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Short:V1.37, Installer Replacement
Author:geit at gmx.de (Guido Mersmann)
Uploader:geit gmx de (Guido Mersmann)
Type:util/sys
Version:1.37
Replaces:util/sys/installer.lha
Architecture:m68k-amigaos; ppc-amigaos; ppc-morphos
Kurz:V1.37, Installer Ersatz
Date:2011-06-02
Download:http://aminet.net/util/sys/Installer.lha - View contents
Readme:http://aminet.net/util/sys/Installer.readme
Downloads:10229

Features: (compared to original installer application)

 ° Magic User Interface (MUI) is used
 ° Resizable window
 ° No limit on textual information. No more text unreadable behind buttons
   situation.
 ° Preferences which allow to preset personal skill and other features.
 ° Application specific banner can be placed inside the installer window.



Frequently Asked Questions:

 ° Is this installer 100% compatible to the original one?

   No, the original installer has many bugs that cause them to crash or freeze.
   I didn't emulate this behaviour. In addition to that the original description
   of the language is so weak, that you can't even say what is right and wrong.
   Even that documentation is proved to be wrong.

   I did my very best to make every command act like the original installer, but
   I may not noticed all side effects and hidden features. If you find a problem
   tell me and I will try to adapt.

 ° Is this installer based on InstallerNG ?

   No, this Installer is a complete new product written from scratch in over 490
   hours of my spare time. Also InstallerNG claimed to be 100% compatible, so as
   my installer isn't that compatible it can't be.

 ° Is this installer based on the Commodore Installer ?

   No, see previous question.

 ° Why should I use your installer and not the original one?

   Well it may work for existing installer scripts, but upcoming scripts will
   for sure use the ability to display any amount of textual information inside
   the installer window. If you're happy with only being able to read 4 or 5
   fixed sized lines and the crappy look, than there is no reason to update.

   The original installer will stay compatible, as I don't plan compatibly
   breaks of any kind in the future.

 ° What are the new key features of this new installer?

   There are none. Well, that not 100% correct. There is one feature related to
   the installer language. The new installer supports a new banner variable
   ( at app-banner) which allows to change the window banner at script runtime.
   Beside that all new features are in usage and visual appearance. The
   preferences allows configuration everyone dreamed of in the original
   installer and there may be further enhancements in the future like security
   switch which would warn on dangerous external actions like format or delete
   outside target drawer.



Contents of util/sys/Installer.lha
 PERMSSN    UID  GID    PACKED    SIZE  RATIO METHOD CRC     STAMP          NAME
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
[generic]               125605  387328  32.4% -lh5- 2535 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/bin/Installer_AOSPPC
[generic]                55728  122320  45.6% -lh5- e58b Feb 24 22:57 Installer/bin/Installer_LightAOS68K
[generic]               125387  390916  32.1% -lh5- 2728 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/bin/Installer_MOSPPC
[generic]                 8019   22802  35.2% -lh5- b820 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/Deutsch/Installer.catalog
[generic]                 7712   22340  34.5% -lh5- 172b Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/français/Installer.catalog
[generic]                 8448   31076  27.2% -lh5- bc1a Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/Installer.cd
[generic]                15619   51082  30.6% -lh5- 29d4 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/Installer_deutsch.ct
[generic]                15021   50623  29.7% -lh5- 59ff Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/Installer_francais.ct
[generic]                15021   47496  31.6% -lh5- 91b5 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/Installer_polski.ct
[generic]                16436   48526  33.9% -lh5- 36f9 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/Installer_russian.ct
[generic]                 7391   19290  38.3% -lh5- 2b96 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/polski/Installer.catalog
[generic]                 8041   19962  40.3% -lh5- 28d1 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/russian/Installer.catalog
[generic]                 7628   20712  36.8% -lh5- da56 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Catalogs/türkçe/Installer.catalog
[generic]                 4741   12207  38.8% -lh5- 8779 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/ChangeLog
[generic]                 3480    5648  61.6% -lh5- 52ec Feb 24 22:57 Installer/getsystemtype
[generic]                 4522   14609  31.0% -lh5- 8362 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Install
[generic]                14065   14065 100.0% -lh0- f35e Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Install.info
[generic]                 1255    2685  46.7% -lh5- 55a8 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Installer.readme
[generic]                 1804    2351  76.7% -lh5- 8146 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/Installer.readme.info
[generic]               107836  325668  33.1% -lh5- 1277 Feb 24 22:57 Installer/NewInstaller
---------- ----------- ------- ------- ------ ---------- ------------ -------------
 Total        20 files  553759 1611706  34.4%            Jun  2 19:54

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