[netname.versions]

[netname.versions] ooMMmmrr=description,search-file,work-section,work-section2

The [netname.versions] section contains a list identifying the different version of a network that can be installed. The netname in the section title must be the same as a netname given in the [network] section of the information file.

Parameters

oo

Specfies a two-digit option code. For example, Microsoft LAN Manager uses option code 00 to indicate the basic configuration and 01 to indicate the 386 enhanced configuration. The option can be an number or xx if an option code is not needed.

MM

Specifies a two-digit major version number.

mm

Specifies a two-digit minor version number.

rr

Specifies the revision number.

description

Specifies an ASCII string that describes the version for the corresponding network driver. This parameter must be enclosed in double quotation marks (").

search-file

Specifies the name of a file. This parameter can be left blank. If it is not, Setup searches for the specified file and uses the result of the search to determine whether to use the work-section or work-section2 parameter to complete the installation. If search-file is left blank, Setup uses the work-section parameter to complete the installation.

work-section

Specifies the name of the section that defines how to install support for the network. Setup uses this section only if the search-file parameter is empty or the file specified by search-file could not be found.

work-section2

Specifies the name of the section that defines how to install support for the network. Setup uses this section only if the file specified by search-file is found.

Comments

For an OEM-supplied OEMSETUP.INF file, the version number used on the left side of the equal sign is not critical; the values are important only when Setup performs detection for the network during a first-time install. Setup defaults to the highest numbered version in SETUP.INF that is less than or equal to the detected version, provided that the option field matches or is xx.

Each work section has the following form:

[work-section]
line
.
.
.

Each line may define a file or initialization setting for the network. For a complete description of the lines, see the “Work Section Lines” section.

Example

The following example supports three versions of the network. Each version has a version-specific work section. The last version specifies a a file (V2ENH.EXE) to search for and also two work sections.

[networks]

mynet=,"My Network"

[mynet.versions]

00010000="Version 1.00",,my ver1

00020000="Version 2.00",,my ver2

01020000="Version 2.00 ENHANCED",v2enh.exe,my_ver2,my_ver2_plus

When installing with this example, the user will choose from:

My Network (Version 1.00)

My Network (Version 2.00)

My Network (Version 2.00 ENHANCED)

Work section lines

A work section may contain any of the following lines, in any order:

section,tag,value
system.ini=section,tag,value
win.ini=section,tag,value
driver=drive:filename
vxd=drive:filename, . . .
sysdir=drive:filename, . . .
windir=drive:filename, . . .
update=drive:filename, . . .
warning=level

Each line is described in detail in subsequent sections.

The drive specifier refers to one of the disks defined in the OEMSETUP.INF file. Filenames should appear without a path. In all such lines (except driver), all files listed in all sections are copied. For example, a vxd line in the version-specific section will add VxDs to any VxD listed in another work-section, or the [networks] section. In general, when using version-specific work sections, all files copied should be defined in that section, and the other sections and [networks] section line should be empty.

Setup carries out standard Windows version checking when copying files if the specified files are Windows-format executables.

Initialization line

section,tag,value

This line updates one of two initialization files. If the work-section is specified by the WinIniSect of the network line in the [network] section, the modification is applied to WIN.INI. Otherwise, the modification is applied to SYSTEM.INI.

If this line specifies the load setting in the [windows] section of WIN.INI or the drivers setting in the [boot] section of SYSTEM.INI, Setup appends the value to the current setting value. All other tags are replaced.

In the case of the device setting in the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI, settings are not replaced; a new line will be added. In general, VxDs should always appear on the VXD=command setting so that Setup can remove them correctly should the network installation be modified using Maintenance Mode Setup.

The following example puts the setting “TimerCriticalSection=1000” in the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI.

386Enh,TimerCriticalSection,1000

SYSTEM.INI line

system.ini=section,tag,value

This line modifies a setting in SYSTEM.INI. For example, the following line adds the setting “UniqueDOSPSP=1” to the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI.

system.ini=386Enh,UniqueDOSPSP,1

WIN.INI line

win.ini=section,tag,value

This line modified a setting in WIN.INI. For example, the following line appends “mybcast.exe” to the load setting in the [windows] section of WIN.INI.

win.ini=windows,load,mybcast.exe

DRIVER line

driver=drive:filename

This line sets the network driver in the [boot] section in SYSTEM.INI, and copies the file from the disk to the SYSTEM directory. If a driver is defined in more than one place in the OEMSETUP.INF file, Setup checks each of the following sections or parameters (in the given order) until it finds the name of a driver to copy:

The work-section specified by the [netname.versions] section.

The section specified by the SysIniSect parameter in the [network] section.

The section specified by the WinIniSect parameter in the [network] section.

The Filename specified by the [network] section.

The following example copies MYNET.DRV from the [disks] section of OEMSETUP.INF to the SYSTEM directory, and adds the setting “network.drv=mynet.drv” to the [boot] section of SYSTEM.INI.

driver=9mynet.drv

VXD line

vxd=drive:filename, . . .

This line adds one or more VxDs to SYSTEM.INI and copies the files to the SYSTEM directory, unless the VxD is internal to WIN386. For example, the following line copies MYNET.386 from the [disks] section of OEMSETUP.INF to the SYSTEM directory, and adds the setting “network=mynet.386,*dosnet,*vnetbios” to the [386Enh] section of SYSTEM.INI.

vxd=9:mynet.386,x:*dosnet,x:*vnetbios

SYSDIR line

sysdir=drive:filename, . . .

This line copies one or more files to the SYSTEM directory. For example, the
following line copies MYNETLIB.DLL to the SYSTEM directory from disk as
defined in the OEMSETUP.INF file.

sysdir=9:mynetlib.dll

WINDIR line

windir=drive:filename, . . .

This line copies one or more files from disk to the WINDOWS directory. For example, the following line copies the Help file for the driver to the WINDOWS directory.

windir=9:mynet.hlp

UPDATE line

update=drive:filename, . . .

This line replaces a file found on the path, or, if not found, copies it to the Windows directory. This allows Setup to update a network component shipped with the network software in place. The following example searches for V2ENH.EXE on the path. If found, a new version of the file is copied.

update=9:v2enh.exe

WARNING line

warning=level

This setting produces a warning dialog box. The level can be one of the following values.