WPI scripts (FTR)
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All on Wed Nov 25 19:31:42 2015
Recently I've un-WPI'ed several WPI files, e.g. to avoid having to
backup a 50 MiB FF directory and a 40 MiB installer. 50 MiB and an
INSTALL.CMD is less than 90 MiB.
If a WPI script was hardly more than a basic INSTALL.CMD, then I did
notice a few common possible errors, compared with other installers.
1. Attempts to change the (WPS) name or the icon of a WPShadow are
probably ignored.
Possible solution for developers: change the (WPS) settings of the
original object before creating a WPShadow of this original object.
2. CONFIG.SYS is modified too often, when SET foo=bar is involved.
Possbile solution for developers: add SET foo=bar to the WPS setup
string. A disadvantage is that you cannot see such a setting easily,
albeit there's hardly a need to see settings like SET TERMINFO=... It
may be damned easy to modify CONFIG.SYS. But sometimes not modifying
CONFIG.SYS is even easier, and it may avoid a reboot before your
product can be used.
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