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Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1993 12:16 +1300
From: Analog Digital Instruments <ANADIG@otago.ac.nz>
Subject: UpdateMaker 1.3.1
This is UpdateMaker 1.3.1, a maintenance release of UpdateMaker.
UpdateMaker is a utility program for making and applying update documents,
or for making custom update applications.
An update document or application describes the differences between any two
Macintosh files and the changes required to convert one file into the other.
It is often advantageous to distribute update documents rather than a
completely new version of a file, not only because the update document
tends to be much smaller, but also because it is useless unless the old
original file is available.
Stand-alone update applications are some 13K larger than the equivalent
document but have the advantage that the receiver does not need to have a copy
of UpdateMaker to use them.
UpdateMaker can create an update document for literally any two Macintosh
files, be they applications, documents, system extensions, or whatever.
For example, one can make an update document that will describe the differences
between the Font/DA Mover application and Disk First Aid, and change one
into the other.
Documentation on how to use UpdateMaker is built into the Help menu of the
application.
UpdateMaker requires System 6 or later; it is fully System-7 compatible and
slightly System-7 friendly. It was written with MacApp The Wonder Development
System, which is the main reason for its size.
UpdateMaker is copyright 1993 Analog Digital Instruments Ltd and is made
available to you by the Shareware principle: try it out and if you find
it useful enough to keep and use it, we ask for a shareware payment
(address details are in the Help documentation). For non-commercial use, we
ask for a $10 shareware payment, for commercial use we ask for $50. Large
companies or institutions should contact us about site licensing.
The author would be grateful for any bug reports or constructive suggestions
not requiring the entire application to be rewritten :-).
Changes from version 1.3 are:
- it builds updates somewhat faster
- it no longer underestimates the amount of free space on hard disks
- it no longer dies on very large builds where many resources are involved
- it correctly updates data forks when the final file is in another directory
- the help can now be copied to the clipboard
- the Save Description menu item works
- it includes up-to-date information on UpdateMaker 2.0.
Michael Hamel
michael@otago.ac.nz