to: ASP Ombudsman, 70007,3536. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION FIRST IMPRESSION allows users to easily install your software. It also shortens your development time by saving you the tedium of creating your own install procedures. IMPRESSION consists of three programs, IMPRESS.EXE, INSTALL.EXE, and SETUP.EXE. With these tools you can create a customized install program for almost any application. Here are the steps you must take to create a custom installation with FIRST IMPRESSION. 1. Run IMPRESS.EXE. Its operation is described in detail below. After you tell it how you want the installation to look, it creates a file called INSTALL.CFG. 2. Copy INSTALL.EXE and INSTALL.CFG (not IMPRESS.EXE), along with your program's files, to the distribution disk. 3. On the disk label, instruct the user to run INSTALL. It's that simple! Lincoln Beach Software - 3 At installation time, INSTALL.EXE reads the INSTALL.CFG file and acts accordingly, displaying instructions and options, prompting the user, copying and displaying files, and so on. IMPRESS.EXE makes the job of creating an installation very easy. For added flexibility, however, you can use SETUP.EXE to manually create an installation script. SETUP is described in detail toward the end of the manual. Here are a few benefits FIRST IMPRESSION offers developers: User-selectable source and destination drives and directories Printing of included documentation. Confirmation of adequate disk space for installation. Hard coding of the registered user's name into your program. Ability to use compressed files and a compression utility of your choice. Adding a directory to the PATH statement at the user's option Updating of FILES and BUFFERS statements, also at the user's option. There are many other features that you will use and appreciate as you create your custom installation. FIRST IMPRESSION will utilize a Microsoft-compatible mouse, if one is installed. 4 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 IMPRESSION MENU OPTIONS IMPRESSION MENU OPTIONS BASIC INSTALLATION BASIC INSTALLATION When you select Basic Install Windows from IMPRESS's Program Configuration menu, another menu appears with a list of windows you can customize. They are the Greeting, Program, Copy, Status, Directory, Exiting, and Background Windows. Also available is an option to return you to the previous menu. After selecting one of the windows to customize, you are presented with a screen in which you can change that window's attributes. These options are explained below in the order they appear in the menu at the bottom of the screen. As you would in IMPRESS's other menus, simply press the highlighted letter to access that option. As you're customizing, the window's appearance changes according to the options you select. You can press ESC to return to the previous menu, HOME to move to the first line in the window, and END to move to the last line. The Greeting, Program, Copy, Directory, and Exiting windows work as described below. You may not have all the options available in all the windows, but the options that are available work as described. Options for the other windows are detailed after this section. Window Attributes Window Attributes This option sets the window's foreground and background colors. Only the areas of the window that have no text will be affected. The border and text colors are set with different commands. When you press "W" to access this option, a small color box appears with all the available foreground and background color combinations. A spinning bar marks the current choice. To select a new color combination, use the cursor keys to move the bar. The window's appearance changes to reflect the currently selected colors. When you are satisfied with your choice, press ESC or ENTER. Border Attributes Border Attributes This option works identically to Window Attributes, except that it controls the window's border colors. Lincoln Beach Software - 5 Type of Window Type of Window The next option is for the window type. The choices are: Normal, Borderless, Exploding, and Shadowed. Normal Border, no shadow, and always appear full size. Borderless As you would expect, have no border. They also have no shadow, and they always appear full size. Exploding Border but no shadow. They start small and grow to their full size, giving an "exploding" look. Shadowed Border and shadow, and always appear full size and are transparent. Press the first letter of the window type you want, or move the bar to your choice. After making your selection, press ENTER. Border Type Border Type This option lets you change the border of the window. You can press the - /+, Up/Down, or PgUp/PgDn keys to cycle through the ten choices. The window's border changes to reflect the currently selected choice. The first six choices use combinations of single and double lines and the last four use a wide border with different shading. Press ESC or ENTER when you have made your selection. Horizontal Bar Horizontal Bar A horizontal bar can be useful to separate a title from other text in the window. To make such a line appear, move the cursor to the line you want the bar on and press H. Only one bar can appear in a window. If a window already has a bar and you want the bar elsewhere, just follow the directions above and IMPRESSION will erase the old bar and draw a new one. No Bar No Bar To erase a bar from a window, use this option. The cursor doesn't need to be on the line the bar is on. Enter Text Enter Text Of course, the purpose of having all these windows is to display text. This is the option that lets you do so. Position the cursor on the line on which you want the text to appear. Press ENTER or RETURN and a dotted line appears. Now type any ASCII characters and press ENTER again. IMPRESSION does not word wrap, so you must repeat this procedure on each line you want text to appear. 6 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 Justify Text Justify Text Justification controls the horizontal position of your text. There are three options; pressing J cycles through them. For added flexibility, this option affects only the line the cursor is on, not the whole window, so you must move the cursor to each line you want to change. Left By default, IMPRESSION left-justifies your text. That is, it appears flush with the left border of the window. Center Text appears centered between the left and right borders. Right Text is flush with the right border. Move Text Move Text Moving a line of text is easy. Position the cursor on the line you want to move and press M. Now position the cursor on the line to want to move the text to, and press RETURN. If there is already text on the line you want to move your text to, it will be moved to the line the moved text came from. In other words, the lines are swapped. Copy Text Copy Text To copy text from one line to another, position the cursor on the line of text you want copied, press C, move the cursor to the line you want to copy the text to, and press ENTER. Text already on that line is overwritten. Text Attributes Text Attributes This option brings up the familiar color chart and spinning bar and works just like Window Attributes above, except that it lets you change the colors of the line of text the cursor is on. As usual, you must move the cursor and repeat the procedure for every line whose text colors you want to change. Position Window Position Window This option will let you move the window from its default position on the screen to wherever you want it to appear during the installation. Press P, then use the arrow keys to move the window. Press C to center the window vertically and horizontally. Press ENTER when you're done. When you're done customizing a window, press ESC to return to the previous menu. From there you can choose a new window, a few of which are described further below. Other Windows Other Windows The Status Window is the area in the Copy Window that shows the progress of the file copying. Choosing Status Window from the Basic Window Options menu lets you change the color of the text that appears in the status area. Lincoln Beach Software - 7 Background Window Background Window The Background Window is the area behind every window--that is, the background. Although the its Attribute Change option uses the familiar color box, its other options are unique, and are described below. Fill with Character Fill with Character Using this option, you can specify a character and IMPRESS will fill the background with it. You can choose one of the characters from the menu by moving the bar to that character and pressing ENTER. If you want to use a character that doesn't appear, choose Manual and type in the decimal ASCII code of the character you want. After you exit the menu by pressing ENTER, the background reflects any changes you made. Fill With String Fill With String You can create an interesting effect by using this option and your company or product name, or a slogan. Enter a string of characters and IMPRESS will fill the screen with it, wrapping it (not truncating) at the right side of the screen. Experiment with spacing to get the desired effect. This option works with the above option in that spaces you type in the string will be replaced with whatever character is specified under Fill With Character. Again, experiment to get the effect you want. REGISTRATION WINDOW REGISTRATION WINDOW This option lets you customize a window that asks the user for a user name, to be hard coded into your program's executable file. It will only appear if the hard coding option was enabled. You may customize it just like the Basic Install Windows above. INSTALLATION ENHANCEMENTS INSTALLATION ENHANCEMENTS Use the Install Enhancements menu options to personalize your installation. Using them will enable FIRST IMPRESSION to meet your program's specific installation needs. Configuration Description Configuration Description Enter a description of your installation. If INSTALL.EXE finds multiple .CFG files, it will display a menu with their descriptions so the user can decide which installation to use. For example, one could be a first-time install, another an update. Be as descriptive as possible so the user can make an informed choice. Default Subdirectory Default Subdirectory This option lets you set the default subdirectory into which the user installs the software. Nested subdirectories may be used (for example, \UTILS\MYPROG). 8 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 You also have the option of forcing the user to install to the directory you specify. Otherwise, the user can change the directory by typing over the default. Batch File Batch File If you want INSTALL to create a batch file in the root directory, use the Batch File option. The name you give the file must contain the extension .BAT. An error message will appear if it is missing. If no batch file is specified, none will be created. The next two items are included in the batch file if one is created. The first is the name of the program that is called from the batch file. This is generally the filename of your program. If an application tool is used, such as Dbase, its name should appear in the File To Execute field and the application that has been developed, such as DATABASE.DBF, would appear in the Command Line Arguments field. In the batch file it would appear as: DBASE.COM DATABASE.DBF Of course, you may instead specify your program's name and any necessary command line arguments. AUTOEXEC.BAT AUTOEXEC.BAT With this option, you can add lines to the user's AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Simply type in what you want to add. If you place a caret (^) in a line of text, INSTALL replaces it with the destination path. If the directory is already in the path, or if lines have been added, they will not be added again. When the caret appears at the end of a line, the path will be appended: SET IMPRESS=^ will become: SET IMPRESS=C:\IMPRESS However, if you put it in the middle: device=^driver.sys it will become: device=C:\IMPRESS\driver.sys Note that in the second example INSTALL inserts a second backslash automatically before the driver.sys command. If you want your drivers in a different subdirectory under your base directory you could have the line read: device=^subdir1\driver.sys and it will become: device=C:\IMPRESS\subdir1\driver.sys Lincoln Beach Software - 9 This works the same in the CONFIG.SYS section. Path Path You are also asked if the user's path can be updated. If you answer Yes, the destination subdirectory will be added to the PATH statement in the user's AUTOEXEC.BAT. If INSTALL modifies the AUTOEXEC.BAT file the original is renamed to AUTOEXEC.HLD. CONFIG.SYS CONFIG.SYS Device Drivers Device Drivers Here you can add device drivers to the user's CONFIG.SYS file. Type in the name of the device driver that you wish to load in the fields available. These files must exist in the base directory that the software is being installed to. The lines created in the CONFIG.SYS file will occupy the first lines and will look like this: DEVICE=C:\MYPROG\DRIVER.SYS Files and Buffers Files and Buffers The next two fields are used to update the BUFFERS and FILES statements in the CONFIG.SYS file. If these statements don't provide sufficient resources, INSTALL will, after asking the user for permission, make a new CONFIG.SYS with the necessary changes. If the CONFIG.SYS file is edited, the original is renamed CONFIG.HLD. INSTALL will only check and change fields that have values filled in. Leaving a field blank will bypass that function. System System K Needed On Destination K Needed On Destination If you enter a value in the field K Needed On Destination Drive, at install time, the drive will be checked for the necessary free space. If it does not exist the user is informed that there is not enough space and the install is aborted. NOTE: 1,000 K = 1 Megabyte DOS Version Needed To Run DOS Version Needed To Run If the application being installed needs a minimum DOS version, it may be selected here. Simply choose the version from the list. If the user is running an older DOS version, a message will inform the user and the install will abort. 10 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 Base Memory Needed Base Memory Needed If your program requires a minimum amount of base memory, that amount may be entered here. INSTALL checks for 256K, 512K, or 640K. Press the left and right arrows to cycle through the choices. If there is not enough memory, INSTALL will notify the user and the install will abort. Is a Math Coprocessor/Game Port/Mouse Required? Is a Math Coprocessor/Game Port/Mouse Required? These three fields are for checking the existence of hardware your program may require. There are three valid entries for these fields. Use the left and right arrow keys to make your selection. The three choices, and the results if the required hardware is not found, are: not Critical A message is displayed regarding the absence of the device and the install will abort. Helpful A message is displayed stating that the program will run without the device but it would be helpful if one existed. The installation will continue after the user presses a key. No The component is not needed and won't be checked for. Network Required? Network Required? INSTALL can detect a Novell network and abort the installation if one is not found or not allow your software to be installed onto a network drive. Monitor Required? Monitor Required? Here you can specify if you want INSTALL to ensure that the user has a Mono, CGA, or EGA/VGA graphics card. As usual, if the required hardware is not found, the installation aborts. During the install you can use the /N switch to bypass monitor detection or the /M switch to run in Black & White Sounds Sounds If sound is enabled and an error occurs at install time, a low tone will sound. If the user is prompted to change a disk or enter something, a chime will sound. If you want INSTALL to use sound during the installation, move the cursor to Sounds and press ENTER (or simply press O). This option is a toggle, and its status is indicated by an adjacent check mark. By repeating the above procedure you can turn sounds on and off. Hard Code Hard Code INSTALL lets you hard code the user's name into your program's executable file. You should test this before sending out your application. You are allowed 10 to 50 characters, and you must have a field in your program Lincoln Beach Software - 11 predefined and filled with dollar signs for this feature to work. Here is an example of how to predefine the field in the C language: char user_name[31]="$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$"; INSTALL searches your program's file for this string and replaces it with the registered user's name. Although the hard coding features works in most cases, there are a few special situations you should be aware of: Some programs, such as those written for Dbase, may not be able to use this feature. Such files have not been tested so you will have to try them on your own. If you choose to code the files while they are on the source disk, they must reside on the first disk. If you compress your executable with PKLITE or LZEXE, this feature will not work. Hard Code Name Hard Code Name Toggle this option on to enable the hard coding feature. Location of Programs Location of Programs You can toggle hard coding of the source disk, the destination disk, or both. Obviously, the source disk must not be write protected if you want files on it to be hard coded. Files to Code Files to Code IMPRESSION prompts you for the names of the files to be hard coded. One or two files may be coded. Length of Field Length of Field Enter the length of the field predefined in your program (the series of dollar signs). INSTALL will look for a field exactly this long. Exit Program Exit Program When INSTALL completes the installation, it will run the program specified here. The exit program may be a .BAT file, but it will not remove INSTALL.EXE from memory before executing as do .EXE or .COM files. Keep that in mind if your application needs a lot of memory. You may want to enter the name of your configuration or setup program so it will run automatically. If an exit program is specified, the user is not returned not to the INSTALL program. 12 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 FILES TO COPY FILES TO COPY When you select the menu option Files To Copy, a window will appear with spaces for you to enter the names of files to be copied from the source disk to the destination. Up to 54 filespecs can be selected for copying. The files will be copied in the order they appear in the window. Here is an example entry list. The line of underscores represents a blank entry. !DISK #1 myprog.pak unpack.exe Progr??.exe &myfile.* ____________ mydata.dat Blank Entries Blank Entries You may use wildcards as shown. Blank entries are not allowed between filenames. In the above example, MYDATA.DAT and anything that follows will not be copied to the destination. not Multiple Disks Multiple Disks You may use multiple disks. If a certain file cannot be found INSTALL prompts the user to either insert the correct diskette or to abort. The user may insert the correct diskette and press any key; INSTALL will try to find the file again. Note that the first name in the list of files starts with an exclamation point. When INSTALL encounters one of these entries, it prompts the user to insert the disk labeled (in this case) "DISK #1." After the user hits a key, INSTALL will start searching for files to copy. You should make a disk label entry for each disk in your distribution set. Follow each one with the filespecs for that diskette. Otherwise, when INSTALL can't find a file it will ask the user to put in the next or correct disk. The user may not know which disk is the correct one. By using these entries, you will make it easier for your users to correctly install your program. If the user tries to reinstall the application, INSTALL will search the destination directory for the first file. If it exists, INSTALL will prompt the user if a reinstall is desired. If not, the install is aborted. It only checks the first file. If you don't want to type individual filenames you can enter the information like this: !Disk #1 *.* !Disk #2 *.* !Disk #3 *.* (more as needed) This will copy all the files in the root directory on each disk and prompt the user for each disk in the set. Lincoln Beach Software - 13 READ ME FILES READ ME FILES INSTALL can display text files for browsing before and after installation. Use this option to display text too long to fit in a window, such as what to expect during installation, detailed features lists, program requirements, and contact information. The Read Me Files option lets you enter up to four filenames, one file to be displayed unconditionally before the installation, three afterward. The file to be displayed before installation must reside on the first source disk and must not be a compressed file. Each Read Me file will be shown to the user, with keystroke help on the bottom line of the screen. The user can use the usual arrow keys, HOME/END, and so on, and can quit the browser by pressing ESC. NOTE: If you are using the BASIC install, the 'READ ME' files may not exceed 30K each; if you are using the INSTALL.WIN file, the 'READ ME' files may not exceed 20K each. Heed this warning. DOCUMENTS TO PRINT DOCUMENTS TO PRINT You may want your new users to print your program's documentation. This feature of INSTALL lets them do just that. You can enter up to ten filespecs (including wildcards) to be copied to a printer during the install. If there are multiple printer ports, INSTALL will give the user the option of selecting a port. DOS INSTRUCTIONS DOS INSTRUCTIONS This option will give you fifteen lines to be used to enhance the install. All of these commands are executed from within the subdirectory created during the install. For example, you may have copied compressed files to the destination, and now want to be able to unpack the files, then delete the packed files and others that are not needed. Using the file list example in the Selecting Files section you could enter the following in this section: unpack myprog.pak >NUL &myfile.fil &MYFILE.FIL would contain the below lines. It would set up the software in multiple directories. MD MYSUB RELOCATE *.DAT MYSUB DEL MYPROG.PAK DEL &MYFILE.FIL 14 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 Three commands are available with the &myfile.fil approach: MD Makes a Directory RELOCATE Moves a file by copying it to the destination then deleting it from the source DEL Deletes a file NOTE: If you are using the Device Driver option (in the CONFIG.SYS menu) do not move the device driver files from the base directory unless do not you specify it differently in the DOS Command section. The filename must begin with an ampersand ("&") and the rest of the filename can contain any valid filename characters. By create a file like &MYFILE.FIL, all copy routines are performed by internal code and will not change the screen. Normal batch files may be used but the screen has been known to scroll during the operation, creating an unprofessional mess. Drive Letter Substitution Drive Letter Substitution When distributing software you don't know which disks will be used during installation. This can cause problems. For example, the command: A:PKUNZIP A:MYPROG.ZIP C: would not work if the user were installing from B: to D:. With FIRST IMPRESSION, this problem can be easily resolved by using parentheses in the command. During the install, the open parenthesis "(" is replaced by the source drive and the close parenthesis ")" is replaced by the destination drive. So to make the previous command line more flexible, change it to this: (:PKUNZIP (:MYPROG.ZIP ): During the processing of this line it will be changed to: B:PKUNZIP B:MYPROG.ZIP D: DOS commands are executed after all the files have been copied to the destination drive. If you want to use the above example you must have only one distribution disk or the files in question must be on the last disk. DOS Command Processing DOS Command Processing DOS command functions are handled as if you are at the command prompt. For example, if you reference any external DOS command, it must be in the path the user has set up, otherwise the command will not work. Also be aware that all commands are executed "behind" the window that the user sees. If you are using a program that unpacks a file, and the file already exists, it would normally display a message such as: "Files exits, replace it (Y/N)?" The user may not see this prompt and may think the system locked up when actually a simple press of the 'Y' key would allow it to continue. The way to avoid this is to use a command line option that will unpack the file whether it exists or not. See the documentation for your specific "unpacker" to find out how this is done. For example, PKUNZIP from PKWARE, Lincoln Beach Software - 15 Inc., has the option ("-o") to overwrite existing files. Another popular compression program, LHA, which creates files with the LZH extension, does not have an overwrite option at this time and could cause this problem if a file already exists. A work-around would be to create a file that contains as many Y's as there are files and redirect the input. So the command: LHA E MYPROG.LZH >NUL would become: LHA E MYPROG.LZH <REPLY.DAT >NUL REPLY.DAT would contain a series of Y's. FILE COPY DISPLAY FILE COPY DISPLAY When files are being copied or printed, the user may start to wonder if the machine has locked up. To assure the user that progress is being made, select one of these options. Each has a different way of showing activity. The first four are just for amusement. Options five and six are more useful, and show the percentage of the current file that has been copied or printed. Press the number corresponding to your choice. MEDIA SELECTION STYLE MEDIA SELECTION STYLE IMPRESSION gives you two options for letting the user select the source and destination drives and subdirectories. Press 1 or 2 to make your selection. Option 1 will display a window to show the user which floppy drives are available to install from. After the user selects the source drive (let's say A:), another window will appear showing all the drives the software can be installed to. Finally, the user is asked for the subdirectory to install to. If one was entered in Install Enhancements, it will appear in the field. The user may change the subdirectory unless you opted not to let him in the Install Enhancements section. Option 2 is less bullet-proof but more flexible. It will open a window and prompt the user for a source drive, a destination drive, and a destination subdirectory. The default source drive field will already hold the drive letter the install was started from. Using this option, users can install from one subdirectory on a hard drive to another. This is great for users who will get your software from a BBS. Note that option 1 does not allow this. Confirmation Option Confirmation Option You will now be asked if an optional confirmation window should appear. If you press Y for Yes, during the install a window will appear after the drives and directory have been selected, confirming the choices made. If the user declines the choices made, the selection process will begin again. 16 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 VIEW BASIC INSTALL VIEW BASIC INSTALL This option will show you each window in turn as it will appear during the installation. Press a key to see the next window. GENERATE DISTRIBUTION DISKS GENERATE DISTRIBUTION DISKS This option will automatically build your distribution disk set. First you need to copy the installation programs you will use to the first disk, such as INSTALL.EXE, INSTALL.CFG, SETUP.EXE, INSTALL.WIN, or UPDATE.CFG. Then select this option and enter the drive and subdirectory in which your files are stored, and the destination drive. This will put all the files in the specified directory onto the floppy drive. They are copied according to size, largest to smallest. This sorting method reduces the number of disks you will need. To abort this process, press a key. NOTE: Do not put any files that already reside on the first floppy disk not into the source subdirectory. Doing so will waste valuable disk space. LOADING AND SAVING CONFIGURATIONS LOADING AND SAVING CONFIGURATIONS These options either save the current configuration to a file or load a previously-saved configuration. If you have already saved a configuration file during your session, IMPRESSION will automatically create a backup of it, giving it the extension .BK!. Note that the final configuration file for INSTALL.EXE must be named INSTALL.CFG if it is the only CFG file on the disk. SHELL TO DOS SHELL TO DOS If you need to exit to DOS temporarily without leaving the FIRST IMPRESSION program, simply select this option and you will shell to DOS. Type EXIT at the DOS prompt to return to FIRST IMPRESSION. QUIT QUIT To quit FIRST IMPRESSION and return to the DOS prompt, select this option. FIRST IMPRESSION will remind you to save the current configuration file before you go. FINISHING UP FINISHING UP Upon completing your configuration file, either use the Generate Distribution Disk option above, or simply copy INSTALL.EXE, INSTALL.CFG, and the files that compose your application and you're done. It's that easy! The user simply types A:INSTALL and enjoys a professional installation of your program. And you save a lot of work by using FIRST IMPRESSION. Enjoy! UNINSTALL OPTION UNINSTALL OPTION INSTALL has an uninstall option. This is a destructive option. To perform destructive an uninstall, the user types: Lincoln Beach Software - 17 INSTALL /U This will prompt the user twice with "are you sure" questions. If either is answered "No" the uninstall will abort. Otherwise, it will erase all all subdirectories and files from the base directory down, regardless of whether they are part of your program. So if the user installed the program in the subdirectory \MYPROG and the user created several other directories for data and other files, MYPROG and all the other directories would be removed. NOTE: DO NOT document this option if you do not want the user to know about it. Its effects are permanent unless you know how to use an undelete program. It will not remove hidden files. If they exist, their directory will not be removed. 18 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 INSTALLATION FLOWCHART INSTALLATION FLOWCHART The following list describes INSTALL's operation in detail. This is what happens at installation time. 1. Checks for an multiple CFG files. If more than one exists a menu appears asking the user to decide which installation should be executed. If only the INSTALL.CFG file exists it loads that one and runs. 2. Checks for specified items such as DOS version running, math coprocessor, base memory, network, and game port. The options selected in the Installation Enhancements section will determine the course of the installation. 3. The greeting window will appear. INSTALL waits to continue until the user presses a key. 4. The program window will appear along with the Directory Information screen. In this window the user enters the source and destination drive and directory. 5. If the option for a "confirmation screen" was selected, it will appear asking if the selected drive specifications are correct. If not, it will return to the Directory Information screen. 6. Confirms that the destination drive exists. 7. Confirms adequate disk space exists. 8. If the user's name is to be hard coded on the source drive, the name is requested and the hard coding is performed. 9. Checks if the destination directory already exists. If not it creates it; if so it will ask the user if INSTALL should use the existing directory. 10. Checks if the first file to be copied exists in the destination directory. If so, asks if user wants to reinstall. If so, file copying commences. 11. If the user's name is to be hard coded on the destination drive, that function is performed. 12. Executes the commands in the DOS Command section. 13. Prompts the user to print documentation. If the user wishes to do so, INSTALL will automatically sense the available ports to print to and asks the user to select the desired port. 14. Prompts user to add the destination directory to the PATH statement in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 15. Prompts user to add environment variable to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. 16. If either of the above two options has been selected, INSTALL will modify the AUTOEXEC.BAT file after copying it to a file named AUTOEXEC.HLD. It will also notify the user that changes have been made. 17. Prompts the user to confirm that the number of FILES and BUFFERS are sufficient. If the user grants permission, INSTALL will check the statements and write a new CONFIG.SYS if necessary. 18. Asks the user if INSTALL should automatically add Device Drivers to the CONFIG.SYS file. 19. If either of the above two options have been selected, it will modify the CONFIG.SYS file after it has been copied to a file named CONFIG.HLD. It will also notify the user that changes have been made. 20. Prompts the user to read any README files. 21. If changes were made to the CONFIG.SYS file, the user is asked if INSTALL should reboot the machine. If so, execution does not return to the INSTALL program. 22. At the end of the install, the Exit Program, if specified, will be executed. The user may not be returned to INSTALL after leaving the Exit Program depending on how it was performed. Lincoln Beach Software - 19 CUSTOMIZED INSTALLATIONS WITH SETUP.EXE CUSTOMIZED INSTALLATIONS WITH SETUP.EXE Instead of using IMPRESSION's preconfigured installation procedure, you can create a unique installation by using SETUP.EXE. SETUP will allow you to obtain a totally customized install utilizing many windows and functions. Whereas IMPRESSION creates an installation script for you (INSTALL.CFG), with SETUP, you create the script manually, giving you added flexibility. You control all window routines except for the File Copy window that appears during the installation process. This window is where all the actual installation takes place. All prompting messages will appear in this window. There can be up to 26 windows open at a time, each named for a letter of the alphabet. First determine the appearance of a window. Consider the size, colors, text, titles, and the message you wish to convey. Of course, the attributes may be changed at any time. To use these windows, create a file called INSTALL.WIN. Use a text editor or word processor that will save ASCII text. Look at the INSTALL.WIN file that came with IMPRESSION. It will show you many things that can be done with windows. After you create the INSTALL.WIN file you may check it for trouble spots by using CHECKWIN.EXE. It will display any errors it finds in the INSTALL.WIN file. It will display the line number and what problem it discovered. It does not check for the format of the lines, but only what you are doing to a window. If you use SETUP to create your install, you need to copy two extra files to the source disk: SETUP.EXE and INSTALL.WIN. On the distribution disk you tell the user to type A:SETUP instead of A:INSTALL. SETUP.EXE is the only file that may be renamed. The syntax diagrams below for defining and using windows will be your guide to creating the ultimate installation. In the syntax diagrams below, you must specify color attributes for the windows. These are the values to use: Background/Foreground Foreground Background/Foreground Foreground 0 = Black 8 = Dark gray 1 = Blue 9 = Light blue 2 = Green 10 = Light green 3 = Cyan 11 = Light cyan 4 = Red 12 = Light red 5 = Magenta 13 = Light magenta 6 = Brown 14 = Yellow 7 = Light gray 15 = Bright white By adding eight to the background color the characters will blink on the screen. Because SETUP doesn't ensure that the color values fall in this range, check your work carefully. 20 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 SYNTAX FOR WINDOW ROUTINES SYNTAX FOR WINDOW ROUTINES Creating a Background Creating a Background B, ,1,14 B - Fill screen routine. - Character to fill the screen with. 1 - Background color to use. 14 - Foreground color to use. All windows should be closed before calling this routine. If not, and a window that was created with an old background is closed afterward, the old background will show through, ruining the display. Opening a Window Opening a Window OC,800,14,40,35,8,7,14,1,14,3,0 OC - Open window C. There can be 26 windows, named A-Z. 800 - Window Type. The four window types are: 0 = Normal window 500 = Shadowed window 800 = Exploding window 1000 = Borderless window 14 - Top line. Lines are numbered starting at zero. 40 - Left column. Columns are numbered starting at zero. (The above two numbers determine the top left corner of the window.) 35 - Width in columns. The left-most column plus the width must be no larger than 80. 8 - Height in lines. The top line plus the height must be no larger than 25. 7 - Background attribute of the border 14 - Foreground attribute of the border 1 - Background attribute of the window 14 - Foreground attribute of the window 3 - Line of window in which to put a horizontal bar. Numbering starts at one for the first line of the window, regardless of its screen position. 0 - Column of window in which to put a horizontal bar. (In the above two fields, a zero means there is no bar of that type.) Closing a Window Closing a Window CC CC - Close window C. Clearing a Window Clearing a Window WC WC - Wipe window C. This erases all text in the window. The window stays open. Be careful with this because if there are bars in the window they will also be cleared. Lincoln Beach Software - 21 Moving Bars in a Window Moving Bars in a Window VA,4 V - Move a Vertical bar to a new location. A - The window in which to perform the operation. 4 - The column in which to make the bar appear. HA,4 H - Move a Horizontal bar to a new location. A - The window in which to perform the operation. 4 - The line in which to make the bar appear. By setting the bar position to 0 it will remove the bar from the window selected. Setting Border Characters Setting Border Characters S3 S3 - Sets the border to border set 3. Valid values are one through ten. Moving a Window Moving a Window MC,5,10 MC - Move Window C. 5 - Line to move to. 10 - Column to move to. Putting Text in the Window Putting Text in the Window STYLE #1: CENTERED LAC,3,Welcome To My Program LAC - Line of text in Window A; C is for centering it horizontally. 3 - Line in window to put the text Wel - Text to put in the window. STYLE #2: PLACED AT COL,ROW LAL,5,10,More words LAL - Line of text in window A; L is for Left justify 5 - Row in which to put the text. 10 - Column in which to put the text. Mor - Text to put in the window. 22 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 Putting Titles on Borders Putting Titles on Borders TA,3,MY TITLE TA - Put a title in Window A. 3 - Put title in location 3. Valid locations are 1-6. 1 = Top Right 2 = Top Left 3 = Top Center 4 = Bottom Right 5 = Bottom Left 6 = Bottom Center MY - Text to put in the title. This text will appear in the border, overwriting the default border characters. Changing the Window Attribute Changing the Window Attribute ABW,4,14 ABW - Attribute change for window B affecting subsequent Window writes. 4 - New background color. 14 - New foreground color. Changing the Border Attribute Changing the Border Attribute ACB,4,14 ACB - Attribute change in window C affecting subsequent Border writes. 4 - New background color. 14 - New foreground color. Pausing Screen Activity Pausing Screen Activity P5 P5 - Pause the screen for approximately 5 seconds. This procedure will pause the screen for the specified number of seconds or until a key or mouse button is pressed. Using P1 will have almost no effect. If the user pressed ESC, the install is aborted. Starting the Installation Starting the Installation * * - That's it, just an asterisk (*). It must be the first character on the line. You may have more window activity after you perform the install. This procedure calls INSTALL.EXE from the drive the install originated from. Lincoln Beach Software - 23 INDEX INDEX Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Attributes, text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 AUTOEXEC.BAT, updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Background window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Bar, horizontal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bar, none . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Bars, moving in a window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Base memory needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Basic installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Batch file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Blank entries in file list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Border attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Border attributes, changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Border characters, setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Border, type of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Borders, putting titles on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Center text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Changing border attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Changing window attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 CHECKWIN.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Clearing a window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Closing a window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Color attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Command line options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 CONFIG.SYS, updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Configuration description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Configuration files Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Confirmation option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Copy text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Copying, files to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Copyright statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Creating a background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Customized installations with Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Default subdirectory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Disk labels in file list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Disk space needed on destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Distribution disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Distribution disks, generating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Documents to print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 DOS command processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 DOS instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 DOS version needed to run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 DOS, shelling to . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Drive letter substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Enter text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Exit program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Field length to hard code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 File copy display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 File Copy window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Files and buffers, updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Files to copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Files to hard code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Fill with character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fill with string . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 24 - First Impression - Copyright 1992 Finishing up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Game port requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Generate distribution disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Hard code name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Hard coding user name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Horizontal bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Impression menu options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 INSTALL.WIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Installation enhancements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Installation flowchart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Justify text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 K needed on destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Left justify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Length of field to hard code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 LHA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Liability waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Location of programs to hard code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Locked-up system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Math coprocessor requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Media selection style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Memory needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Monitor requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Mouse requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Move text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Moving a window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Moving bars in a window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Multiple disks in file list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Network requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 No bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ombudsman statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Opening a window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Other windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Path, updating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Pausing screen activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 PKUNZIP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Position window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Printing documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Putting text in a window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Putting titles on borders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Quitting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Read-me files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Registration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Right justify . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Setting border characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 SETUP.EXE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Shell to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Space needed on destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Starting the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Status window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Substituting drive letters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Support statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Syntax for window routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Text attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Text, copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Text, entering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Lincoln Beach Software - 25 Text, justifying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Text, moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Text, putting in a window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Type of border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Type of window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Uninstall option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Vias & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 View basic install . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Window attributes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Window attributes, changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Window routines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Window types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Window, background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Window, moving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Window, positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Window, registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Window, status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Window, type of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Windows, other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 26 - 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