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Hi Jeff,

> There are numerous announcements and product name variations from
> before that. If you want more of them for your scrapbook, let me know.
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>> MsgNo: 497368 Reply to MsgNo: 0 Date: 12-18-1998
>> Forum: CLARION / 15 3rd Party Products
>> Subject: New Product - SFX-SDK
>> From: jr.,Friedrich Linder 101737, 2760
>> To: ALL,
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YES, PLEASE!!! That would be great :-)

Friedrich

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> MsgNo: 354697 Reply to MsgNo: 0 Date: 10-19-1996
> Forum: CLARION / 13 CW Accessories
> Subject: SETapp 1.90 (Beta-2)
> From: jr.,Friedrich Linder 101737, 2760
> To: ALL,
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>****** BETA PRODUCT ANNOUNCEMENT: SETapp 1.9 (Beta-2) Installation System
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>Our Installation System SETapp Beta-2 (Shareware) will be available in the
>3rd Party Library.
>
>Linder SETapp is a small and easy to use but powerful Application Installation
>Program for Windows 3.1x. The SETapp System provides a fast and economical way
>to create a professional installation process for your software products,
>data files, graphic images or whatever else you want to distribute.
>We have consequently prepared SETapp for installing large applications or
>tools.
>
>The SETapp System uses a completely visual approach. You can point and click
>your way with the visual INF File Builder Infrobot to your distribution disk
>set.
>Our Point and Click development process removes you from the complexity and
>tedium of typical Windows Installation Systems (there is no script language
>to learn).
>
>You become an important part of the development process by providing
>suggestions
>and feedback on the usability and functionality of the product. Please e-mail
>your ideas or bug descriptions to 101737.2760@compuserve.com. Thank you !
>
>We have already about 500 SETapp user worldwide and think that the full
>featured release 1900 will be the most solid product we have ever shipped.
>
>The SETapp system (Pre-Loader, Installer, INF File Builder, Uninstaller)
>cost US$99.
>
>
>Friedrich Linder
>LINDER SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
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> MsgNo: 359699 Reply to MsgNo: 0 Date: 11-04-1996
> Forum: CLARION / 15 3rd Party Products
> Subject: New SETapp 1.90
> From: jr.,Friedrich Linder 101737, 2760
> To: ALL,
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> Product Announcement * Product Announcement * Product Announcement
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>LINDER SOFTWARE SYSTENS, Germany
>E-Mail: 101737.2760@compuserve.com
>http://members.aol.com/LinderSoft
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>
>Announcing the Installation System Linder SETapp Release 1900.
>
>SETapp is an easy to use but powerful Application Installation
>Program for Windows 3.1x (enhanced for Windows 95 but without
>Registration Database support yet). The SETapp System provides a
>fast and economical way to create a professional installation
>process for your software products, data files, graphic images or
>whatever else you want to distribute. We have consequently prepared
>SETapp for installing large applications or tools. The system
>includes inter alia a Visual INF File Builder, a Pre-Loader, an
>Installer and an Uninstaller.
>
>The SETapp System uses a completely visual approach. You can point
>and click your way with the visual INF File Builder Infrobot to
>your distribution disk set. Our Point and Click development process
>preserves you from the complexity and tedium of typical Windows
>Installation Systems (there is no script language to learn).
>
>The Standard Version (Cost: US$ 99,-) eliminates the copyright
>message on the installation screen. It includes an Unlimited
>Application Licence, allowing each registered SETapp developer to
>create any number of installations. You can distribute the
>pre-loader, the installer and the uninstaller royalty-free to your
>customers. You only need to purchase one copy of SETapp for each
>developer who will use it.
>
>The Developer Version (Cost: US$ 198,-) includes not only all of
>the features of the standard version but A.R.I.S.1. (Automatic
>Release Improvement Service for one year). We will keep your tools
>up to date by sending you our next scheduled releases for 12 month!
>
>Check out Library 11 (CW Third Party) for the SETapp 1.90 Shareware
>Version.
>
>Friedrich Linder
>LINDER SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, Germany
>
>Nov. 5, 1996
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A few here

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> MsgNo: 408266 Reply to MsgNo: 0 Date: 4-29-1997
> Forum: CLARION / 15 3rd Party Products
> Subject: SetApp Information
> From: jr.,Friedrich Linder 101737, 2760
> To: ALL,
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>Because a few hundred Clarion users visited our web-site
>to dowload the latest LSPack for CW Beta release I received
>several questions about our product SetApp 2.0.
>
>I was asked about delivery date and system requirements of
>the Installer + Uninstaller.
>
>SetApp is an Installation System for Windows 3.1x, Win95 and
>Windows NT. The visual INF File Builder INFROBOT builts the
>installation file (single-file self-extracting .EXE) on the
>fly (point and click development). The System is written with
>Clarion for Windows and the Installer + Uninstaller requires
>only 270K (all together).
>
>Delivery date is June or July of 1997.
>
>A public Beta-2 will be available in May.
>
>**** SetApp V2.0 Highlights ****
>
>- SetApp will be available in both 16 and 32 Bit.
>- Support of the Industry ZIP compression standard.
>- New Infrobot built-in compression.
>- Single-File, self-extracting .EXE option for distribution
> accross networks.
>- Disk-Spanning.
>- Data Encryption.
>- Long Filename support in the 32-Bit version (Win95/NT3.5x/NT4).
>- Support of the Industry Install Types (Min, Max, Cust).
>- Support of the Windows Registration Database.
>- Support of the File Version Info
>- Support of Images (GIF, BMP,...)
>- Specify the directory into which the program is
> installed using a browse option.
>
>
>Friedrich Linder jr.
>
>Linder Software Systems
>http://members.aol.com/LinderSoft
>101737.2760@compuserve.com
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> MsgNo: 412289 Reply to MsgNo: 0 Date: 5-15-1997
> Forum: CLARION / 15 3rd Party Products
> Subject: *** LSPack for CW (LSP)
> From: jr.,Friedrich Linder 101737, 2760
> To: ALL,
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> ** LSPack for Clarion for Windows **
>
>The Compression Toolkit LSPack for Clarion for Windows Developers
>will be ready to ship in the very near future.
>
>We will publish a new LSP-Shell Demo within the next few days.
>
>LSPack for CW (LSP) Feature Summary:
>
>- Designed from the ground up for Clarion for Windows.
>- LSPack-Demo-Interface (with full Clarion source-code included)
> to demonstrate the power of LSPack for CW.
>- Available in both native Windows 16 & 32-Bit.
>- Full support for Windows 95 and NT
>- Full support for Long File Names (LFNs) under Win95,
> NT3.5x/4.0.
>- Conversion algorithm to mangel LFNs under 'Down Level
> Systems' (Win3.1x, Win32s).
>- Highly optimized code for superior performance and
> compression ratio.
>- LSPack compresses files an average of 50-80% with many large
> text and database files compressing well over 90%.
>- Full support for multi-file archives.
>- File and directory management functions.
>- Get information about the LSP archive.
>- Add/Update/Delete/Extract functions.
>- High-Speed-Backup function.
>- Text vs. binary data recognation.
>- Adjustable temp-file support.
>- LSPACK.DLL (compression) is small at only 36K.
>- LSUNPACK.DLL (de-compression) is small at only 33K.
>- Includes CRC-32 calculation routine for data integrity
> verification.
>- Service functions (GetFreeDisk, FileExists, ...).
>- LSPack Function Library for CW.
>- No runtime royalties.
>- And much more...
>
>Future Features:
>
>- Self-extracting archives.
>- Disk-spanning.
>- ZIP compatibility.
>
>Pricing and Availability:
>
>LSPack for CW (16-Bit) is US$40 and the 32-Bit version is US$50
>(both 16&32-Bit only US$70). This is a special 'Introductory
>Price' valid only within the first 4 weeks after delivery.
>
>The regular LSPack for CW (16-Bit) price is US$65 and the 32-Bit
>version is US$80 (both 16&32-Bit US$110).
>
>
>Linder Software Systems
>http://members.aol.com/LinderSoft
>mailto: 101737.2760@compuserve.com
>
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> MsgNo: 417290 Reply to MsgNo: 417236 Date: 6-04-1997
> Forum: CLARION / 15 3rd Party Products
> Subject: What is LSPack for CW ?
> From: jr.,Friedrich Linder 101737, 2760
> To: Broyles,Bill 71660,1130
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>>> I would be interested in your product if I can compress files, then view
>the contents of the file, tag the ones I want to uncompress like you can with
>pkzip.
>
>Is there a demo? What is the Price? <<
>
>Hi Bill,
>
>Thank you for your email. I am not sure if you are interested in our
>compression toolkit (LSP) or if your question is refered to a "Windows
>Compression GUI" (like WinZIP or PKZIP for Windows 2.5) - but we are able to
>offer both in the very near future <g>.
>
>The LSPack for CW Toolkit (LSP) is a comprehensive library of functions that
>allows you to incorporate sophisticated compression technology into your
>Clarion for Windows application. Using the robust LSP "API" ("Application
>Programmer's Interface"), you can write software to perform simple data in,
>data out compression as well as create multi-file archives supporting features
>normally associated with stand-alone utilities like PKZIP, ZOO, LHARC or
>others. We have already formed the foundation to support the industry ZIP
>standard in the future !
>
>To aid in learning to use LSP, a full featured "Windows LSP Shell" program is
>provided with full Clarion source code, along with five sample applications
>and a Windows Help File system.
>
>We are also still working on a brand new Clarion application named "LSPack-It"
>(powered by the compression toolkit LSP). "LSPack-It" brings the convenience
>of Windows to the use of .LSP (in one of our next releases also .ZIP) files.
>It is a compression Windows GUI like WinZIP or PKZIP for Windows and was
>completely written with Clarion for Windows. There will be a "LSPack-It
>light" version available for FREE to enable the Clarion community to unPACK
>.LSP archives.
>
>** NOTE **: The LSP-Toolkit enables you to write your own compression Windows
>GUI (if you like). LSP makes it also possible to write a backup-utility, an
>installation system (the next release of our installation system SetApp is
>powered by LSP), or any other application were data compression makes sense.
>If you are say, developer of an inventory management system would it not be a
>competitive advantage to backup the database from within your Clarion
>application without having to "shell" to DOS again or having to run an
>"external" backup utility. This is LSP's prefered area of responsibility.
>
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>= LSP-Toolkit price =
>= ** will be released "very" soon ** =
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>LSPack for CW (16-Bit) is US$40 and the 32-Bit version is US$50 (both
>16&32-Bit only US$70). This is a special 'Introductory Price' valid only
>within the first 4 weeks after delivery !!!!!!!
>
>The regular LSPack for CW (16-Bit) price is US$65 and the 32-Bit version is
>US$80 (both 16&32-Bit US$110).
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>= LSPack-It GUI (like WinZIP) =
>= ** will be release 2-3 weeks after LSP delivery ** =
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>The LSPack-It GUI (completely written with Clarion for Windows) price is US$29
>(16-Bit) and US$29 (32-Bit) - (both 16&32-Bit US$40).
>
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>= LSPack-It light (to unPack only) =
>= ** will be release 2-3 weeks after LSP delivery ** =
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>The "LSPack-It light" GUI is FREE for both 16&32-Bit versions.
>
>
>The LSP-Toolkit was announced to be released on June 5, 1997. The LSP-Toolkit
>is ready to ship but because I am not a native english speaker the LSP
>documentation holds up. In spite of everything it will be release VERY SOON
>:-)
>
>Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any further queries.
>
>Best regards,
>Friedrich Linder
>
>Linder Software Systems - Programmer Tool Development
>http://members.aol.com/LinderSoft
>cis :101737,2760
>www :101737.2760@compuserve.com
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> MsgNo: 422973 Reply to MsgNo: 0 Date: 6-25-1997
> Forum: CLARION / 15 3rd Party Products
> Subject: LSP SFX-Builder
> From: jr.,Friedrich Linder 101737, 2760
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>Yesterday I published our new WWW page that contains a few details
>about our LSP SFX-Builder.
>
>I received about 40 e-mails that asked about what the "LSP SFX-
>Builder" is and how it is possible to order a copy.
>
>Because I am on holiday at the moment I will post this pre-
>announcement.
>
>The LSP SFX-Builder (LSP-SFX) is an utility program that creates
>native Windows single-file self-extracting archives.
>
>LSP-SFX archives are ideal for sending documents, graphics, source-
>code and other files to co-workers and associates.
>
>LSP-SFX is **NOT** only a normal Self-Extractor program but it could
>also be used as "Mini-Installation-System" !!!!!
>
>It is possible to create LSP-SFX archives for both native 16-bit and
>32-bit Windows versions. They can display a greeting message when
>they are run. You can control the default "UnPack To" folder, whether
>the default "Overwrite files without" prompting box is checked, you
>can specify a command to run after the UnPack operation completes, and
>you can create Groups and Icons when the UnPack operation completes.
>
>The high-speed "uninstal.exe" (only 20k overhead) enables your users
>to remove all installed Files and Groups/Icons created with LSP-SFX
>in a few seconds only by clicking the Uninstall icon.
>
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>= LSP SFX-Builder Feature Summary =
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>
>* Easy distribution of one or more compressed files.
>* Low overhead (only ~45k).
>* Highly optimized code for superior performance and compression
> ratio (powered by the LSPack for CW Toolkit)
>* Optional support for 32-bit (Windows 95 and Windows NT)
> sigle-file self-extracting LSP files.
>* An optional comment is displayed when the self-extracting LSP
> file is run.
>* Any folder information in the LSP archive is automatically
> restored.
>* Create Groups and Icons when the UnPack operation completes.
>* An optional command is run when the UnPack operation completes.
>* A high-performanc "uninstal.exe" (only 20k overhead) is provided
> to read the INSTALL.LOG file and uninstalls the program/data
> Files and Groups/Icons that were installed with LSP-SFX.
>
>The LSP SFX-Builder will be available end of July 1997.
>
>LSP SFX-Builder 16-Bit : US$49.00
>LSP SFX-Builder 32-Bit : US$49.00
>LSP SFX-Builder 16&32-Bit : US$75.00
>
>
>I am away on holiday until July 1 (and I cannot read my e-mails from
>now on).
>
>Friedrich
>
>Linder Software Systems - Programmer Tool Development
>http://members.aol.com/LinderSoft
>cis :101737,2760
>www :101737.2760@compuserve.com
>
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;-) <g>

Friedrich

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Despite the sturm und drang ... it did work out, didn't it?

So glad.

Steve Parker

"The improbable we do; the impossible takes a bit longer."

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And even after all these years, the SetupBuilder page is still "protected
from creation" :-(

I gave up on Wikipedia quite a few years ago.

Friedrich

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> Well done old friend!
>
> Your insight, vision into the industry and single minded commitment to
> product excellence is an inspiration to all of us.

:-) Thanks so much my friend.

Friedrich

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> You remember what I told you years and years ago when we first did all the
> testing and I bugged you so much.
> You have become what I told you/predicted at that time, you have become
> the example of how installation programs should work.
>
> Congrants of an excellent program.

Oh, yes. I remember it :-) Thank you, Johan!!

Friedrich

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> Wow, what can I say - except.... "keep up the excellent work :-)"
>
> Can't wait to see what's coming next!

Thanks so much, Andy!

Friedrich