EXTRA INFORMATION



COMPRESS.EXE

Setup Builder provides the facility to compress files before they are placed
on your installation suite disks. In order to use this facility, the
Microsoft COMPRESS.EXE program is required. This is not supplied with
Setup Builder, but you will probably already have it as part of a number
of other products.
In order for Setup Builder to use COMPRESS.EXE, COMPRESS.EXE must be in the
Setup Builder directory, your Windows directory or a directory pointed to by
the PATH statement in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.



PAYMENT FOR SOFTWARE

Please see the Setup Builder help file 'Payment for and Registration of
Software' section for information on how you can pay for your copy of the
Setup Builder software.



MORE INFORMATION

If you require any further information, please see the Setup
Builder help file 'Contacting the Author' section for information
on how to contact the author.



NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 3.05

     -     3d Dialogs and controls
     -     Redesign/improved ease of use to all dialogs


NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 3.06

     -     Internal bug fixes


NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 3.07

     -     Configuration of compressed file name extensions ie .EXE to .EX_
     -     Correction of bug which sometimes prevented SaveAs and New
           dialogs working
     -     Configuration of temporary file directory now possible
     -     Correction of bug during build: if source file was not found,
           error message was corrupt where it refered to the source file name
     -     Correction of bug at end of build: copying of script file did
           not delete the dummy script file first resulting in an incorrect
           space availability check and the script file not being placed on
           the first disk
     -     Ability to specify target directory in addition to the current
           drive letter feature. Enables install procedures to be built on
           your hard disk
     -     Correction of bug which caused the first file overwrite
           confirmation message in an install procedure to be correct, but
           subsequent ones to have the file name at the start of the message
           instead of in place of the '$' substitution marker
     -     New/larger toolbar buttons
     -     6 extra 'user code' sections
     -     Now supports files larger than the size of diskettes (unlike
           many alternative products) and splits them across multiple
           diskettes. Also handles compressed files split across multiple
           diskettes. Much more efficient use of diskette space


NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 3.08

     -     Now supports background 'advertising' bitmaps during application
           installation - for company logos etc or a default shaded backdrop
           Supported by completely new 'Backdrop Display' dialog in Setup
           Builder
     -     Nested calling of script files from within script files
     -     MakeIcon() extended to allow setting of icon, and default path
           and supported in 'File Attributes' dialog in Setup Builder
     -     Bug fix: Overwrite confirmation message wrong way round - it
           refered to overwriting the file on the diskette with that on the
           hard disk. Now fixed. Code which actually copied files was always
           Ok even though the message was wrong.
     -     Bug fix: Pressing 'Cancel' after pressing 'Build' caused program
           to lock. Now fixed.
     -     Confirm overwrite and check useage files now appear in the gauge
     -     Bug fix: MakeIcon() had problems if command had parameters which
           included a comma - Progman DDE took the comma as the next
           parameter and created a completely incorrect icon
     -     Backdrop shading now light at top, dark at bottom to conform with
           Microsoft design standards

NEW FEATURES TO VERSION 3.09

     -     Now supports User Defined dialogs with new functions:
                 CreateDialog
                 CreateControl
                 DestroyDialog
                 SetFocus
                 CentreDialog
     -     Extra toolbar icons added
     -     Visual Basic .MAK project import facility added
     -     Now supplied with Sample projects and script files which are
           also documented in the help file
     -     Cut/Copy/Paste added to main application window
     -     Setup About dialog copyright text can now be changed
     -     Cut/Copy/Paste added to user code dialog



NEW FEATURES PLANNED FOR FUTURE RELEASES

     -     Install 'queue cards' - display changing comments during
           an installation - for advertising the product being installed
           and telling the user what the product can do and to fill in
           registration cards etc
     -     Menu system whereby a number of applications can be placed
           on a diskette in different directories and the user can select
           from a list applications to install/de-install.
     -     Dialog editor program for user defined dialogs
     -     Target disk space availability checking at install time



KNOWN PROBLEMS/SOLUTIONS

Please see the Setup Builder online Windows Help File section 'Commonly
Reported Problems'.