PartMeister Beta 6 Readme  for OS/2 and WIN32 and the Base Classes and Frameworks 

PartMeister Beta 6 for OS/2 

This update to PartMeister replaces the version shipped with the OS/2 Warp toolkit. Please read the information in the PMEISTER.INF file on setting up your development environment (use VIEW PMEISTER to see the file). 

Revision History 

                          Beta 6: 
                               remove requirement for toolkit directory
                               fix, Part/New does not clear kind entry field
                               additional documentation on setting up development environment 
                          Beta 5: 
                               add/remove templates
                               Component Install Utility, for installing compoents, templates, etc.
                               support for user-defined symbols
                               updated ContainerPart template
                               variety of usability enhancements suggested by users 

Installation 
The following steps should be followed to install the update: 

                       1.Create a temporary directory and unzip the files into that directory. 
                       2.Run the INSTALL program:
                          the install program will ask for the toolkit directory (for example, D:\TOOLKIT). 

Press the Close button after the installation is complete to close the Install program. You may delete the files from the temporary directory after the installation if you wish. 

PartMeister Beta 6 for WIN32 

                     There is no installation program for this version, just copy all the files from this archive into a directory and execute PartMeister from that directory. 

One template is included with this version, using the jmBaseNonContainer part as its parent class. This class is also available from Club OpenDoc from the Base Classes and Frameworks archive. Before compiling a part created with PartMeister, this class must be installed. 

Base Classes and Frameworks 

Installation on OS/2
These parts use the Component Install Utility that is part of PartMeister beta 6 and later. If you have not installed PartMeister, install it first, or follow the instructions for installation on Windows. 

                       1.type CINSTALL JMBASE.INS 
                       2.Fill in the directories requested and press Install. 

Installation on Windows
The CINSTALL program has not been ported to Windows yet, so the install process must be done manually. PartMeister for Windows has the templates installed as part of its install, so these may be deleted from the distribution package (DEL BASENC*.T* - remember the .T). 

1.Make a directory for the base parts, and copy all the files to that directory, for example 

                          MD \BASEPART
                          CD \BASEPART
                          MD JMBASE
                          CD JMBASE
                          COPY \TEMP\*.* 

2.Make a directory named PUBLIC to hold shared files 

                          MD \BASEPART\PUBLIC 

                          No files need to be copied to the public directory, it will be populated when the base classes are created using the make utility. 

Building the base classes 
The makefile is initially set up for no debugging and an OS/2 deliverable. These two settings may be changed at the top of the makefile, along with the directories used in the build process. Check these settings, then run nmake or make to build the parts (IBM NMAKE on OS/2, IBM NMAKE on Windows and Opus MAKE on Windows have been tested). 

Documentation 
Documentation is provided in the BASENC.HTM file (this file is in HTML format and may be viewed by loading it into any Web browser or HTML viewer).