User manual MEDIA21 INSTALL-US 2007

[. . . ] www. install-us. com install-us 2007 Manual install-us Standard install-us Professional This document mustn't be reproduced entire or in part in any kind; It mustn't be distributed to any third party, stored in a database system, or translated into another language without the prior written permission of Schellhorn media-productions e. K. Although the authors have attempted to find and correct any bugs in the software, they are not responsible for any damage or losses of any kind caused by the use or misuse of the software. The authors are under no obligation to provide service, corrections, or upgrades to SOFTWARE INSTALL-US. install-us 2007 Documentation Release: February 2nd 2007 © 1996-2007 schellhorn media-productions e. K. All rights reserved. install-us is a trademark of schellhorn media-productions e. K. ; Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated; IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation. [. . . ] To take one single file into the project, select the file in the file listview and click at the button >. The button >> takes all files into our project, which are in the current selected directory. By clicking on the button symbolizing a directory structure all files and subdirectories will be inserted in the treeview of our project. You switch between those options by just selecting the desired page (Option. . . 1 to 9) of the destination treeview pagecontrol. Filesource The expression %SetupDir% within the destination-treeview represents the main installation-directory, which can be changed during setup by the user. To change its name doubleclick onto the entry and the rename dialog appears. If you want to install some files into a directory different from the maindirectory %SetupDir% click Special. Program group entries, links and shortcuts Install-us is able to create links in a ordinary program group or shortcuts on the Desktop or in the Start-Menu. Note: The programm group will only be created, if there is at least one entry to make. install-us Manual install-us main module · 27 Specify a name for the link in Name of link. Then just specify the kind of link (or shortcut) you want to be created during installation. If you do want create an addtional folder, which contains the links, you can specify its name in the edit fields Subdirectories (optional). You can add parameters, which can be used by your application when called. Additional programgroup entries Choose menu Installation - Additional Programgroup-Entries. In the following dialog you can specify the name of the links and the links themselves. Within the section Configuration you can choose the configuration, when to create the links. Example: %SetupDir%\program. exe would create a link to the file program. exe in the main-directory of the drive, from which the software is installed. Filename-extensions If the user doubleclicks on a datafile in the explorer, a program is started, which automatically opens the calling datafile. If your software includes a program, which can open specific datafiles, you must specify this program and the extension in install-us to register it automatically in the explorer during installation. Example: If the user clicks on a *. txt-file within the Explorer or the file-manager the standard-editor notepad starts and opens the textfile. Please choose the program-file in the destination-tree, which you have put into it already, and doubleclick onto it. The dialog "File-Settings appears": Settings Then go to the page Settings and enter you can promt the extension (e. g. XYZ-Project-File) Note: If a file calls the program, this program should open the calling file, as it is usual for windows-applications. Select the program-file or another file within the destination-treeview, to which an entry should be created. [. . . ] Make sure to copy the files to the directories specified in the "Settings"-dialog! 52 · install-us main module install-us Manual CD-Manager Introduction The install-us CD-Manager offers a simple method of creating Autorun-CDs with a special menu. He can install the application, you included onto the CD, or he can open special documents provided with the CD-ROM. The CD-Manager enables you to list all available installations/ applications on a CD-Rom in one single list. In this list the user can inform himself about the single options and run the installation/ application directly. Usage Go to menu Tools and select CD-Manager or start the CD-Manager directly from the install-us Program folder. [. . . ]