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Catapult Public 1.6
Light installation kit for Palm apps

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from:  Beiks Ltd.



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Catapult was designed to make installation of Palm applications easier for the users and, in case of more complex installations, to developers as well.

You are welcome to Catapult's page on our website for more details. It is available at: http://www.beiks.com/palmzonebg/catapult.htm

Features:

Integrated shell running on Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000 operating system

Produces one compressed, self-extracting executable file for Microsoft Windows 9x/NT/2000 operating system

Silent preparation for PalmOS files installation during next HotSync process

Provides End User License Agreement (EULA) signing requirement if desired Quick Help during installation option (ability for the users to request more information about the product prior its installing)

Multiple accounts installation option (when several Palm accounts are present on the same host)

Automatic program group and shortcuts generation

Small executable size

Product documentation

Conduits installation

Built-in component installation support (user can specify which packets to be installed)



—  What's New!  —————

Version 1.6 (08/17/01)

  • New: Progress bar in the initial splash while extracting the installation files
  • New: Ability to specify default destination folder for the desktop portion of the installation. Allows aliases: "[ProgramFilesDir]\[Company]\[Title] [Ver]". Refer to the manual for details. Also pay attention that the new destination defaults DO NOT include the version number. If you want to preserve the previous style you will have to add the version manually. WARNING: DLL dependency issue had not been resolved in this release. Catapult needs all dependency DLLs of the COM components being installed to be unloaded by the time the installation is done. This is to be addressed in the next version
  • New: Ability to specify program group name for the desktop portion. Also allows for aliases
  • New: Ability to specify whether to make backup copy of the Palm files
  • New: The number of selected accounts for PalmOS installations is displayed in the appropriate installation screen. This is targeted towards users who confuse selected with deselected entries in a multiple-selection list box
  • New: Added a new install log entry for registered COM servers so they can be unregistered before deleted
  • New: Installation title is now configurable
  • Fixed: Installing DLLs while in use is currently detected and Catapult requires reboot to complete the installation
  • Fixed: The icons of the shortcuts being created are now appearing normally
  • Fixed: Uninstaller now deletes the program groups folder from the startup menu of the desktop if it had created it during install. That is, it does not remove it when it finds it there (e.g. for upgrade). This issue will be further addressed in future releases
  • Fixed: The READ ONLY attribute is now being stripped from the PALM files as they are copied. Copying over currently existing read-only files is also allowed now (to solve problems of upgrading older versions where the files were copied with READ ONLY flag, but attempts to overwrite them fail)
  • Fixed: Copies of the PalmOS files in the application folder are now removed upon deinstallation
  • Fixed: TAB key operates normally in the CONDUIT properties panel
  • Fixed: Splash screen now is properly deleted from the screen if Catapult fails to find Palm Desktop installed
  • Fixed: Modified the "... put your Pilot..." message to "...put your PalmOS compatible device..." in the last installation screen
  • Fixed: Uninstall string (title in Add/Remove programs) now changed to "[Company] [Title]" (version excluded)
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    Supports:



    Palm IIIc

    Palm IIIx and Palm V

    Palm III

    PalmPilot Personal / Professional

    Requires:



    400 kb of free Palm memory


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