HJ-Install readme.txt
July 1999, version 3.1


Description:
Freeware installer for Windows 95/98
and Windows NT 4.0
http://www.freebyte.com/hjinstall

Email newsletter:
http://www.freebyte.com/service

Author:
H.J.Hagedoorn
Freebyte Software Engineering
http://www.freebyte.com/software.engineering
software@freebyte.com


Package contents:
install.exe
compress.exe
install.script
example1.script
example2.script
example3.script
Manual.doc
readme.txt

Installation:
To automatically install HJ-Install on your system, simply run install.exe.

Introduction:
The scripting language used is really very simple, but to ease the process of learning, three examples are included. After you install HJ-Install on your system these examples can be executed and/or viewed by double clicking the corresponding icons.
Use the manual as a reference when you study the examples.

Limitations:
The current version:
1 does not include an uninstall option
2 has no registry and ini file support

Newer versions:
Future versions will not have these limitations.
Check out Freebyte at
http://www.freebyte.com/hjinstall for new versions

This program is free.
However, any financial contributions to support future software development are welcome. You can contact me for this at software@freebyte.com

Custom Software
If you want custom designed programs in Delphi, Interbase, SQL-Server, Java, HTML, Javascript mail me at software@freebyte.com for pricing information.

Using HJ-Install
You can use this program free of charge to create and distribute commercial and non-commercial installation packages without any limitations, except that you can not change install.exe itself.


Distributing HJ-Install itself
Distribution of this program is encouraged! You can put it on CD-Roms or Websites without much limitation!
There are only a few contitions:
* you can not change, delete or add any of the files in the zip package you distribute.
* you can not charge any money for HJ-Install zip package other then the costs of making and distributing the CD-Rom.
* It must be clear that the HJ-Install package is freeware or shareware.

If you have any questions about distributing this program after reading this, let me know!

