README.TXT file for the Setup Toolkit SETUP.EXE version 1.00.004 ---------------------------------------------------------------- This file lists the changes made to SETUP.EXE after Visual Basic version 3.0 shipped. The version of SETUP.EXE that was released with Visual Basic version 3.0 has a date and time of 28-APR-1993 12:00 am and is 15312 bytes in size. The file contains no version number. Installation Notes ------------------ Copy this version of SETUP.EXE into your SETUPKIT\KITFILES directory over your existing copy of SETUP.EXE. Distribution Notes ------------------ You are free to distribute this version of SETUP.EXE royalty free. Features/Bug Fixes ------------------ The following are the features and bug fixes that were added to SETUP.EXE after VB 3.0 was released. This file will be updated with the latest bug fixes and features any time a new post-release VB 3.0 version of SETUP.EXE becomes available. Version Bug Fix/Feature Comments --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.00.002 VER.DLL is truncated to SETUP.EXE now checks to see zero bytes if it is not if VER.DL_ exists on your found or has an incorrect distribution disk. If it is name on the distribution not found, the following error disk. error is displayed and then SETUP.EXE terminates: "Error - File not found: A:\VER.DL_. This file is required by Setup." 1.00.002 SETUP.EXE does not run When running SETUP.EXE in in Windows version 3.0. Microsoft Windows version 3.0, you will receive the error "This application requires a newer version of Windows." This error causes SETUP.EXE to terminate. This bug has been fixed so that SETUP.EXE will run successfully in Microsoft Windows version 3.0. 1.00.002 The Visual Basic version This problem occurs because 3.0 THREED.VBX does not the file type of THREED.VBX overwrite the Visual Basic changed from "APP" to "DLL" version 2.0 THREED.VBX. between version 2.0 and 3.0. SETUP.EXE now ignores file type differences and will install any file where the source and destination names are the same when the source file is the same or a newer version. 1.00.002 This error message: The error messages are now "Could not open or read "Error - Could not open file: file: " was " and "Error - Could replaced with two not read file: ." separate error messages. Both errors cause SETUP.EXE to terminate. 1.00.002 New error message added: The new error message replaces: "Error - Insufficient "Error - Could not copy file: disk space on drive -> :" This " error causes SETUP.EXE when there is insufficient to terminate. disk space. 1.00.002 Version information was The version number 1.00.002 added to SETUP.EXE. was added to SETUP.EXE. Previous versions of SETUP.EXE have no version number. 1.00.003 Running SETUP.EXE This problem has been fixed so version 1.00.002 from a that you can run SETUP.EXE from subdirectory causes a subdirectory. SETUP.EXE "Error - Could not open provided with Visual Basic file: SETUP.LST version 3.0 does not have this problem. 1.00.003 VER.DL_ on distribution SETUP.EXE now copies VER.DL_ disk does not copy over when the file/date time stamp of VER.DLL in destination the destination VER.DLL file is directory if the file date/ the same. time stamp is the same for both files. 1.00.004 A "Cannot copy file ..." SETUP.EXE no longer gives an error message occurs when error when the source file has attempting to copy a file an older version number than referenced in SETUP.LST that the destination file. has an older version number than the same file on the destination drive. This error causes SETUP.EXE to terminate. 1.00.004 SETUP.EXE copies over the SETUP.EXE no longer attempts to same or older version of copy VER.DLL if it is already in VER.DLL if it is in use use. It assumes that it can use by another application such an older version of VER.DLL if as File Manager. This can it exists and is in use. lead to a General Protection Fault (GP fault).