Neil, it is not hard to make such a program and it is immediately

required (as you might have experienced setting up the "Society"

chat-forum), what Harold suggest is pracitcaly the easiest way to do it.

This install program will simply construct it's own file/directory

complex on the target user's computer and not ask around much where the

user want's to keep what. With the standard file and database I/O

modules in place the installer will have a very easy job on creating the

Function Server's and other databases.



Below is my idea of the program. I'll send over an example program later

today.



Neil Nelson wrote:

> This could be a suggested version of the install program.  I agree that

> we need to have an install program and welcome suggestions for it. But

> we need to have something that we agree a customer can install before

> an install program is useful.  That is, it is a task item but likely after a

> number of other tasks unless it can be quickly and easily done.  My

> thinking is that this item should be delayed or put on an identified

> schedule.



01                                                            +------+ 

01 Install Source: _____ one line input BOX to a string _____ |BROWSE|

02                                                            +------+

02                                                            +------+

02 Install Directory:___ one line input BOX to a string _____ |BROWSE|

03                                                            +------+

04    Components on CD                       Components on PC

05+Fat line Input Box Left--+           +Fat line Input Box Right----+

06|                       | |           |                          | |

07|  ICIAi.exe            | |           | FileMover.exe            |X|

08|  ICIcrush.exe         | |   ADD >>  |                          | |

09|  ICIAi0.HLP           | |           |                          | |

10|  ICIAtea.exe          |X|           |                          | |

11|  ICIAmars.exe         | |           |                          | |

12|  ICIAIO01.exe         | | << REMOVE |                          | |

13|  ICIA_COM.exe         | |           |                          | |

14|  ICIA_TCP.exe         | |           |                          | |

15|  ICIA_UDP.exe         | | +------+  |                          | |

16|  ICIAmenu.exe         | | | HELP |  |                          | |

17|_______________________|_| +------+  |__________________________|_|

18

19 Program describtion and notes

20

21                                             +---------+ +--------+

22                                             | Install | | Cancel |

23                                             +---------+ +--------+



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