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Install shield can basically install any file anywhere onto a PC. When you run install shield it asks you where you want to put the files. There is no reason you couldn't specify a network drive to install them to, including AS/400 shared folders. Regards, Jim Langston "Reger, Bill" wrote: > Bob, > > Is it possible to use Install Shield to install Internet downloaded save > files to the AS/400? > > William K. Reger > Senior Project Manager > Levitz Furniture Corporation > Phone: (561) 994-5114 > E-mail: breger@levitz.com <mailto:breger@levitz.com> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Crothers [mailto:bob@cstoneindy.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 8:30 AM > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > Subject: RE: Why not use VA/RPG > > Booth, > > I do not know anything about what VARPG does for installs. > However, I do > know about installs in the PC world. Check out Install > Shield Express > (http://www.installshield.com/express/ ). It is very easy > to use, no > "coding" involved, just fill out some forms and you have a > "standard" > install shield install (which most commercial packages use > these days) and > even an un-install. And it will generate the autorun for cd > based installs. > > For pure disk based or email based installs, we use a > combination of a > WinZip generated self extracting zip file & Install Shield. > With the WinZip > self extractor, you can tell it to automatically unzip when > executed and run > a program (setup.exe). Works pretty good. > > If you download our Fax Server/401 demo at > www.faxserver401.com/download.htm > , you can see an example of how this all works. > > Bob > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On > Behalf Of boothm@earth.Goddard.edu > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 5:59 PM > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > Subject: Re: Why not use VA/RPG > > I burned a CD with the version as I wanted it installed and > circulated the > CD. It had autorun and all, but my experience is mid-range, > not PC so it > was hard for me. It worked but now I want to experiment > with an install > on the LAN. I think that'll work but of course those > working off the net > or off dial-up can't use that choice. Silent install is > supposed to work > but I never could get it to actually work correctly. My > feeling is that > VARPG is good for RPG programmers wanting to produce some > snazzy stuff. > But they have to know the PC world or have friends there in > order to get > the packages properly installed. > _______________________ > Booth Martin > boothm@earth.goddard.edu > http://www.spy.net/~booth > _______________________ > > "Scott P. Johnson" <sjohnson@highsmith.com> > Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com > 01/18/2000 08:29 AM > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > cc: > Subject: Re: Why not use VA/RPG > > This is the way I am doing updates: > > You have the normal Install dirs for first time installs. > Like normal software these can lag a 'point version' or so. > So in other words they do not get updated all the time. > Separately you have Update dirs. These are where the real > updates come from. Basically you make your changes in > VARPG, > test, and then copy what is in the RT_Win32 dir to the > Update > dir. The update is now available to the general public. > > Then there is the question of how to get the update to the > user. If you have done LAN installs, you can just copy the > updated files into the LAN dirs of the app. I do this on > the big app we have. On a smaller locally installed app, > I am using a simple batch file that is manually kicked off. > It checks time stamps on the files and only copies what has > been updated. > > I am in the process of trying to figure out a way to > automate > this whole procedure. I have a couple of ideas, but nothing > sound yet. > > As a side note, when a new version of VARPG comes out, I > usually spend some time doing re-installs to get the latest > version of the VARPG runtime. I think this is something > that > cannot really be gotten around. > -- > ------------------------------------------------------ > Scott P. Johnson > Microcomputer Development Specialist > IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 RPG Programmer > Highsmith Inc. > W5527 Hwy 106, PO BOX 800 > Fort Atkinson, WI 53538-0800 > TEL: 920-563-9571 FAX: 920-563-7395 > sjohnson@highsmith.com > www.highsmith.com > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Not sure I really understand. Why wouldn't you just put > some kind of > > current version checker in the program (load current > version in a > > dataarea on the AS/400 and check against a constant in the > program). > > > > You know, I bet that would work. A good idea. Scott > Johnson did > > something like that I think. I tried it but couldn't > figure out how to > > upgrade to the next version all at once everywhere, on > every PC. > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to > MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +--- > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to > MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +--- > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to > MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +--- > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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