SelfExtract-Pro installation notes
The SelfExtract-Pro archive file name indicates the date that the product version in the file was built in day/month/year order.
The JAR file contains 5 files.
- This file
- The license
- The SelfExtract-Pro JAR file executable (SEPro.jar)
- A changes file
SelfExtract-Pro requires that the Java 2 virtual machine be installed on your machine (Sun calls this the JRE). This
is available free at Sun's website.
The program is packaged into the single executable JAR file "SEPro.jar". This can be run by either double clicking on it
in Windows (or a single click in Solaris) or alternatively with the command
java -jar SEPro.jar
The executable JAR file is self-contained and should not be tampered with. This JAR file cannot be run as an applet
in a browser, instead it must be run as a standalone application (similar to a '.exe' file on a PC).
It can be placed in any directory on a users
machine. When it runs it will create three directories as subdirectories to the directory where
it resides. These are called "props" , "myjars" and "myzips". The directory "props" contains files for saving
session information as well as registration information. The others are default directories for saved archives.
Erasing any
of the directories is not critical as they will automatically be recreated however they also
contains registration information so the registration code may have to be re-entered.
The user manual for the product is accessed via the help menu and it might be best if this
is looked at first.
The minimum recommended PC for the product is a Pentium 233 with 24 MBytes of RAM.
It is written entirely using the Sun Java 2 JRE and users must have this installed on their machine.
Known issues
Zip files created with the product can be unzipped by nearly all the utilities currently
available such as WinZip or PKZip. However there are certain products,
particularly older products, which may have
trouble unzipping the zip files created with the java.util.zip API that SE-Pro uses.
Bugs and feedback
Bugs should be sent to colin_mummery@yahoo.com and
product news can be found at
http://www.kagi.com/EquitySoft. All feedback is most welcome.
© Colin Mummery.