Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/11/14/14:02:19
Malcolm Taylor (malcolm AT manawatu DOT gen DOT nz) wrote:
: Thought of this a while ago, a script with at least query boxes (so
: you can ask for directories) a few variables to set up directories
: etc. This could be stuck somewhere in the archive near the beginning
: (in fact at the beginning) and accessed by the SFX code.
How about making it check for a command file in the root of the archive
(e.g. autoexec.msh) and, if found, perform actions in this file (e.g.
create a temp directory, unzip a setup exe into it, then run the setup,
which allows the user perhaps to selectively install files, choose a base
directory, etc.). I'm not sure how the setup.exe would return this
information to MASH - maybe another file in the temporary directory
(which would be removed on exiting, of course).
--
George Foot
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