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This is to announce the release of Chief's Install Pro for Windows,
which has now been uploaded to various ftp sites.

This is an "off the shelf" installation program for Windows applications.
The package also includes an "Uninstaller" which can be used to remove an
application that was installed with Chief's Install Pro, with a single
button click. Supplying the uninstaller with your application is obviously
optional.

Program:  Chief's Install Pro for Windows
Filename: cinstp11.zip

Ftp Site				Directory
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wuarchive.wustl.edu                 /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/win
ftp.demon.co.uk		            /pub/ibmpc/windows/chief/pro
oak.oakland.edu                     /Simtel/win3/install
ftp.cis.ksu.edu		            /pub/upload
ftp.uu.net		            /tmp
micros.hensa.ac.uk                  /micros/ibmpc/win/e/e022
ftp.cica.indiana.edu                /pub/pc/win3/util


FULL DESCRIPTION
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    Install is an "off-the-shelf" installation suite. The program will
    copy files from floppy disks (or a directory on a hard disk) to the
    destination directory. If the files are compressed with Microsoft's
    COMPRESS.EXE they will be decompressed automatically. In this respect
    Install uses the routines in LZEXPAND.DLL. If the files are not
    compressed, they will simply be copied.

    RESTRICTIONS/FEATURES
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    1. You can only install into any combination of the following;
         (a) ONE destination directory, and up to 45 subdirectories
             under it
         (b) the Windows directory
         (c) the Windows SYSTEM directory
         (d) the TEMP directory

    2. Only a maximum of 45 installation disks are supported. Install will
    prompt for the disks as they are required.

    3. Chief's Install Pro will optionally offer to put the destination
    directory into the "PATH" statement in AUTOEXEC.BAT

    4. Chief's Install Pro will optionally create a Program Manager group
    file, and icons for any supplied file(s) - .EXEs, README files, etc.

    5. Chief's Install Pro will optionally run any supplied program(s)
    during the installation, as part of the installation process.

    6. Chief's Install Pro will optionally run any supplied program(s)
    immediately after the installation is complete

    7. The stipulated format of the WINSTALL.INF file must be followed
    strictly.

    8. Chief's Install Pro allows you to supply on-line for the
    installation. You have to create a Windows help file called
    WINSTALL.HLP. This help file can be accessed by clicking on the "HELP"
    button. A simple one is supplied. You can either use that, or create
    your own. If no WINSTALL.HLP file is found in the path, then the "HELP"
    button is removed from the Install window.

    9. Chief's Install Pro will check whether there is sufficient space on
    the target drive - based on information which you supply as to how much
    disk space your application requires. If you need extra temporary disk
    space for the installation, Install can check for this also.

   10. Chief's Install Pro will make entries in any INI (or other) file(s)
   specified by you. Up to 20 entries can be made. Do NOT use this feature
   to insert an entry which may already exist - the old entry will be
   deleted and replaced by the new one (e.g., do NOT use it for "DEVICE="
   lines in SYSTEM.INI

   11. Chief's Install Pro provides support for non-English languages - it
   will look for a DLL called WINSTALL.DLL in the directory from which
   INSTALL.EXE is executed. If this DLL is found, Install will load the
   string tables used for messages from it.

   12. Chief's Install Pro provides support for PARTIAL INSTALLATIONS of
   program. In this respect, you can have up to 10 installation options.

   13. Chief's Install Pro provides support for displaying a "banner" in the
   background, and for specifying the text of the banner, the font to use
   used for it, the font size, the color of the text, the color of the
   background, and a brush to paint the background.

   14. Chief's Install Pro provides support for displaying a bitmap file,
   stretched to fill the screen.

   15. Chief's Install Pro will optionally check the disks being inserted by
   the user to verify that they are the correct ones.

   16. Chief's Install Pro provides an UNINSTALLER, which can be used to
   uninstall any program that was installed with Chief's Install Pro.

   17. Chief's Chief's Install Pro will check the target directory for the
   existence of any copy of each file being installed, and will prompt the
   user for over-write permission.

   18. Chief's Chief's Install Pro will check for version information in
   existing copies of shared binary files, and for date stamps in non-shared
   files.

   19. Chief's Install Pro will use the 3D dialog effects in CTL3D.DLL if a
   copy of that file is found. If CTL3D.DLL is not found, then the program
   will use standard Windows dialogs (the absence of the file will NOT cause
   an error).

   20. Chief's Install Pro provides about 50 commands ("reserved words") to
   add greater flexibility.

--
The Chief
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Dr. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku  (The African Chief)
Keele University, England    (and, the Great Elephant)
Email: laa12@keele.ac.uk