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Title:note 3 has pointer to current kit
Notice:note 3 has pointer to current kit
Moderator:PEACHS::GHEFF
Created:Wed May 29 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3301
Total number of notes:14905

3068.0. "no setup.exe in kit?" by BLAZER::MIKELIS (Software Partner's Eng. MR01-3/F26) Fri Jul 19 1996 18:36

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3068.1could i have some help, please?BLAZER::MIKELISSoftware Partner's Eng. MR01-3/F26Fri Jul 19 1996 19:077
3068.2PEACHS::GHEFFhttp://tuvok.alf.dec.com/excursionFri Jul 19 1996 20:118
3068.3LJSRV1::RICHwarped and scaredFri Jul 19 1996 20:1421
3068.4PEACHS::GHEFFhttp://tuvok.alf.dec.com/excursionFri Jul 19 1996 20:173
3068.5PEACHS::GHEFFhttp://tuvok.alf.dec.com/excursionMon Jul 22 1996 17:294
3068.6do you have one eye closed? :-)LJSRV1::RICHwarped and scaredMon Jul 22 1996 18:114
3068.7PEACHS::GHEFFhttp://tuvok.alf.dec.com/excursionMon Jul 22 1996 20:0422
3068.8LJSRV1::RICHwarped and scaredMon Jul 22 1996 20:367
3068.9BLAZER::MIKELISSoftware Partner's Eng. MR01-3/F26Mon Jul 22 1996 21:077
3068.10PEACHS::GHEFFhttp://tuvok.alf.dec.com/excursionMon Jul 22 1996 21:2010
3068.11PEACHS::GHEFFhttp://tuvok.alf.dec.com/excursionTue Jul 23 1996 20:0614
3068.12CRONIC::LEMONSAnd we thank you for your support.Thu Feb 20 1997 20:2112
    Hi
    
    I'm intrigued by .3, and how SETUP.EXE works in the eXcursion kit. 
    SETUP.EXE runs on both Intel and Alpha hardware, tests the hardware
    type, and handles control over to a hardware-specific XSETUP.EXE in a
    specific-to-the-hardware subdirectory of the kit.  I had thought that a
    single executable image could not run on both Intel and Alpha (barring
    FX!32).  What's special about eXcursion's SETUP.EXE that allows this to
    happen?
    
    Thanks!
    tl
3068.13TARKIN::LINBill LinThu Feb 20 1997 20:298
    re: .12 by CRONIC::LEMONS
    
    >> What's special about eXcursion's SETUP.EXE that allows this to
    >> happen?
    
    I have no idea, but maybe it is 16-bit code?
    
    /Bill
3068.14PEACHS::GHEFFGot a head with wingsThu Feb 20 1997 20:514
    I thought it was a 16-bit 286 binary.  Which would allow it to run
    anywhere.
    
    #Gary
3068.15CRONIC::LEMONSAnd we thank you for your support.Fri Feb 21 1997 12:3710
    Egad.  Thanks.  How does one create such a beast?  I have a similar
    need (to install a single kit on several hardware platforms).  I think
    I have the choice of creating a 16-bit 286 binary, or writing a
    INSTALL.BAT.  Of the two, the SETUP.EXE seems more elegant, but the
    INSTALL.BAT seems simpler.
    
    Thoughts?
    
    Thanks!
    tl
3068.16LJSRV1::GULDENSCHUHSat Feb 22 1997 12:139
INSTALL.BAT can be easier IF you have all the environment variables
available.  The original version of SETUP ran on Intel, Alpha, and
MIPS, under Windows, Windows95, and Windows NT.  While I don't
remember which variables were missing where, it just wasn't
possible to figure out what to do in all cases.  If the product is
limited to NT, I thing you can do it easily enough with a .BAT
file.

/s/ Chuck
3068.17CRONIC::LEMONSAnd we thank you for your support.Mon Feb 24 1997 16:515
    thanks for the reply.  As I would like this install to run on Windows
    95, I'd like to pursue the SETUP.EXE idea.  How did you create it?
    
    Thanks!
    tl