SFX Installer
The SFX Installer offers the first one file archive/installation tool widely available on the OS/2 platform. It marries the installation tool for your software and it's own setup tools into one friendly package for point and click installation setups that are personalized for your software.
SFX allows you to build an archive in standard or self-extracting format and with or without the installer.
- A standard zip file without the installer.
- A standard zip file with the installer.
- A self-extracting zip file without the installer.
- A self-extracting zip file with the installer.
There are no cryptic scripts to learn to write other than any setupstrings you need to place folders and icons on the desktop. The installation setup tool allows you to point and click a complete setup. When you are satisfied with how the archive should be setup you can save all the information and recall it when needed.
When building a self-extracting zip file with the installer, the self-extractor will:
- Check if there is enough freespace for the install
- Prompt for another drive if freespace is marginal
- Unarchive the files you are distributing
- Start the installer automatically
- Slide your bitmap across the splash screen
- Display a readme or License if you choose to
- If showing a License it will close and clean up if the License is not agreed to
- Allow the user to set or select the installation directory
- Allow the user to set or select the dll directory (if needed)
- Allow the user to set or select the help directory (if needed)
- Create the installation directory (if needed)
- Add to the LIBPATH statement (if needed)
- Add to the SET HELP statement (if needed)
- Backup Config.sys (if needed)
- Copy your files to the locations selected by the user
- Create any program objects you have set up
- Run your plugin commands to overcome any installation limitations (copy, move, rename, write ini files etc)
- Write an uninstallation script specific to the installation
- Delete all temporary files so only the original archive remains
If you need to place dll's or help files in the LIBPATH or SET HELP paths, SFX will display a listing of all directories currently in the (LIBPATH or SET HELP) path. The user can select from an existing directory that the installer has listed and no change will be made to their config.sys or they can choose to have the installer change the path statements to whatever they choose. No matter where they put the files, the uninstall script will know about it and will be able to delete them at uninstall time.
Note: If you are running Object Rexx and want to download the self-extracting version you will need to download Andrew Zabolotny's unlock (18k) utility and place it in your path so the installer can find it.
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