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- Version 3.00
-
- 1. Added file viewer for read.me files (VIEW command).
-
- 2. Added SET command for adding environmental variables to Autoexec.bat
-
- 3. Colors are now configurable (COLORS command).
-
- 4. Added DESCRIBE command which will allow a single line text
- message to be attached to each label so that when the user is
- editing that field, he will see a brief explanation of what
- types of files that field is referring to.
-
- 5. Added command (ATTACH) that allows optional files to be
- installed in a non-optional directory (contrasted with the
- OPTION command which makes a directory and a group of files
- optional.
-
- 6. Added the ability to never overwrite a file if it already exists
- (PROTECT modifier to the FILE command).
-
- 7. Added XMS and EMS memory availability checks.
-
- 8. Changed RAM memory check from installed RAM to available RAM.
-
- 9. Added DPMI and VCPI server checks.
-
- 10. Added system variables IS88, IS286, IS386, ISFPU, ISMONO, ISCGA and
- ISVGA which can be used to conditionally execute commands.
-
-
- Version 2.20
-
- 1. Dos 6.00 added a new legal syntax to the Path command. This is now
- recognized.
-
-
- Version 2.18
-
- 1. Zipfiles that are marked read-only on the distribution disks and
- transferred with the FILE command for unzipping are now changed to
- read-write before deleting them.
-
- 2. Added ATTRIBSAVE command to specify whether attributes are to be
- preserved from distribution disk to destination directories.
-
- Version 2.17
-
- 1. All files transferred via the FILE command or installed via the
- UNZIP command have their attributes preserved. So, if you have a
- read-only, hidden file on the distribution disk, it will be a
- read-only hidden file in the destination directory.
-
- 2. If the file being transferred already exists in the destination
- directory, the existing file's attributes are changed to read/write
- before the copy and to the source file's attributes after the copy.
- So, if you are copying a hidden/read-only file on top of an existing
- hidden/read-only file, you don't have to worry about access
- privileges.
-
- Version 2.11
-
- 1. Authorization keys are no longer necessary for Install-Pro to
- function.
-
- Version 2.09
-
- 1. If Config.sys or Autoexec.bat isn't in the path the User
- enters, he can create it on the spot.
-
- Version 2.00
-
- 1. Added external text redefinition file for foreign language
- translations.
-
- 2. Added RAM, Math coprocessor, Dos version and CPU detection.
-
- 3. Added FILES= update for Config.sys.
-
- 4. Added PATH update for Autoexec.bat.
-
- 5. File decompression has been speeded up by about 80%.
-
- 6. Split files may now be tagged as UPGRADE or VERIFY.
-
- Version 1.61
-
- 1. Changed OPTIONal label resolution to a single form with radio
- buttons toggled for selection, instead of individual
- mini-menus.
-
- Version 1.60
-
- 1. FILE and UNZIP commands may now be modified with VERIFY or
- UPGRADE. VERIFY always confirms before overwriting an
- existing file, while UPGRADE always confirms overwriting a
- new existing file.
-
- 2. Subdirectories stored in zip files are now automatically
- created. (It is no longer necessary to create these
- directories with a SUBDIR command.)
-
- 3. USER commands may now be tagged with NOMOD, which 'freezes' a
- directory. A frozen destination directory cannot be changed
- by the user, although the destination drive still can.
-
- 4. HELLO and GOODBYE screens may now be of any length, up to
- available ram. They are automatically broken up at 14 lines,
- or may be forced to a new page with HELLOBREAK and
- GOODBYEBREAK commands.
-
- 5. Install-Pro may now be run from any directory. The only
- restriction is that all installation files and scripts be in
- the same directory as Install-Pro. The 'same directory' may
- be the same-named directory, including the root directory, of
- multiple installation disks.
-
- 6. The SPACE available check has been expanded and improved.
- There is a slight syntax change with this command, so be sure
- to check the documentation.
-
- Version 1.58
-
- 1. RUN commands may now access OPTIONal labels.
-
- 2. Installations are no longer allowed to be attempted on top of an
- installation DISKETTE. Diskettes other than the installation
- diskette are still allowed, as well as fixed-disk installations from
- the root to a subdirectory. Files have never been allowed to be
- copied on top of themselves.
-
- Version 1.53
-
- 1. Encrypted zip files are now detected.
-
- Version 1.50
-
- 1. Added CHAIN to allow multi-module installations.
-
- 2. Added an OPTION modifier to the USER command to allow portions of an
- installation to be made optional.
-
- Version 1.40
-
- 1. Added UNZIP support.
-
- Version 1.30
-
- 1. Added disk naming to allow "Utilities Disk" or any other name to be
- assigned to a disk instead of the default "Disk n". The default
- still works if Disk n was fine for you.
-
- 2. Disk swap windows and file transfer title windows now auto-size in
- deference to the variable size disk names.
-
- 3. Added a disk SPACE check command.
-
- Version 1.20
-
- 1. Files can now be split into pieces onto multiple diskettes and
- rebuilt during installation.
-
-
- Version 1.15
-
- 1. Added spawn (direct execution vs command shell execution) support
- for RUN commands.
-
- 2. Added more rubust form entry - it's now more clear that the
- installation wants to see a drive and a directory.
-
-
- Version 1.13
-
- 1. Added 43/50 line, 80-132 column support.
-
-
- Version 1.12
-
- 1. Floppy drives no longer get accessed during valid drive test during
- destination directory entry.
-
- 2. All restrictions on leading or trailing backslashes when referring
- to directories have been removed - \dir\ \dir and dir\ are all valid
- when referring to a child subdirectory. C:\dir and C:\dir\ are both
- valid when referring to a parent subdirectory. C:\dir\ as a parent
- and \dir (or \dir\) as its child will also work.
-
- Version 1.10
-
- 1. Added mono switch /m
- 2. Cosmetic changes made to some colors
-
-