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                                 LZ Install Kit
                                   (Freeware)
                  LZ WinSoft Consulting, CopyRight (C), 1995


        LZ Install Kit (for Windows) is an universal install program which
allows you to install files to any desired location. It's very easy to use,
and it's free!

        If you use LZ Install Kit as the install tool for your applications, 
you only need to edit two types of files (by any ASCII file editor). They all
are plain text files, and easy to write and modify. The first one is 
LZINSTAL.INI which describes all of the information about how to install your
applications. A complete sample file for this is included with this package. 
You should be able to modify it easily for your own needs.

        There are 6 (six) sections at most, all of them are optional except
section [General] under which the entry nDisks is mandatory. The other two
entry under [General] are DefPath and IniFile which indicate the default
location your application is going to install and your application's INI
file. The default path can be altered during the installation by user to any
location s/he wants.

        The second important section will be [GroupIcon] if you want LZ
Install Kit to create a Windows Group icon for you. What you need to do is to
specify a group name (entry GroupName), the number of icons in the group
window (entry Items), and each icon's property. An icon's property includes
the complete path of a file associated with the icon, the file type, and text
underneath the icon. The three fields are separated by divider |. Refer to the
included sample file for details.

        Section PreExecute is needed if you want to run some programs during
the installation. You need specify how many executions you want to have, and
the complete command line for each execution.

        LZ Install Kit can also set as many entries as you want to 3
important ini files, WIN.INI, SYSTEM.INI, and your own application INI file.
The name of your own INI file must be exeactly the same as the one you
specified to entry IniFile under section General.

        On each disk, you need one instruction file (in ASCII format ) to tell
LZ Install Kit which files in that disk need to be installed. The file would
be called DISK.2 if it is for disk 2. There is only one section called 
DiskInfo in each of the files. Entry nFiles tells LZ Install Kit the number of
files in that disk to be copied. Three portions are used for each file to tell
LZ Install Kit the current name of the file in the installation disk, the 

final name when it's been transferred to its destination, and the destination. 
"SRCDIR" is a reserved key word. Destination is indicated by one of the three 
numbers (0, 1, 2). Number 0 indicates the directory your application is going
to be installed to; number 1 means that the file will be copied to your 
Windows directory; number 2 represents Windows system sub-directory.

        All of your files except the instruction file can be compressed. LZ
Install Kit currently only supports the MicroSoft format. That is to say, the
file can be uncompressed by EXPAND.EXE coming with MicroSoft DOS or Windows.

        Note, 1) entries are always numbered starting from 1 and ascending
continuely; 2) portions in one line is always divided by | even the portion
is empty; comments always starts with semi-column. However, avoid writing
comment at the same line as the entry.

        The 32-bit version is available upon request.


                        LZ WinSoft Consulting
			25 Parkway Forest Dr., Unit 403
			North York, Ontario
			Canada, M2J 1L4

			Tel: (416)502-3751
                        Fax: (416)441-4655
			Email: winsoft@io.org


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