SetupBuilder Evolution

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On April 9, 2002, I compiled the first working version of the "Next
Generation" SetupBuilder product line, Version 5. This was internal Version
5.0 Build #0001. More than three years later, on August 31, 2005, we
released the Gold version.

The "SETUPBUILDER" trademark registered with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office in May 2005, application filing date was March 2004.

But it all started on April 21, 2000 with "LSP SFX-Builder". Holy moly --
that's more than 17 years ago! LSP SFX-Builder was an utility that provided
an easy and royalty-free way to create native Windows single-file
self-extracting archives (SFX) and SFX-distribution systems. The compiler
in the latest SetupBuilder 10 is still based on it and even InstallShield
tried to take-over our revolutionary high-performance technology.

We reflect our products' evolution in the build number which states the
number of days since the first working (internal) 5.0 version. Today I have
compiled SetupBuilder 10.0 Build #5600. In other words: 5,600 (five
thousand, six hundred) days! Time flies <g>

This would not have been possible without Clarion and the Clarion &
SetupBuilder Community! Thank you all.

We've got a lot of new super cool SetupBuilder features coming soon, stay
tuned!

Friedrich

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Hi Friedrich -

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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>= SFX Development-Kit (LSPack add-on) =
>=======================================
>
>During the last twelve month a lot of developers asked us if it is
>possible to create self-extracting LSP archives (*.exe) from within
>a Clarion application.
>
>Our (soon coming) SFX Development-Kit provides an easy and royalty-
>free way for software developers to add self-extracting LSP archive
>creation to their 16-bit and 32-bit Windows applications.
>
>SFX Development-Kit "compiles" (without any user interaction) native
>16-bit and 32-bit self-extracting archives that can contain multiple
>highly compressed files. The overhead for 16-bit archives is 34K and
>for 32-bit archives it is 40K.
>
>The resulting executables are ideal for delivering data, sending
>source-code, documents, graphics and other files to customers, co-
>workers and associates over the internet or via e-mail.
>
>Parts of SFX Development-Kit are based on the soon coming SFX Setup-
>Builder 3 technology (formerly known as LSP SFX-Builder 2).
>
>We are looking for a few registered LSPack users who are interested
>in beta-testing our new SFX Development-Kit.
>
>Friedrich Linder
>Linder Software - www.lindersoftware.com
>ceo@lindersoftware.com - US-Fax: (954)-252-3910
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Developers of High-Performance Data Compression Libraries,
>Installation Systems and Binary Patching Software
>----------------------------------------------------------
>Using: CW2, C4b, C5 EE, CWIC, C++, J&S In-Back
>
>
>
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>But it all started on April 21, 2000 with "LSP SFX-Builder".

Jeff Slarve
www.jssoftware.com

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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$99.
>
>
>Friedrich Linder
>LINDER SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
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>
>
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> MsgNo: 359699 Reply to MsgNo: 0 Date: 11-04-1996
> Forum: CLARION / 15 3rd Party Products
> Subject: New SETapp 1.90
> From: jr.,Friedrich Linder 101737, 2760
> To: ALL,
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> Product Announcement * Product Announcement * Product Announcement
>================================================= ===================
>LINDER SOFTWARE SYSTENS, Germany
>E-Mail: 101737.2760@compuserve.com
>http://members.aol.com/LinderSoft
>================================================= ===================
>
>Announcing the Installation System Linder SETapp Release 1900.
>
>SETapp is an easy to use but powerful Application Installation
>Program for Windows 3.1x (enhanced for Windows 95 but without
>Registration Database support yet). The SETapp System provides a
>fast and economical way to create a professional installation
>process for your software products, data files, graphic images or
>whatever else you want to distribute. We have consequently prepared
>SETapp for installing large applications or tools. The system
>includes inter alia a Visual INF File Builder, a Pre-Loader, an
>Installer and an Uninstaller.
>
>The SETapp System uses a completely visual approach. You can point
>and click your way with the visual INF File Builder Infrobot to
>your distribution disk set. Our Point and Click development process
>preserves you from the complexity and tedium of typical Windows
>Installation Systems (there is no script language to learn).
>
>The Standard Version (Cost: US$ 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 ** =
>======================================
>
>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 ** =
>================================================= =====
>
>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 ** =
>================================================= =====
>
>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
> To: ALL,
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>= LSP SFX-Builder =
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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 =
>===================================
>
>* 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>

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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

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

Yes :-)

We often remember the great time with you and Kathy in Chicago. Just
recently Andrea read a book in which the protagonist had dinner at "The
Rosebud" :-) We miss Barry Manilow's favorite Chicago restaurant <g>

Friedrich