
                           Ghost Installer 1.5
                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
                    Automatic application setup system
                        for Windows 95/98/NT4/2000



Main features
~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 * All distribution package is going in one exe-file. At its installation it is
   not required anything else.

 * For packing data can use not only ZIP, but also the compression system of
   the well-known archiver RAR ((C) Eugene Roshal, http://www.rarsoft.com), one
   of best in the world (the compression is much stronger, than in the Zip). At
   installation of the ready package RAR is not required.

 * Supports several languages in the created distribution packages. The installation
   script can depend on the chosen language.

 * Checks the versions and dates of copied files.

 * Can replace in-use (locked by system) files.

 * Correctly works both in Windows 9x, and in Windows NT. The installation script
   can be adjusted depending on a Windows platform.

 * Can make changes in the registry.

 * Can make changes in the ini-files.

 * Can create groups and shortcuts in the "Main menu".

 * Can register OLE/ActiveX servers.

 * Can register fonts.

 * Can execute external programs.

 * Correctly installs/uninstalls shared files.

 * Automatically determines a location of the various system directories
   ("Desktop", "Program Files", "Startup" etc.).

 * Has tuning user interface (colors, fonts, bitmaps,...).

 * Contains several predefined dialogs ("Welcome", "License agreement" etc.).

 * It is possible to set, what dialogs to show, and also to define the order of
   their occurrence.

 * During installation it automatically determines, whether is necessary reboot.
   If yes, after application's install it reboots the computer (if the user wants
   this, of course).

 * The automatic removing of the installed application is possible (if the
   uninstall program is included to the distribution package).

 * Setting password on the distribution package is possible.

 * The size of the distribution package grows on 70-80 KB in comparison with simple
   archiving (on 100 KB, if uninstaller is included to the package).



Installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~

   If you have installed old version of the Ghost Installer, uninstall it.
   Unpack and start a file Gins150.exe, then follow the instructions of the
installation program.
   After installation look a help file, and also example of creation distribution
package (directory Demo).



What's planned to do in the version 2.0
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 * Adding your own functionality and dialogs feature. It will be realized as
   extension modules (plugins).

 * Write plugin for BDE installation.

 * Make GUI (user interface).


_______________________________________________
Author: Alexey Popov (Alex Ghost)
WWW:    http://aghost.da.ru, http://aghost.i.am
E-mail: aghost@bigfoot.com, aghost@iname.com
FIDO:   2:5012/23.141
