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WinSis

Welcome to WinSis. First the good news, WinSis is freeware. You can even have the Delphi 2 source if you want!

Now the bad news. At the time of writing, Makesis.exe is only available to subscribers of Symbian Software's Epoc World club (like me). If you have not got a copy of Makesis.exe then this program is not going to be much use to you.

Overview

WinSis.exe is a simple Windows front end for Makesis.exe. This allows for the quick creation of SIS installation files. Files for installation are selected one at a time from an Open file dialog box. The appropriate code is added to an edit window and this is translated into a SIS file.

WinSis.exe will satisfy the needs of most programmers. Those that wish to use the more sophisticated features of Makesis can edit the WinSis output to suit their own needs.

Click on the various components in the screen shot below for an explanation of WinSis features.

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App Name

Type the name of your App here, for instance Myapp, or select your App using the browse button. You must type the name of your App or select your App using the browse button before selecting any other files as this sets the App folder name on the Psion.


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PC Path

This shows the path, on the PC, of the currently selected file.


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UID

This shows the UID of any App or Aif file selected. Click on the button to the left to show either hex or decimal.


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Psion path

This shows the path on the Psion that the currently selected file will be installed to. This will normally be !:\system\apps\appname\appname.app". The drive specification !:\ means that the user can select which drive to install to. If you wish to restrict installation to a specific drive then change the !:\ to the prefered drive, 'i.e.' c:\ or d:\.

If you wish to change the path that the file will be installed to then edit the path in the edit window.


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Browse button

Click this button to show an 'open file' dialog box, then select a file to add to the edit window. You must repeat this action for every file you wish to add.


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MakeSis button

Once you have added all the necessary files to the edit window click this button to create a SIS installation file. A SIS installation file called winsis.sis will be created in the same folder as Winsis.exe. Rename this SIS file to a name of your choice.

BEWARE there appears to be no syntax checking when SIS files are created! A pkg file full of garbage or even empty will be compiled.


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Help button

Clicking this got you here :)


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Exit button

Click this button to shut down WinSis.


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Menu icon

Click here to show a popup menu. The menu choices are...

Open text file

This option loads any plain text file into the editor. Use this option to load any saved pkg files.

Save output as

Use this option to save any text in the editor to a text file.

About

About the application and contact addresses.

Exit

Use this option to shut down WinSis.


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Edit icon

Click here to show a popup menu. The menu choices are - I hope - obvious :)


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IR icon

This icon is just for show.


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Zoom icon

Click on these icons to zoom in and zoom out the text in the editor window.


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Editor

This is where WinSis builds a pkg file, ready for compiling by makesis.exe. Any editing should be done here before clicking the makesis button.


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About the author

Any comments or suggestions can be directed to

richard@rwakelin.freeserve.co.uk

or

rgw@cix.compulink.co.uk

or visit my web page where you can find freeware and shareware for the S5, S3x, Siena and PC

www.rwakelin.freeserve.co.uk