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I am a shareware developer, and my port of my game to Windows is nearing
completion. A few questions:

1. What is a good patch-making utility for Windows? They're great 
time-savers during beta-testing.

2. What is the standard format for the docs file for Windows? There is
a shareware app. on the Mac side called DocMaker that is like a word
processor, but creates stand-alone applications that display your text/
graphics file. Does Windows have a similar program?

3. I haven't had any luck finding a description of how to create an
installation program for my program. Is there a utility that creates
them? Is there a book that says how to do it?

- Jeff Vogel
Spiderweb Software

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In article <3s2v88$77v@math.rutgers.edu> jvogel@math.rutgers.edu (jeff vogel) writes:
>I am a shareware developer, and my port of my game to Windows is nearing
>completion. A few questions:
>
>1. What is a good patch-making utility for Windows? They're great 
>time-savers during beta-testing.
        I don't know.

>2. What is the standard format for the docs file for Windows? There is
>a shareware app. on the Mac side called DocMaker that is like a word
>processor, but creates stand-alone applications that display your text/
>graphics file. Does Windows have a similar program?
        Unbelievable. How can you now know about Windows .HLP files
        (driven by the standard WinHelp help engine)?  Surely you've been
        using them all during your Windows development?  Every application
        has a .HLP file.  You'll need the Microsoft Help Compiler (HC), which
        you should have with your compiler.  You should also have instructions
        on how to create the required RTF file which is compiled by HC to
        create the .HLP file.  You can create RTF with Word for Windows or
        use one of the help authoring tools that you will find discussed in
        the comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.winhelp group (which is the place
        to go for .HLP file help).

>3. I haven't had any luck finding a description of how to create an
>installation program for my program. Is there a utility that creates
>them? Is there a book that says how to do it?
        Don't bother trying to write your own.  There must be 2 dozen
        of them out there, ranging from shareware to commercial.
        Perhaps someone can post a list of them.  Anyway, just keep
        reading here and you'll see lots of ads for them.
-- 
John A. Grant                                           jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
Airborne Geophysics
Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa

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In article <3s2v88$77v@math.rutgers.edu>
           jvogel@math.rutgers.edu "jeff vogel" writes:

>2. What is the standard format for the docs file for Windows? There is
>a shareware app. on the Mac side called DocMaker that is like a word
>processor, but creates stand-alone applications that display your text/
>graphics file. Does Windows have a similar program?

Most Windows shareware applications distributed their documentation in
the form of Windows "Help" files. There are many specialist tools available
for this or you can simply use any word processor which supports the
RTF format. There's a newsgroup "comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.winhelp"
devoted to the topic of writing Windows Help files.

>3. I haven't had any luck finding a description of how to create an
>installation program for my program. Is there a utility that creates
>them? Is there a book that says how to do it?

I strongly suggest that you DON'T try to write an installation program
yourself. Writing a good one is not easy, and the installation process
is what gives a user that vital "first impression" of your product.
There are literally dozens of installation programs around - take a look
on "ftp.cica.indiana.edu" and search the index file for "setup" or "install".

Chris
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