************************************************************************************************** * PLEASE READ OVER THIS BRIEF DOCUMENT * ************************************************************************************************** LZ Install Kit (Freeware) LZ WinSoft Consulting, CopyRight (C), 1995 LZ Install Kit (for Windows) is an universal install program which allows you to install files to any desired location. It's very easy to use, and it's free! If you use LZ Install Kit as the install tool for your applications, you only need to edit two types of files (by any ASCII file editor). They all are plain text files, and easy to write and modify. The first one is LZINSTAL.INI which describes all of the information about how to install your applications. A complete sample file for this is included with this package. You should be able to modify it easily for your own needs. There are 6 (six) sections at most, all of them are optional except section [General] under which the entry nDisks is mandatory. The other two entry under [General] are DefPath and IniFile which indicate the default location your application is going to install and your application's INI file. The default path can be altered during the installation by user to any location s/he wants. The second important section will be [GroupIcon] if you want LZ Install Kit to create a Windows Group icon for you. What you need to do is to specify a group name (entry GroupName), the number of icons in the group window (entry Items), and each icon's property. An icon's property includes the complete path of a file associated with the icon, the file type, and text underneath the icon. The three fields are separated by divider |. Refer to the included sample file for details. Section PreExecute is needed if you want to run some programs during the installation. You need specify how many executions you want to have, and the complete command line for each execution. LZ Install Kit can also set as many entries as you want to 3 important ini files, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, and your own application INI file. The name of your own INI file must be exeactly the same as the one you specified to entry IniFile under section General. On each disk, you need one instruction file (in ASCII format ) to tell LZ Install Kit which files in that disk need to be installed. The file would be called DISK.2 if it is for disk 2. There is only one section called DiskInfo in each of the files. Entry nFiles tells LZ Install Kit the number of files in that disk to be copied. Three portions are used for each file to tell LZ Install Kit the current name of the file in the installation disk, the final name when it's been transferred to its destination, and the destination. "SRCDIR" is a reserved key word. Destination is indicated by one of the three numbers (0, 1, 2). Number 0 indicates the directory your application is going to be installed to; number 1 means that the file will be copied to your Windows directory; number 2 represents Windows system sub-directory. All of your files except the instruction file can be compressed. LZ Install Kit currently only supports the MicroSoft format. That is to say, the file can be uncompressed by EXPAND.EXE coming with MicroSoft DOS or Windows. Note, 1) entries are always numbered starting from 1 and ascending continuely; 2) portions in one line is always divided by | even the portion is empty; comments always starts with semi-column. However, avoid writing comment at the same line as the entry. The 32-bit version is available upon request. LZ WinSoft Consulting 25 Parkway Forest Dr., Unit 403 North York, Ontario Canada, M2J 1L4 Tel: (416)502-3751 Fax: (416)441-4655 Email: winsoft@io.org ------------------------------ end of readme.txt --------------------------