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- The TeleShare Install manual Page 1
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- August, 1993
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- Install is designed to allow you to install and run programs,
- demonstration programs, and maintenance software. Of course
- its primarily designed to install the TeleShare distribution.
- However, you may use it as a general install program, to setup
- software that you only use occasionally and the like, as long
- as you are also installing TeleShare with your software.
- TeleShare install stores its help information and script
- instructions in the INSTALL.DBF and INSTALL.DBT Xbase database
- files. You can edit the help by tapping F7 instead of F1
- -Help while running install or you can start install with the
- "EDIT" command line parameter.
- Install always looks in the last entry for its script
- instructions. You can take advantage of this by putting
- alternate installation sets in other dbase deleted entries and
- undeleting them for particular disk distributions. Don't
- leave the last entry blank, or install will yell at you.
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- Command line parameters
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- INSTALL [EDIT ADD MONO]
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- EDIT - to edit the script database
- ADD - to add a new entry and edit the script database.
- MONO - to force monochrom screen output.
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- The install script language follows:
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- # is used for comments. Anything to the right of a # is
- considered a comment.
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- Every TeleShare install script must start with the line.
- "TELESHARE INSTALL SCRIPT"
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- Otherwise the installer might try to work over one of its own
- help files, and snivel at you.
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- BROWSE somefile to browse or review some text file for
- information. It has a built-in search capability.
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- CHANGEDISK key_file To prompt to change to the next diskette,
- and to check for the specified key file on the next disk. You
- can leave a space and add a message that will be displayed in
- place of "Please change disks" after the key_file name. Do
- use a zero length key_file name.
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- CHANGEDISK peaches.exe Please change to the red disk.
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- CLEAR to clear the screen. This version actually calls the
- DOS CLS to ensure that the screen color/colour matches similar
- DOS related commands that you may be using in association with
- it.
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- COMMAND to directly run programs and to pass commands to
- command.com. See the RUN and SWAP commands below.
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- COPY - to allow copying of materials from the source to target
- disk as in:
- COPY file_1 file_2 file_3 etc
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- The destination is the DIRECTORY provided earlier.
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- DIRECTORY - to supply a directory name for editing.
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- ECHO like the DOS echo command. Anything that is not
- recognised by the script parser is simply echoed to the
- screen, but any spaces on the left side will be trimmed off.
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- IF and END or ENDIF If is used with ADD-IN or BASIC, as in
- IF BASIC
- # installation commands for the BASIC option
- ...
- ENDIF
- IF ADD-IN
- # installation commands for the ADD-IN option
- ...
- END
- if add-in basic
- # to combine the partial installation options
- ...
- endif
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- The final "END" or "ENDIF" is an implied "QUIT", so if you use
- one of the two optional partial installation options, ensure
- that the 'right stuff' is done before the "END".
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- There is no "IF ALL" to install everything. If the option to
- install everything is chosen, any "IF BASIC" or "IF ADD-IN"
- instruction sets are ignored.
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- INSTALL DIRECTORY \TELE\ # to specify the \TELE\ directory.
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- INSTALL HEADER - This allows you to provide an alternate
- header to replace the default message at the upper part of the
- screen. You may use up to 3 message or header lines.
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- INSTALL README some_file to allow you to use any file name
- instead of the default README.DOC name. README.DOC is used in
- place of README.1ST to make it easier to look up a group of
- manuals, ending in ".DOC", with TsPhone's browse.
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- INSTALL ADD-IN or BASIC - to specify that the TeleShare
- distribution is only a partial distribution. The installer
- defaults to asking if you want 1) A FULL distribution or 2)
- Only the REMOTE or the HOST (BASIC) or 3) As an ADD-IN to
- another product like bitcom. Use one of these command options
- to bypass the prompting.
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- QUIT - to instruct INSTALL to quit to DOS.
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- QUIT_TO to quit and run another program. Install uses
- keyboard stuffing to run the next program. You may prefer to
- check that your target P.C.(s) use compatible keyboard
- routines.
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- RUN - to tell INSTALL to run the program on the same line.
- For both RUN and SWAP, install looks for the file to be run in
- both the source and the destination directories, and runs it
- where it was found with the current directory being the
- destination directory. This means that it works with self-
- extracting archive files and software that has been
- installed. Use the COMMAND command to simply run programs and
- to pass commands to command.com. Use swap if you need all but
- 2K of memory. The parser ignores ".COM" files, so add the
- .com if you want to RUN or SWAP .com files.
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- SWAP - to tell INSTALL to SWAP all but 2k of itself to disk
- before running the program given on the same line.
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- Examples:
- CLEAR
- RUN some
- SWAP bigthing # swap all but 2k of the program to disk
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- WAIT to wait for the user to press a key to continue. The
- wait is actually a long delay.
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- The best way to learn how to use INSTALL is to study an
- existing script in the INSTALL.DBF/DBT file. Run INSTALL with
- EDIT, and compare its actions to the command script. Practise
- with small scripts and work up. Test your setups.
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- If you use the install program very much to install other
- software, you will notice that the size of the install.dbt
- file builds up. Use the ITUNE.EXE program to retune the
- size. It will automatically reclaim wasted space.
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- ASP Introduction:
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- Please also carefully read the accompanying SHARE.ASP or
- SHR_WARE.DOC document.
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- "This program is produced by a member of the Association of
- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that 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, 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."
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- DISTRIBUTION: This product is the property of P. C Softsmith
- (c) 1991-2. It may be distributed freely, but it is
- shareware. If you use it to produce setup/installs for
- yourself or others, please send a letter with comments and
- suggestions to P. C. Softsmith. You do not have to register
- TeleShare to include it with your product. However, you must
- include this documentation with any and all distributions of
- INSTALL, and you may not charge more than an 'industry
- standard' distribution fee for shareware distributors. See
- the "History" section below for more distribution
- information.
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- Support:
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- Please contact us for TeleShare support and sales at P. C.
- Softsmith by telephone (604) 433 - 5189 or at Suite 606 - 6455
- Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5H
- 4E4. Both registered and soon to be registered users
- currently get the same support without any arbitrary time
- limit.
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- Internet and Compuserve users can also direct email to:
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- vic_williams@mindlink.bc.ca
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- Your comments on the product will be appreciated. Naturally
- we all might expect ongoing changes in the product.
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- History:
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- This install is a version of the installation program used to
- install the FORCE Xbase compiler (the ONLY native code
- producing Xbase compiler), with portions Copyright (C) 1989
- Sophco Inc. The terms of the distribution agreement are such
- that this install program may only be distributed with P. C.
- Softsmith products. If you want to distribute it solely with
- your product, please contact us and we will direct you to the
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- appropriate contact people. In mid July 1993, the script
- language was added to the install program and the version was
- upgraded from 1 to 2.
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- DISCLAIMER - AGREEMENT
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- The documentation and associated software are distributed and
- sold with no warranties, either express or implied, regarding
- its merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. To
- repeat, the author disclaims all warranties, expressed or
- implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of
- merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author
- assumes no liability for damages, direct or conse- quential,
- which may result from the use of the product with or without
- registration.
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- The information in this documentation is subject to change
- without notice and does not represent a committment on the
- part of the vendor.
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- THE DOCUMENTATION AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE ARE DISTRIBUTED AND
- SOLD WITH NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, REGARDING
- ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
- THE INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENTATION IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
- WITHOUT NOTICE AND DOES NOT REPRESENT A COMMITTMENT ON THE
- PART OF THE VENDOR.
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- OTHER PRODUCT AND BRAND NAMES MENTIONED ARE TRADEMARKS OR
- REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE HOLDERS.
- SPECIFICALLY XBASE IS THE GENERIC DATABASE INDUSTRY
- REPLACEMENT FOR THE REGISTERED TERM 'DBASE' OWNED BY BORLAND
- INTERNATIONAL.
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