InstallerNG 1.5 pre, Feb 20, 2001

Short:        C= Installer 100% compatible replacement
Author:       savage@light-speed.de (Jens Tröger)
Uploader:     savage light-speed de (Jens Tröger)
Type:         util/sys
Version:      1.5 pre, Feb 20, 2001
Architecture: m68k-amigaos
Distribution: Freeware

InstallerNG is a 100% compatible replacement of the original C= Installer
provided
with the old OS 3.1 releases.
InstallerNG is completly re-written from scratch with many new features and
bugfixes
where the old Installer is just a pitty. Additionally, it has a formal
language
definition, which is the reason for a stable compiler-kernel and the good
interpreter.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!! Please note that this is a PRERELEASE and not a final version !!!
!!! It could have bugs where you adviced to report them.          !!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The InstallerNG offers the same functions as the C= Installer and interprets
scripts
in the same way. Besides that, it offers a lot of new functions and
enhancements to
some old ones. Please refer to the guides for further details.

Some of the new features are:
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- Nice GUI
    The builtin-gui is based on a BOOPSI class-collection, which was also
written
    by Jens Tröger; these classes allow easy font-adaption, resizing and
support
    MagicWB. Additionally, you may "plug-in" other gui-systems (like MUI,
BGui, ...)
    via a shared library named "installergui.library".
    Furthermore, the help window can left open, while you install your
packages;
    this is a builtin feature and should be provided by every GUI plugin

- More strict interpretation
    InstallerNG is more compatible to the C= documented Installer script
language.
    The original C= Installer v43+ isn really strict in interpreting
scripts and
    many error are just ignored and not mentioned to the user.

- Flexible interpretation
    If an error raises while the interpretation process, InstallerNG
provides
    to continue at the very next function (Remember, the C= Installer just
quits)

- Interuptable Interpretation
    The InstallerNG can be interupted everytime by sending the CTRL-F signal
to its
    process. This option allows to break out of infinite loops.

- Comfortable WB-Start
    If you run the InstallerNG from WB and give it no script via tooltypes
    a requester pops up which asks you whether you want to load a script by
a
    file-requester or if you want to app-iconify the installer. If you drop
a
    script-file on the application icon the InstallerNG gets started.

- Returncode
    The InstallerNG now returns RETURN_OK (0) if everything of the
installation
    went fine, or, in case of an error, it returns RETURN_FAIL (20). This
could
    be useful, if you call the InstallerNG from a script and the script
wants
    to check whether the InstallerNG was successfull or not.

- UNDO-REDO environments
    Using the function "SWING" you are able to build an environment, in
which you can
    "swing" from one (topmost) function to the next. When reaching the last
one, the
    installation may proceed. This looks/works much like the MS-Setup
program :)

    With v44 of the C= installer, you are able to simulate such an
environment by
    special TRACE/RETRACE/BACK functions (have a look at the C= installer
documentation)

- Full installation control
    If you want to, the InstallerNG asks for confirmation of every action,
no mattter
    what the script-programmer codes in his installer script

- AppWindow
    InstallerNG can now act as an socalled "AppWindow", i.e. you may drop
files into
    the window and InstallerNG uses them. This only works, when the
InstallerNG asks
    for a file or directory.

... and many more ... please see the .guide file
For more changes information, please read the .guide files attached in the
archive.