SVInstal from Soft Ventures This is the shareware evaluation version of SVInstal. To install SVInstal, 1. Unzip SVI395.ZIP to a floppy or directory on your hard disk. 2. Run SVI395.EXE 3. Read the help file 'Introduction' and 'Getting Started" sections. Thank you for trying SVInstal, Rob Stevens CIS 71441,734 Internet 71441.734@compuserve.com or stevensr@cadvision.com Also available: SVI3.13 - 16 bit SVInstal runable on Windows 3.1x, Windows NT and Windows 95 SVI3NT - SVInstal specific to Windows NT Check out my web page for the latest information on SVInstal: http://www.cadvision.com/Home_Pages/accounts/softventures/SoftVentures --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Release Notes: *** SEE DIFF.TXT for differences between the shareware and registered versions of SVInstal. 3.95 New Stuff (Aug 95) Un-Install - Users can now un-install the application. Removes files, directories and program group. Version check and display on overwrite prompt. User is shown version information for old and new files in case of an overwrite. Registry - You can add or modify any HKEY values by creating a text file with the key values. Some keys require administrator privileges to modify. This version assumes the user has the correct rights. This version only supports String keys. Long File and Directory names - This version is limited to 255 characters for full file spec including directory info. 3.12 New Stuff (May 95) New Bitmap Display mode - You can now specify to display black areas of you bitmap as transparent. This means you can make a bitmap with large yellow lettering on a black background and it will appear as yellow lettering on the blue gradient. (note: only compatible with non-stretch bitmap placement modes) INI File support - You can now modify INI files during your installation. - Add to any .INI file. - Modify any .INI file. - Tokenized ini processing to insert the user selected install drive and directory if required. System Files - You can now modify AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS - Check for minimum FILES and BUFFERS, modify if required. - Append to AUTOEXEC.BAT and/or CONFIG.SYS - Tokenized append processing to insert the user selected install drive and directory. - User can choose to apply changes or not. Automatic file placement - These files are auto-magically placed on the first distribution, disk when used. TileBitMap, Afterfile, Autoexec-append and Config-append Afterfile - now runs from the user chosen drive and directory. ie: if you specify your default to be C:\Myapp but the user installs to D:\Myapp2, SVI will install your afterfile to D:\Myapp2 and run it from there. Readme - Readme file has been separated from the afterfile. You can now specify a readme file and which program to run it, Notepad or Write. Restart/Reboot - You can now set SVI to restart windows or reboot the user's PC at the end of the installation. Disk Size - You can now specify the target disk as CD/Net and PRO_BLD will build full distribution into DISK1. Disk Numbers - PRO_BLD now writes disk number information which SVI312 checks at disk change time to ensure user has put in correct disk. Loops until either the correct disk is put in or the user selects CANCEL. Improved error handling - you now have 'OK-CANCEL' choices on most errors so you can skip on to next file or cancel installation. Feedback on build, tells which file is being processed, "3 of 29" etc. 3.12 Fixes (May 95) - PRO_BLD, Improved processing for 'Remove Project'. PRO_BLD was getting confused as to when the last project had been removed. And setting wrong version number when creating new projects. - SVI311 if set to gradient fill would colorover any 'Always on Top' applications like Microsoft Office. - Check file size, 'TOO LARGE' message if bigger than configured disk size. ie: trying to put a 2MB file on a 1.44MB diskette. 3.12a Fixes (June 95) - SVI31BLD not setting Bitmap file name when opening optins window. 3.11 New Stuff (Feb 95) Bitmap Position - Two new position added, Place_Low and Stretch_Hori- zontal_Low. These are the same as Place and Stretch_Horizontal except they place the bitmap at the bottom of the screen. Gradient Fill and Tile Fill - For screen color you can now choose either a solid color of a standard blue gradient fill or tiled bitmap. Pre/Post installtion messages - You can now specify a breift (255 character) message to appear before installation, and a different message to appear after. Of course, you do not have to use either if you don't want to. PRO_BLD Options Screen - Got too big, split into 4 'Tabbed' panels. New Project - Now carries SVI3 and compress configure information forward. Compact Database - New menu choice under File to compact SVI.MDB. 310TO311.EXE - upgrader utility. Multi-Add Subdirectory - When you select multiple files to ADD to a project, you are now asked if you wish to set the SUB DIRECTORY for all files. 3.10a Fixes - There was a bug in the setup of new project default values. The (Feb 95) bitmap position parameter was set to 0 causeing no bitmap to be displayed. If you changed the position the problem disappeared. 3.10 New Stuff (Jan 95) Screen color - You can now set the screen color to whatever you like. This is done with the new Pro-Build utility. (see below) Source Sub Directories - You no longer need to build a subdirectory tree on your distribution disk to install files to sub-directories. In fact you no longer need to build your distribution disk, see Pro- Build below. Readme support - The Afterfile can now be used to run Notepad and bring up your readme.txt file. (see Help for how to do this) CD / Network support - When you specify an icon is to be placed in the program group you can also specify if the properties are to point back to the source. ie: Installing a CD you want the icon properties to point to a file on the distribution media - the CD. See CDNet.TXT for more details. Project Based Smart(er) Build Utility - This is the main enhancement of version 3.1. See on-line Help for full details. 3.10a Fixes - There was a bug in the setup of new project default values. The (Feb 95) bitmap position parameter was set to 0 causeing no bitmap to be displayed. If you changed the position the problem disappeared. 3.06 Fixes - SVI3 would go ahead and try to install to a drive that did not (Nov94) have enough space. - SVI3 would get real confused if you put TWO file names into the afterfile (like "NOTEPAD.EXE README.TXT"). SVI 3.06 still does not fully support using the afterfile to run NOTEPAD.EXE. This is because SVI3 passes commandline parameters to the afterfile telling it where the user chose to install the application. To get the above to work you must make a manual change to SVINSTAL.SVI after it is built. Edit it with Windows notepad, and add AT THE END: [AfterFile] AfterFileParameterFlag=N Version 3.1 (available early in 95) will handle this for you. 3.05 Fixes - The source drive listbox was not set to display verticle scroll (Nov94) bars. This meant you could only choose from the first three drives. - The 'Installation Complete' box did not come up on multi-disk installations. - The %F token was not being parsed correctly. 3.04 Fixes - SVI3 fails when trying to install > 24 icons in a program group. (Oct94) Caused by single long DDE command. Now modified to add icons in groups of 10. NOTE: The maximum number of icons that Windows will support in a program group is 50. 3.03 Fixes - SVI3 would fail after decompressing 16 files. (Aug94) - SVI3 would cause a protection fault in PROGMAN if more than 13 icons were being added into a program group. 3.02 Fixes - SVI3, if you selected no bitmap, the calculation of number of (Aug94) file to install would be incorrect. 3.01 Fixes - RunComp "Internal Error" if run more than once. (Aug94) - Files redirected to Windows with icon displayed had icon properties incorrectly set. - Compress.exe, the orginally supplied compress.exe produced files that would decompress fine with the lzexpand.dll that comes with Windows 3.11 but would not expand if using Windows 3.1's lzexpand.dll. Files compressed with the supplied compress.exe now work with both 3.1 and 3.11.